TGIAD 36: The escape from Duum

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It’s TGIAD, or Thank God It’s Amnar Day (so named by the great Toaster Ferret). I release the next chapter in the book Amnar: The Awakening, and take a moment here to write about what happens in the episode here on the blog.

Amnar: The Awakening will soon be available in MP3 format via Podiobooks.com. Watch this space for more…

The escape from Duum

This is a set piece that I imagined from the very start of writing the original drafts of the Amnar books. The escape from Duum spans four chapters, from 34 to 36.

Originally, it was fairly short, but in The Awakening, I became really ambitious, and inspired by music from Aliens, I began working on something that would include dragons and provide a reall good conclusion to the story (so far).

Io really isn’t the hero who wins out here, which is “against the rules” of writing. Instead, she’s surrounded by Ta Dasi and Servants as she faces the powers of the State of Duum being unleashed.

Now we’re introduced to Fior, and Sadarin, two dragonmasters from whom we’ll hear much more later. In the meantime, enjoy…