The king is dead, and the monarchy dissolved by the ancient wizard Jyuth. In one month, a new lord protector is to be chosen by the rich and powerful of Edland. Chance brings together Mareth, a washed up bard, Neenahwi, the daughter of Jyuth, and Alana, a servant girl. Can they navigate assassins, monsters, pirates, demons, and the greed of a few, to help elect a protector for the good of all? Twenty-eight days of epic fantasy adventure.
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I am Mareth and I collect tales – tales that do not make the official histories. Join me and learn the secret stories of those who sparked the wildfire. Stories from our past, from that fateful summer and its aftermath.
Tales of Kingshold, Book 1.5 of the Wildfire Cycle, includes four novelettes and six short stories.
View BookThe epic Wildfire Cycle continues in Ioth, City of Lights. Will the heroes of Kingshold be able to survive fire belching ships, strange slimes, sinister doppelgängers, demon dogs, greedy merchants and past vices to lead Edland to safety?
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Buy on Amazon View BookThis is my first time reading a collection of short stories so I wasn't really sure what to expect or how I would feel about it...Tales of Kingshold is a fantastic follow up to the first book...The last short story, "Circles", blew my mind!...If you're contemplating reading Tales of Kingshold, don't hesitate, just dive into it. It's a fantastic book
...like with his debut novel Kingshold, Woolliscroft crafted a book in a genre (previously political fantasy, this time a short story collection) that I went into unsure of due to my usual distaste in the genre and yet I walked away loving his version of it...Another thing that enhanced my enjoyment of this collection was how essential it felt...it really is a continuation of book 1 that adds a lot to the story of Kingshold, not only in our understanding of the characters and their pasts, but also what the future holds for these characters and the larger narrative...I really appreciated how Woolliscroft crafted a collection of stories that felt vital to the larger narrative...this is an essential read to hype yourself up for the events of book 2. I'm ready to return to this world already
Woolliscroft managed to put together a wide selection of genres, topics, characters ensuring everyone will find something endearing to them. Be it heartwarming tale, pirates, zombies, magical creatures, diverse cultures, plenty of fights, Tales of Kingshold has them all.
I really like this format idea, and I personally found it to be a quick, easy, and enjoyable way to obtain new information about characters we’ve already met, new characters that will show up in the next book, and additional world information...this is a clever method to avoid excessive info-dumping and time that could take away from the main content of the actual novel itself...I’m not generally an enormous fan of short stories because I tend to dislike spending such a short amount of time with different characters and storylines, but because I already had an established world and story from Kingshold, I found this to be a truly wonderful collection...plenty of tidbits of information, good humor and characters, and most importantly--adventure
I’m not usually someone to read an anthology of short stories. I began reading this one with some uncertainty for that reason. I quickly changed my mind with Tales of Kingshold...Often the narrative style has a wonderfully dry and wry humour that can hide some of the tensions that suddenly appear and make you realise you’re thoroughly engaged. This is no mean feat in a collection of short stories...There is magic in the world, monstrous creatures, demons and gods. But they are all subservient to the exploration of what it is to be human, without any pompous postulations or lectures on the subject
Author of the epic Wildfire Cycle; a new approach to telling fantasy stories. The Wildfire Cycle combines long form novels and short stories to tell an epic tale of adventure, magic, political skullduggery and the impact that even those from humble beginnings can have on the world.