The Adventures of Solaire, Part XIV: A Second Affair of Apples

By Noah Hoffmann

An ongoing series of fantasy adventures, “The Adventures of Solaire '' tells the story of the dread pirate Captain Solaire Ravenheart and his tales all across Lorian, from the steam-powered world of Dinas to the magical superpower of Archone. What follows is every deed of sabotage, back-stabbing, intimidation, piracy, demon-summoning, automaton-killing, government-toppling, crew wrangling, and general defiance he committed in his quest for his ultimate goal: to save his sister River.

After an ultra-valuable shipment of apples is stolen, Solaire is tasked with finding the culprit, and it turns out to be the last man he would have suspected...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Noah Hoffmann
• Release date: Oct 4, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005561611

Noah Hoffmann

A mild-mannered truck driver by day, I spend my nights writing mostly at an attempt to convince the last few shreds of sanity I have not to jump ship with the rest. When I'm not doing that, you can usually find me playing tabletop rpgs, raiding the "50 cents" section of bookstores, and generally committing similar acts to solidify my reputation as a "huge nerd." Otherwise, my time is spent caring for my loving and intelligent-deficit dog Slade and yelling at you for cutting me off in traffic.

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The Incredible Yet Accurate Adventures of the Dread Pirate Captain Solaire Ravenheart,

Otherwise known as

The Adventures of Solaire

Part XII: Elysium Issues i

By Noah Hoffmann

Published by Noah Hoffmann and distributed by Smashwords

Copywrite 2020 by Noah Hoffmann

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Other series by Noah Hoffmann:

Creepy America

A horror mystery series set across the United States

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Part XIV: A Second Affair of Apples

The Incredible yet Accurate Adventures of the Dread Pirate Captain Solaire Ravenheart

Otherwise known as

The Adventures of Solaire

Part XIV

A Second Affair of Apples

Due  to my position as one of the most popular and successful bards in all of Lorain, I have spent countless hours becoming acquainted with the most famous heroes of all of time, learning their histories, lives, and intricacies. And though I was never graced with the chance to live side-by-side with these persons as I did with Solaire, I nevertheless came to know these members inside and out, upside and down, in all manner of ways, within the course of my research.

One of the features I have found running common to all great heroes (or, at least, heroes of renown;  Sir Cruxthius Timbre, manager of the Veqekian sewer and waste disposal systems, faced more challenges in his career than Carter of Sacovia’s  legendary Trial of 1,000 Steps, but songs about his heroics are lacking for what should be obvious reasons), is that great heroes tend to have a strength or quality that makes them unique. For Dul’Thrum, Waste Walker and warrior-king, it was his unmatched battle prowess. For Jane Catha, leader of the Scarlet Brigands, it was her courage and bravery. For Jean-Paul Rousseau Dimir, spy, thief, and criminal mastermind, it was the fact that he was actually two very short people standing on each other’s shoulders in a specialized costume made for just such a purpose. Each quality allows them to stand out amongst their peers as exemplars of character, and as such, guarantees their place in history.

Solaire, as one of the heroes of our age, also contains such a quality: the ability to place himself into unfavorable and dangerous positions, and yet find a way to manipulate the course of events to his benefit.

In other words, to solve impossible problems.

But unlike physical training or creative applications of abnormal heights, this is a somewhat