The winds were light as a small crew prepared to lower a longboat from the side of the Molly Red. A tall, massive carrack ship made of oak, the Molly Red had several masts, with the mainsail at the center. It had fore and stern castles for crew and guest quarters. The mainsail, when pushed […]

Michael John ran out the Filgore Valley, leaving the big, cat-like Dragoons behind him. It was the first time he’d encountered these predators but had somehow survived. Still in shock, he didn’t realize that saving one of their youngest, ensnared in a wire, had spared his life. Running across the grove of trees, the boy […]