The truth will set you free?
The truth has only brought Helena misery. Her trip to China and her appointment with the end of the world has been put on hold.
Being shot out of the sky tends to put a damper on a woman’s plans.
Before she can consider traveling to the Far East, she needs to deliver a dragon egg to the country of Mysore.
Which is worse, desert or swamp?
Read Mysore book eight in the Helena Brandywine series.
Genre: FICTION / Science Fiction / SteampunkI have over 30 books published in several SF/F sub-genres; I would like to increase my international readership.
While the crew worked on repairing the ship, Helena studied. In less than a day, they did a wonderful job of putting the Legend back together. Gin and Rock worked overtime heating and bending the metal back to its original form, or as close as it could be bent. Holes were patched with spare panels, and even Helena’s favorite safety net was hung under the replaced bowsprit.
The fires that consumed the German airship smoldered overnight and by morning had finally died out. Captain Cox sent two crewmen to search for survivors but found none. Helena wasn’t surprised, the hydrogen in the lift bags exploded on impact, no human could have lived through that.
Alexei and the Russian ship should be refueling now. If they were lucky, the Legend would be repaired soon, and they could all head east as soon as they returned. The dry winds of the desert depressed Helena. It made her homesick for the green hills that surrounded San Francisco.
Helena learned that some Legendary Creatures could… her mother, Colleen, called it walking with the wind. They could near-instantaneously move themselves and others through space. The idea seemed preposterous. She would need to discuss it with Mister Wizard and Rosa at the first opportunity. Her mother described her search for a spell that could take her when and where she needed to go. The quest took her to Napa and many questionable mages around the Bay Area. Perhaps that was how and why she disappeared from the study with no witness.
It struck Helena more in the heart. The way Colleen described the spell, it sounded like what she did to travel to the Land of the Immortals. Perhaps by accident, Helena found the secret her mother had searched for.
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Translated by Fernando Leutloff
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