Wars of Light & Shadow

Black Bargain, a short story set in Athera from the Wars of Light and Shadows series:

Toler was insolent, a liar, and a cheat, convicted for smuggling and facing a sentence of convict labor. But when the Fellowship Sorcerer Davien lays claim to his punishment, his scapegrace traits will entangle his fate with the most dangerous conspiracy in Third Age history.

This story is best enjoyed after completing Stormed Fortress. A print of the cover art is also available.

The Decoy, a short story set in Athera from the Wars of Light and Shadows series:

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.

This story is best enjoyed after finishing Curse of the Mistwraith.

Child of Prophecy, a short story set in Athera from the Wars of Light and Shadows series:

Meiglin lived under the shadow of a death sentence all her life, although she was townborn and kept ignorant of her ancestry. When the shocking fact of her birthright forces her onto the streets at fourteen years of age, she must flee with only the clothes on her back. Amid the tempestuous turmoil of the Mistwraith's incursion through South Gate, these are the lawless times, with clan survivors being hunted down for bounty. Alone, without kin, she has nowhere to turn, driven as she is by a blood-gifted heritage too overpowering to deny.

This story is best enjoyed after finishing Curse of the Mistwraith.