Daughter of Llathe: A Tale of the Two Rings

By Ben Cassidy

When Wayfinder Nali is dispatched to the isolated village of Veel’na in the rainforest lowlands of the planet Llathe, she soon discovers that her task is larger than she thought. A dark terror is killing the people of Veel’na one-by-one during the Long Night, and there is no help coming until daybreak several weeks away.

As Nali races to find out exactly what is responsible for these deaths and stop it, she faces rising tension from the captain of the town’s mercenary guard and the frightened villagers themselves.

Will Nali overcome her own doubts and fears, or will the ancient evil that rots out in the heart of the Llathese jungle ultimately consume her?

“Daughter of Llathe” is a novella set in the sword and planet world of the Two Rings. It is approximately 14,000 words long.

Cover line art by Chad Dulac. Coloring by James Huang. Title and cover design by Robert Worl.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ben Cassidy
• Release date: Jul 23, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301827534

Ben Cassidy

Ben Cassidy lives in Vancouver, WA, with his wife and three children. He pursued graduate studies in history for several years until he decided that reading six scholarly books a week was not challenging enough for him, and so switched to being a stay-at-home dad. He has been writing since he was in third grade, though now he is able to bribe other people to do the illustrating for him. He has the uncanny habit of writing of himself in the third person, and is disturbed by how easily his whole life can be summed up in four sentences. Or even five.

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