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Middle Kingdoms short fiction
Shorter works in the Door Into... universe, including the "Sirronde's World" stories and other standalone fiction.
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Unwilling to accept defeat, Sirronde devises a last-ditch plan to save the innocent lives enmeshed in the building of the King's new bridge, and the two lovers whose fates are entangled with it. That plan will drive Sirronde literally into the arms of the Goddess's ancient foe -- Her dark Lover, the Shadow. But can she escape that deadly embrace without paying her own soul as the price?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first novelette in the \"Sirronde's World\" sequence, \u003cem\u003eThe Span\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in \u003ci\u003eDragon\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine in February 1999. The third work in the sequence, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ebooks.direct\/products\/sirrondes-world-3-parting-gifts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eParting Gifts,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e appeared in the fantasy anthology \u003cem\u003eFlashing Swords 5\u003c\/em\u003e in 1981, and is also available at Ebooks Direct. 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But Herewiss tells none of them why (at a most delicate moment) he must undertake a clandestine mission to the city of Darthis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e His reasons are secret: his intentions desperate. So why does Herewiss wind up spending his whole visit in a tavern? Only the Stuck Pig's indefatigable bouncer, Iras, can learn the reason why... and finds herself caught up in a kind of tavern brawl that no one's ever imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The Levin-Gad\" is the first of five novelettes spanning the years between Book 3 of the Tale of the Five, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ebooks.direct\/products\/the-door-into-sunset\" title=\"The Door Into Sunset\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Door Into Sunset,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/a\u003eand the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eThe Door Into Starlight. \u003c\/em\u003eIts sequel,\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ebooks.direct\/products\/the-landlady-tales-of-the-five-2\" title=\"Tales of the Five: The Landlady\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e Tales of the Five: The Landlady, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eis also available here at Ebooks DIrect.\u003cem\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease note that \u003c\/em\u003eTOTF1: The Levin-Gad\u003cem\u003e will not be available on other online platforms or in print form until Q3 of 2021.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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