Published: July 06, 2009
Words: 16227 (approximate)
Language: English

Short description

Through the ruins of a once proud empire and across a dying world travels Nhaqosa the Minotaur, seeking the long roads home. The lands that he and his followers tread are in the grip of drought and lawlessness, beset by bandits and monsters and seldom does he find a welcome. From the brutal gladiator pits to sinister crystal towers, death is ever present and survival hard won.

Extended description

In these first two short stories from The Chronicles of the White Bull, set in a dying, decadent world, in the ruins of a fallen empire, where death is but a commodity and a source of entertainment, Nhaqosa the Minotaur travels, seeking the long roads home.

The Pit; Thrust into the fighting pit is Elad, a bitter, jaded knight who remembers better days, before the Empire fell in ruin. Against him is sent a creature unlike any he has seen before, for it comes not from his world; a giant bull-man. Who lives, who dies?

The Merchant's Legacy; A stranger to the world, Nhaqosa is met with suspicion and distrust on all sides, even when he is seeking to aid the sore oppressed in the dying world. An encounter with bandits, and their captive, a merchant named Kythias, may change all that.

Tags

adventure, fantasy, magic, short stories, fantasy adventure, monsters, gladiator, minotaur, dark magic

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Review by: E. Patrick Dorris on July 24, 2009 :
I originally reviewed this as part of a set of stories in Pure Escapism, Volume One. I thought I'd repost my review here, in a slightly edited format for anyone who missed it.

I just finsished reading "The Pit," the first story in the set. The author fully delivers on his promise of escapism, but if anything underestimates the quality of his writing. I decided to review each piece separately as I read them, because after starting the second, I realized that the author is able to seamlessley write in different styles and I want to digest each story individually. Well worth a read, and I hope more is forthcoming soon.

This short serves as a nice introduction not only to an apparently bronze-age mythologically based world of the author's creation, but also of a race of Minotaur-like creatures who do far more than lurk in underground mazes waiting for helpless virgins to be delivered to them.
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