Autumn brings dragons through the valleys, and Avice Sennett is out checking the routes before they arrive. Her map doesn't tell her everything.
Avice is a surveyor. She can measure a crossing, but the keeper who works there knows what the river did this morning. Avice has to make room for that in her report.
Not every traveler can read a sign, either. Some of the smaller creatures follow scent, and a dragon decides for herself where to land.
The Trouble with Signposts comes before Where the Dragons Land. The cover you see here is final. The story is still in development.
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Open a field noteThe first scroll is up: the prequel cover is final. There is no Kickstarter date yet.
See the latest noticeAvice has to look beyond the part of the marker she can read. What tells a human guide where to go may mean nothing to a traveler following scent.
Dana has more of these world notes, along with early art and story excerpts, to share as the series develops.
World note · development draftA guide sees the painted plate. A scent-following traveler finds the cup below it. A dragon may notice both and still choose another place to land.
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The Trouble with Signposts comes before Where the Dragons Land. Its story is still in development.