The Decoy
A Wars of Light and Shadow short story

Falion sen Ardhai, town born to a glass artisan and a clanbred woman, maintains his uneasy, dual heritage as a free wilds courier when a message of sensitive urgency sends him to Avenor, and a test of courage beyond his imagining.

Available as an e-book exclusively in the Maitz and Wurts Studio Shop. This short story is best appreciated after completing Curse of the Mistwraith.

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E-Book cover, © Janny Wurts

This short story was printed in the anthology, Unfettered II: New Tales by Masters of Fantasy.

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edited by Shawn Speakman
Grim Oak Press, 2016

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