The Isles of Krake
By F. E. Hubert
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The Isles of Krake is part four of a sword and sorcery series that has all the tropes of high fantasy and fast-paced adventure.
The stories are rounded, have independent endings and can be read as standalone shorts. Read together, they make for a longer adventure.
Watch out for the upcoming fifth story: Dog’s Blade.
1.Sword of the Sands
2.Book of Magic
3.Sword in the City
4.The Isles of Krake
5.Dog’s Blade - Expected end of March 2017. Also expected around that time is Swords and Magic; bundle of the first five stories.
F. E. Hubert
F.E. Hubert lives in one of the wetter parts of Europe, which has the upside that it leaves him a lot of time to sit in his study and write stories. He writes short stories to give life to all the heroes, swords and monsters that keep knocking on his door when he's supposed to be working on his novel. They include science fiction, fantasy, horror, thrillers and the occasional detective. You can contact F.E. Hubert and let him know what you think at: hubertwrites@gmail.com, or leave a review so the rest of the world knows what you think. Thanks for stopping by!
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The Isles of Krake - F. E. Hubert
The Isles of Krake
A story by F.E. Hubert
Copyright 2016 by F.E. Hubert
Smashwords edition
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or other characters is purely coincidental.
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Chapter one: Krake
Chapter two: Kalis and Dun go shopping
Chapter three: The stronghold
Chapter four: Dungeons
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Krake
The ships on the water looked like they were dancing.
Dun sat in the hollow of the cliff, taking in the scene playing out below. He was by no means a sailor, but at the start of the attack it seemed clear that the three short, narrow boats would easily escape the cordon of larger ships. Something must be wrong, because even though they were clearly faster, they’d allowed the noose around them to draw tighter and tighter. As he watched, the last of the gaps in the circle closed, sealing the slender Krake ships in.
The corral of boats floated just inside the narrow point of the bay’s inlet. Narrow being a relative thing, the shortest line from the cliff to the rocky coast on the other side measured the length of at least twenty average ships.
Under the surface, the currents, rocks and gullies made the channel into a maze. A maze the Krake piloted for all the traffic going in and out as part of the agreement between them and the first city chiefs. A deal almost as old as the ancient city, that prevented anyone from knowing the seas around their islands and the entrance to the bay as well as they did.
Most of the city’s inhabitants had a forced love affair with the water on which the bulk of