This campaign funds a pair of Mongol-inspired Sword & Sorcery novellas bound in a single book, called WALLS OF SHIRA YULUN and WASTE FLOWERS.
SWORD & SORCERY INSPIRED BY THE TIMES OF GENGHIS KHAN
The era of Genghis Khan is rich with the central theme of Sword & Sorcery, Barbarism & Civilization...
...with all the conflicts and messy grey areas between them; of who even gets to be called "barbarian" or "civilized"; what even is a "border" and where are they drawn; who gets to decide?
All this happened in a time of incredible battles, cunning intrigues, and no shortage of myths to fuel the supernatural elements of a Sword & Sorcery story!
From this rich well of inspiration spring our two titanic tales...wait, two? In one book?
WHAT'S A "DOUBLE-EDGED" BOOK?
Two novellas bound in one book!
Finished one novella? Flip the book over, turn it around, and you're looking at the cover of the other novella.
It's a fun way to try two authors whose writing style and subject matter complement each other.
But who are they? And what are the stories???
THE TWO NOVELLAS
Waste Flowers by Bryn Hammond
Goatskin, a despised nomad, is keen to meet Tchingis Khan, champion of nomads. With her bandit love, Sister Chaos, she guides a caravan across the Gobi desert to open trade with the Mongols. But the Gobi casts weird and gruesome strangeness at them like bad weather.
Walls of Shira Yulun by Dariel R.A. Quiogue
Driven to keep an old promise, whatever the cost ... trapped in a besieged city, hunted by foes within and without ... tormented by a dark shaman using the spirits of those he has slain ... Orhan Timur, the Snow Leopard, is brought to bay! Can he escape the imprisoning Walls of Shira Yulun?
GORGEOUS ART
Waste Flowers cover art by Goran Gligovic...
FINAL COVER ART minus titles & overlay.
...and interior illustration by Crom!
SAMPLE ART - NOT FINAL ILLUSTRATION
Walls of Shira Yulun cover art by Artyom Trakhanov...
FINAL COVER ART minus titles & overlay.
...and interior illustration by Gary McClusky!
SAMPLE ART - NOT FINAL ILLUSTRATION
All physical copies are printed traditionally, on 6.75 x 4.25 inch pages, using high quality paper.
Hardcovers use durable sewn-stitch binding, allowing you to lay your book perfectly flat. They also come with a ribbon bookmark.
A sewn-stitch bound, bookmark ribbon adorned issue of our magazine. Same binding, different format.
When properly taken care of, our physical editions can last a lifetime!
WHY BACK THE CAMPAIGN?
Sometimes people like to wait and get the thing later, after the campaign. Here's why you don't want to do that:
This crowdfund is jam-packed with exclusive rewards available only during the campaign!
You'll help unlock stretch goals like Spray Color Edges and International Shipping Discount.
You pay for shipping separately, several months later.
Discounted Back Issues of "New Edge Sword & Sorcery" magazine! Issues will be available in digital & softcover as Add-Ons, for which the shipping is also paid later. Our 2023 issues will bundled at a discount.
FreePDF & ePub formats with physical reward tiers. Later, they'll be sold separately.
You'llget your book before it's available in stores.
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...to make sure you don't miss out on special rewards for those who back the campaign in its first 48 hours.
Heck, there'll even be a special, one-of-a-kind reward for our very FIRST backer!
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