Vigilance (2020) [Original manuscript] “Malena was leading the troop along the high wind-scoured spine of the star-shaped dune. It stood slightly higher than its neighbors and afforded an ample view all around. The Sadusi, as always in the desert, walked in...
Fleeing the sand fury (2020) [Original manuscript] “There were no oceans on Wesdraken IV – no open water either. Nothing to cool or moderate the wind as it swept across the planet’s surface. In a matter of hours, light breezes – aided by the Coriolis...
Ambush (2020) [Original manuscript] ““The signs were all there, the surface tracks revealed by the light of her storm lamp, the musty carrion smell on the light zephyr that stirred the dune slip slopes. It was only when Malena heard the abrasive slithering and...
Hanging by a thread (2020) [Original manuscript] “You cast your fate in the face of a sandstorm by saving this wanderer’s life, Ashra”, the shaman hissed as he emerged from the shadows that hid the winding passage out of the Sadusi warren, “You know well that...
Making ready (2020) [Original manuscript] “Sandwiched between the high canyonlands of the Rakta’M Wastelands and the scarp of Varu’Mandira where her clan’s water shrine was hidden, lay the Ashman’Rak’Sh, the “Devil’s...
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