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The first installment in the keybreakers series!
He promised to protect her.
But after a betrayal sends Pip fleeing into the frozen arctic,
can he even save himself?
Ever since Pip Pip Pop Pip came to the Everwhite with his fellow adventurers, it's been struggle after struggle. Bad enough that as a Nuralli—a knee-tall frogfolk from the jungle—Pip can barely tolerate the terrible snows. But then came an ambush that only someone within their Order could have orchestrated. There is a traitor, and lives are at stake.Pip and the winged witch Norui travel ahead of their companions to take warning to the Order’s safehouse... only to discover their contact has defected to the enemy. In the space of a heartbeat, the journey-exhausted Norui is swallowed by a magical prison. Pip fights to free her, but his foes are too many.And now here he is—beaten black and blue, manacled, and locked in a crate. Waiting for his captors to decide when his life will end. Though everything in him screams to find Norui, Pip has only two options: escape or die.But even if Pip can free himself, he's powerless. He'll get no help from the Nuralli-loathing humans of town, and the icy wilds are no place for a small hero, no matter their determination. But Pip must rejoin his friends before they arrive in four days, or they'll fall to the traitors next, and no one will be left to rescue Norui.
Hunted. Frozen. Clawing for survival, staking his life to protect his friends. Pip must somehow overcome the deadly ice, or his journey to the Everwhite will be his last!
Ebook and print now available!
Miranda Mars
writing as M. Mars
Founder & Storyteller
A lifelong fantasy fanatic from the Pacific Northwest, Miranda (M.) Mars never stood a chance. Her parents met at a Dungeons and Dragons game; she grew up kibitzing on their weekly games. The shelves in her home were filled with fantasy and science fiction, the family computer loaded with the nerdiest games that the floppy disk era had to offer. She grew up reading and re-reading her favorites from authors like Madeline L’Engle, JRR Tolkien, Mercedes Lackey, and Anne McCaffery; growing older added an adoration of webcomics and graphic novels, roleplaying on online forums, and the discovery of her all-time favorite book series, the Vorkosigan saga by Lois McMaster Bujold.After getting her bachelor’s in Anthropology, Miranda wrote stories on the side while working in tech. She has a deep love for exploring characters’ emotional journeys and developing vibrant fantasy worlds where magic intertwines with society, and exploring the conflicts that arise thereof.This novella is the first of her Keybreakers series, which is loosely based on a Pathfinder campaign where she played a kind but haunted witch. There, she met a strange and hilarious guy new to TTRPGs, whose strange-accented fistfighter frogfolk instantly delighted her. When they got married years later, Miranda rolled a natural 1 to see who would get to read their vows first. She still grumbles about it.Miranda currently lives on the Washington coast, with her three exceptionally strange cats, timid but loving rescue dog, and her wonderful husband. She fosters kittens and volunteers with her local humane society. She loves studying new subjects and developing eclectic hobbies, like rock polishing and fiber spinning and wild foraging. She also livestreams on Twitch, both using a facecam and as a Vtuber (and if you know what that means, you’re at least as big a nerd as her.)
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