The First Port in the Storm (Empires Falling Short Stories, #3)
By Rodney Cannon
- Release Date: 2013-09-06
- Genre: Historical Fantasy
Description
The First Port in The Storm is the third in a series of epic fantasy short stories that introduce the characters that will populate the Empires Falling novels. In this story Miri of the Ansha is the rarest kind of practitioner of the magical arts. She is a Mystic who has had her most precious magical gift stolen with the removal out of her eyes. Her eyes were given in payment to the witch who found a way to capture her. Now blind and on a river journey to an unknown place she is at the mercy of a sadistic captain who beats, rapes and brutalizes her as often as he can. Nearing the first port since this journey began, Miri must risk all in a last chance at freedom be it through escape or death.
