The Renegade of Opshar

You know what? It’s been too long since I featured the middle books in my Minstrels of Skaythe series, where honorable mages attempt to survive in a world where sorcery runs amok. So let’s take another look at The Renegade of Opshar!

This is the fourth of the series, originally released in 2021. It introduces Berisan, Yamaya, and their obscure village of Opshar, which is the setting for some crucial events in The Tale of the Drakanox. Though somewhat shorter than the other novellas, it contains some of the most vivid action scenes.

So if you got part way through the series, this is a great place to pick it back up again!

All Berisan wants is a place to hide. The insignificant village of Opshar seems like a perfect haven. Disguised as a beggar, he can lie low and evade the brutal hunter-guards. But Berisan isn‛t the only one with secrets.

Widowed and pregnant, Yamaya struggles to hold the farm she and her husband built, but she can‛t escape her sordid past. In desperation, she hires the one person who hasn‛t taken a side in Opshar‛s murky politics — the beggar, Sand.

Common sense tells Berisan to walk away, but his code as a minstrel compels him to help Yamaya if he can. Soon he faces a decision that challenges every principle he holds. Will he give up the safety of his secrets, or allow another to suffer in his place?

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