Kingdom of the Slithering Maze
Book 2 of Windtracer Tales.
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Always bet on a Windtracer when a deadly relic is on the line…
When an old debt calls in Windtracer Tela Kioni, she turns to her companions Kiyosi Valchar and Mikasi Zenia for a little help. They quickly find themselves in the fractured kingdom of Jata, chasing a sacred relic thought lost to history. A device that nearly toppled the world.
But they’re not the only ones hunting it.
If claimed by the wrong hands, that relic could reignite ancient war machines and plunge Jata into conquest and chaos. Caught between zealots, treacherous nobles, and cutthroat thieves, Tela must find out who to trust. Not to mention whoever had the bright idea to plan mass murder on a scale the world hasn’t seen in centuries.
All while she has to keep her friends alive… and figure out who the “right hands” really are.
Table of Contents
Start Here: Chapter 1, Relics, Rooftops, and a Subtle-ish Plan
Chapter 2: Tea and Consequences
Chapter 3: Why We Can't Have Nice Temples
Chapter 4: Mold, Prejudice, and Other Roadside Hazards
Chapter 5: Proper Etiquette with a Crossbow
Chapter 6: Something Hungry This Way Burrows
Chapter 7: Sweetbread Diplomacy
Chapter 8: Cost of Forgeries and Lack of Muffins
Chapter 9: Just Another Day in Prayogar
Chapter 11: As the Rat Squeaks
Chapter 12: Whispers, Dust, and Shadowed Fates
Chapter 13: Symbols in Blood and Smoke
Chapter 14: As the Medallion Turns
Chapter 15: What Should Never Be Opened
Chapter 16: Whispers Beneath the Stone
Chapter 17: From Frying Pan To Fire...
Chapter 19: When Past is Prologue
Chapter 20: Gentle Tides and Quiet Fury
Chapter 21: Of Bargains and Wet Shadows
Chapter 22: Where History Hides Its Dead
Chapter 23: The Hidden Road of Vasam
Chapter 24: What Stones Remember
Chapter 25: A Little Dust In My Eyes
Chapter 26: Dust, Ink, and Forgotten Maps
Chapter 27: The Door That Wasn’t
Chapter 28: The Slithering Maze
Chapter 29: A Little Divide and Conquer
Chapter 30: Secrets Long Buried
Chapter 31: The Heart of the Temple
Chapter 32: Taking the High Road
Chapter 33: Outrunning the Rising Sun
Chapter 34: Boring Conversation Anyway…
Chapter 36: The Windtracer Way…
Chapter 39: Always bet on a Windtracer…
Chapter 40: Friends in Unexpected Places…
Chapter 41: Setting the Record Straight
Chapter 42: One Last Great Plan
Windtracer Tales is a work of pure, unashamed fiction. In fact, it considers itself rather fancy and quite proud of itself. Names of characters, places, events, organizations and locations are all creations of the author’s imagination for this fictitious setting. Any resemblance to persons living, dead, or reanimated is coincidental. The opinions expressed are those of the characters and should not be confused with the author’s, since the characters and the author tend to disagree a lot.
Also! Windtracer Tales and Windtracer: Adventures in Awldor is written with much respect to Starfarertheta and their work on the other half of Awldor.