The Battle Dancer: A Red Wraith Prequel

By Nick Wisseman

Everyone in Dzune had always assumed Tay could read fates, that her milky eyes let her see what others couldn't. Villagers brought gifts in exchange for her wisdom and treated it as the ironclad word of the Sun Father.

There was only one problem: Tay couldn't actually see the future.

Not at all initially, and only a little after her awakening. She'd had a true vision once, though, an image of her—armed and angry—safeguarding a strange man on a green hill.

And now that man had come to Dzune.

The Battle Dancer won an Honorable Mention from the Writers of the Future Contest in 2014.

Please note: This story doesn’t fully resolve on its own—it’s meant as a lead-in to The Red Wraith.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nick Wisseman
• Release date: Jan 16, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370380367

Nick Wisseman

Nick Wisseman lives in the woods of Michigan with his wife, kids, ten dogs, sixty cats, and forty horses. (The true number of pets is an order of magnitude smaller, but most days it feels like more.) He’s not quite sure why he loves writing twisted fiction, but there’s no stopping the weirdness once he’s in front of a computer. You can find the complete list of oddities on his website: www.nickwisseman.com

Book preview

�
f�cbook_preview_excerpt.html�WK����J.=@u5०�ٖ1,` �:I&�t%3ؙɢ��1�s���N��"�����I%23>/^�>̏nz�4:�/י���2>����L��}��D��p\�hF��$��`z���ɬ6V�eS`�6#��'��x2���:�vr�M#�YG1�ker�Z+�[|1�$3���߿�7��\,0�c��6��-�\]�^"��)l�u�';Ӊ���DY���4���g���k���d��� K4�f8��q�n���1��N�m�-B�g��P y��m�_��P�Ȥ؀�;��𞐳��K��L�zo:�oY�����_�XF�D�1O�Ӓ:�B�`?�8���G�PLp6�=�.���UV��|AdKr<�=ǔ���a�R��@K)�n��d� �����?�^B�f�,>�A�A�E��!�ᾴ.�������oP�E��HJh-�gV����,���,H.KX ��c��0����l�� �2]q��rb�:x�ώ~|�%I�M�:��6� %5�p������- ۂM��3I,#�c�S�?���߾.�)�a$B���E�
!�:3Z4MA���d7=� BDk�m����vD�ѥe�Jm0 o�L)
$�II����|kYY��E5�
��eD4l��^�b� 7xZ���e�0��[φE :rҬ.i����Gǎ��Cb��<7$�C�s����FTMk����,��&op91�`�N��}�„K�Z�o_�����G�n R�LW{��Zg�`��јo����|��3�M��� �՞�TE~4�(�5ߧ�� S��g�yD�yVC_Q���7ψ\�Zu�'g,{Yj�q6�Ҏ����#m!v���U���`�*"�|��?e�I�!�8&{������ޛx��_'�?5��M��W�$�J��8�iչ�F;T%�}T��y�i�/}��b�
�T��Y�FY�̠�o���.M�W����<N��?̍ڌ:�@y4}�A����B�tJ`ڙ6ɜ+�'��N�F�N6J� R�J�^�����z�9�Am����3Ru̞���� vFF�U�:���z>"�[d�T��H� cȋ���r��؟�M�z�ݏ���a��&C���q�C;٘B8��� ]Uv�c�ʑgk*�ڢ4.�����9����S0���4����^�?����Z�
=��*����醡�>� �N�=6?M��6lJs��%J&�E�+aF�J?�(\"@ � 2���}�|q�|�ol��F��1��3&�KW]Z4 �ɭHGG�>Ę���J�y�QCU�Wr�����Pg�:*��+�֝�X���`�a�fZ��@(�xN!��J�s�����b�����ލ���Bv{-�*@��G+9�r�8I�����:��6�6��&�⻨R�3EX`���V�(��d�Q�����"�i+>�5=�v���QNr�D�.C���������3�nF���8�M�˫e�ݜ�/�)N��Ug� >�ʰ A��B�&w�k�@��zq3�l>�_�gD����zQtD�;G��"���=(,x�/ Ҭ0Œ�n��S]�|�=0l/?�ҩ]>�e������X[���T���+r��h����m*vu�&\��ێ�A�u�٪T[��l�����RR7���n����K�h�7�&�=���J�*o��O���C�q d���է�}�bE���ǪES��a�>1�u
Ml����dEtX�b}�M]<�`�"&u=A���Xk��xӀ�W��4U?)y�D[�K=v.|�Az��?���}c���Uܤ���KNp+:a�+Je��:��R ]WdkS:���]�Pлud�[�6Q��Qb�/���3q^��GV>ڣh�����W6蘷l_.]Gl;z��/��%����&p6e������.\��6��]����M��nH��ϭ�J�W�ݏ���A�#?��@�p���u/�Ψ������o���x�3
|@iT��JTY5����V�#tЏJ��M�9.1(�T˓� ߎ�pyE%׎��G>�ͤ����f��!�1u�Y*_tv̔����h3��g��dn�xB�Ҡ�[mD�;�C!_��}��gDW �a����q��
�?�FX�