The Fall of Airagos: An Airagos Novelette

By Shannon Muir

Set generations before the events of FOR THE LOVE OF AIRAGOS, this prequel novelette tells of crucial moments in the life of Dishe, the slave breeder who rises to become Queen Consort of Airagos and mother to the characters that will ultimately rip the planet apart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shannon Muir
• Release date: Nov 9, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463322994

Shannon Muir

SHANNON MUIR's short stories include suspense and mystery elements such as those found in her first full-length story from Pro Se Press, CHARLES BOECKMAN PRESENTS DOC AND SALLY IN "THE DEATH OF BUDDY TURNER". Additionally, she's written short stories for Pro Se Press such as “Tragic Like a Torch Song” in THE DAME DID IT from Pro Se Press, "Pretty as a Picture" in the anthology NEWSHOUNDS, “Tropical Terror” in CRIME DOWN ISLAND and “Hidden History” in EXPLORER PULP. She’s also written the Single Shot New Pulp tale “Ghost of the Airwaves,” a short story offered in electronic format only from Pro Se Press.From her personal self-published projects, her best known titles in this area include the rural crime series THE WILLOWBROOK SAGA.In other genres, Shannon's published short stories include “Meeting the Monster” in the Emby Press anthology SUPERHERO MONSTER HUNTER: THE GOOD FIGHT and "Cover Story" in ARIA KALSAN: MYSTERIES OF THE FUTURE.Shannon holds a BA in Radio-TV and English from Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, which she considers to be her hometown. She also holds an MA in Communications from California State University, Fullerton, along with additional education in screenwriting, project management, library technician studies, and most recently a certificate earned with distinction in General Business with Emphasis in Marketing from UCLA Extension. Currently, she is working on a Masters of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University.She is married to FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY collaborator and fellow author Kevin Paul Shaw Broden. They live in California in the United States.She is a member of Sisters in Crime (national, Guppies, and Los Angeles, where she also served on the Los Angeles board for a two terms beginning in 2018), as well as the Toastmasters4Writers Chapter of Toastmasters International (where she serves as chapter Secretary), Women in Animation, and a Professional member of ASIFA-Hollywood.

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COPYRIGHT

THE FALL OF AIRAGOS: AN AIRAGOS NOVELETTE

Part of the SPONTANEOUS CHOICES Collection

Copyright 2012, 2013 Shannon Muir.

Revised and Expanded Copyright 2018 Shannon Muir.

Smashwords Edition - First publication November 2018.

Portions previously published on Goodreads.

This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords or a Smashwords partner vendor and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COPYRIGHT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTHOR'S NOTE

DEDICATION

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

EPILOGUE

ALSO BY SHANNON MUIR – FOR THE LOVE OF AIRAGOS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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AUTHOR’S NOTE

This particular project was something I began as a mini-chapter project on Goodreads in 2012 and 2013 and for various reasons abandoned. I added some more in 2018 but still didn’t quite close it off. This publication brings that storyline to a close, and makes it available for non-Goodreads members. It sheds some more light on the back history of key players in the book FOR THE LOVE OF AIRAGOS, and while not required to navigate that text, I believe is helpful.

Largely, the text remains intact from the Goodreads version, though only a few lines have been added for clarity and the Epilogue is new.

FOR THE LOVE OF AIRAGOS began as a NaNoWriMo project in 2010. Eight years later, I’m pleased to bring this additional glimpse into that world to its conclusion during NaNoWriMo month.

Shannon Muir

November 2018

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DEDICATION

To all those who struggle to see a project through, and ultimately succeed.

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PROLOGUE

Every able-bodied man and woman would serve the unified world of Airagos.

Airagos began as two distinct races, with one eventually enslaving the other. Centuries earlier, the survivors instituted some harsh policies