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The finished Cover Image and Map of Maiden Fair Part One, as well as the book blurb, below:

Once, not all that very long ago, Jorn had been a warrior. More than that, he had been hero. In a great battle against marauding Orkund Hordes pouring out of the north, the 'pointy-eared' Cambraian sellsword had rallied the forces of Ethendale and King Helecthor's great allied host and driven into the midst of the fell enemies who had threatened to destroy the whole of the Northern Armies in a great inferno of fell magics and black fire. He had rescued the King, cut down the Orkund warchief, and saved the day! 

However, in the winning of the war, the mighty warrior had suffered an ignoble injury, which left him maimed and a-halt of one foot for the rest of his life. Now, years later, the 30-year old ex-sellsword, now Weapons Master to the King of the Dale, friend to the young Prince Erik, newly come of age, finds himself yearning for past days of battle and glory and struggling against the nefarious agendas of powerful court ministers who hate and fear his people, the Fae-born and newly-refugee Cambraians who have come to call Aarden and Ethendale their home. 

But as the ailing King Helecthor nears his end, and great and powerful realms from across the Continent begin to send their royal daughters to Aarden, the great city of the Dale, seeking the hand of its next king and hoping to forge marital ties with the rising power of Ethendale which could shift the balance of power throughout Calasthrae, danger comes to the palace, and new threats emerge out of the treacherous shadows of Council Agendas and Imperial Embassies to both threaten the life of the royal heir and raise the specter of wider war across the Continent. 

Amidst this maelstrom of hidden agendas, duplicitous Councillors, and conniving powers, Jorn finds himself awkwardly thrust back into the role of warrior, protector, and hero once more. Will he be able to protect his friend, safeguard his houseless and refugee people, and defend the realm of Ethendale from the malevolent schemes of old and terrible foes? To what ancient purpose do the Empire and Dominion hunt the Fae-born Cambraians across the Continent? What role will the legendarily gender transformed Fae goddess of fertility, beauty, and women's sensuality, Ashtharae the Harvest Queen, play in helping Jorn to avert the complete destruction of everyone and everything he holds dear?

At over 48,000 words, the novella-length MAIDEN FAIR (Part One) is the Beginning of a Scintillating and Seductive Fantasy Romance Adventure Serial Series (A 'Pendant of Ashtharae' Adventure) which features an expansive fantasy world, a rich and deep political history and legendarium, complex cultural and civilizational conflict, and magical gender transformation.