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The Book of Urm

 

The first story from the Book of Urm: Tales of Piecora - The Emerald Cave, is now available on Amazon in Hardcover, Paperback, and Kindle formats. 

Read a sample.

  

Serpendis Endium, Master Merchant of Kannoniah and sole survivor of a disastrous trip across the unmappable Wildlands visiting the Banwar east of Sienja, only wished to return home to his warm bed, but not until he found something – anything – valuable to at least justify this whole hell-rotten adventure besides his own soiled robes. But here in the chaotic Wildlands, his only chance of survival depended on his newly acquired Sienjan Guide, Piecora Tiorold, whom he despised despite her expertise in navigating the Wildlands better than anyone else in the world.

Things were going smoothly until the old, wealthy curmudgeon wandered into a forbidden cave and discovered the cursed emeralds, waylaying their journey into a hair-raising, reality-hopping, high-stakes adventure that neither of them asked for. But through grim determination, self-discovery, and the bonds of friendship old and new, they and others they meet along the way learn that the only way home is through a bargain with the Aeonwyrm of Kiahalla to save the Undying Lands of the Eldar from a powerful sorceress who has found the secret of intentional navigation between the planes of reality, threatening the very existence of humankind.

 

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The Book of Urm is

  • hand-crafted storytelling in a vast fantasy world from over 30 years of development
  • a study into the psyche of its characters, exploring the intricate web of their relationships and the personal journeys that shape them.
  • independently written, illustrated, edited, produced, and published solely by a husband and wife working together
  • is a labor of love, passion, and therapeutic exercise for the imagination
  • celebrates the art of writing and the endless potential of world building, picture making, and story telling with words
  • full of strange creatures, scary monsters, wondrous artifacts, bizarre places, remarkable technologies, planes of reality, powerful magics, fantastical cultures, relatable characters, quiet moments, and intense action
  • steeped in various systems of magic - hermetic, spiritual, totemic, druidic, shamanic, divine, psionic, technological, to name a few
  • the first world - one of seven, which is our current world
  • flat, and layered, like a lasagna, surrounded by the Astral Sea and contained within the sphere of the Cosmos
  • not created by AI - everything is made by human hands driven by human thought and endeavor, so warts and blemishes may fall through the editing process and exist in the final product

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Each tale consists of a series of chapters. A single chapter comprises roughly 3000 to 10000 words. Chapters are released every Thursday in written and spoken word formats.

The Book of Urm launched on July 4th, 2024 with first tale: Tales of Piecora - The Emerald Cave.

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The Book of Urm anthology intends to remind us that the most compelling stories are those that reflect our own lives – filled with the intimate drama of existence, the beauty of connection, and the wonder of the complex, often relatable, and sometimes bizarre world around us. This collection is a haven for those who seek solace in the written word and find adventure in the depths of human experience.

Welcome to the Book of Urm and all the stories within.