Swamp King

By AJ Cooper

For centuries, the bright, sunny Kalamar Forest and the dark, dismal swamps to its west have lived in relative peace.
But as Pirosha, King of Kalamar, approaches his nineteenth year, trouble consumes his realm. Vanishings and rebellions are reported. Word of ravenous wolves reaches his ear. And rumors begin to spread that he is not sovereign, that there is another claimant to the throne, that the true king of both the forest and the swamp is about to reveal himself. His name is Milkweed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Realms of Varda
• Release date: May 9, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463222744

AJ Cooper

Cursed at birth with a wild imagination, AJ Cooper spent his youth dreaming of worlds more exciting than Earth. He is a native Midwesterner and loves writing fantasy, especially epic fantasy set in his own created worlds. He is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop and the author of numerous fantasy novels and novellas. His short stories have appeared in Morpheus Tales, Fear and Trembling, Residential Aliens and Mindflights, among others.

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