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Duke Grandfather Unleashes Hell
Автор: James Maxstadt
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How can a perfectly nice day at the museum turn out so wrong?
Duke and Lilly plan to spend a nice day off visiting dwarven artifacts brought out of the Deep, the legendary city uncovered under their very feet. But one of those items is more than it appears, and is central to summoning a Lord of the Pit. And if that happens, all hell will literally break loose.
Can Duke and Lilly stop the demon? Or, will they have to face an unstoppable evil in order to save Capital City, and maybe even themselves.
Find out in this novella length adventure. An exciting new chapter if you're already a fan, and an excellent jumping on point to join in the fun! Fans of Terry Pratchett, Glen Cook and RA Salvatore will love this story.
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Duke Grandfather Unleashes Hell
Автор: James Maxstadt
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How can a perfectly nice day at the museum turn out so wrong?
Duke and Lilly plan to spend a nice day off visiting dwarven artifacts brought out of the Deep, the legendary city uncovered under their very feet. But one of those items is more than it appears, and is central to summoning a Lord of the Pit. And if that happens, all hell will literally break loose.
Can Duke and Lilly stop the demon? Or, will they have to face an unstoppable evil in order to save Capital City, and maybe even themselves.
Find out in this novella length adventure. An exciting new chapter if you're already a fan, and an excellent jumping on point to join in the fun! Fans of Terry Pratchett, Glen Cook and RA Salvatore will love this story.
- Издатель:
- James Maxstadt
- Издано:
- Apr 2, 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780463260791
- Формат:
- Книге
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Duke Grandfather Unleashes Hell - James Maxstadt
DUKE
GRANDFATHER
UNLEASHES
HELL
James Maxstadt
Duke Grandfather Unleashes Hell
Copyright © 2019 by James E Maxstadt
All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof
may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever
without the express written permission of the publisher
except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
Printed in the United States of America
First Printing, 2019
ISBN: 9780463260791
James Maxstadt
Visit at jamesmaxstadt.com
To all the fantasy readers, whoever you are.
Other titles by James Maxstadt
Tales of a Nuisance Man
The Duke Grandfather Saga, Part 1
Duke Grandfather Saves the World*
*or at least a small part of it
The Duke Grandfather Saga, Part 2
Duke Grandfather Hears Voices, (Summer 2019)
The Duke Grandfather Saga, Part 3
Rejected Worlds: A Short-Story Anthology
Solomon's Exile
CONTENTS
WELCOME TO CAPITAL CITY
THE SHIELD
DAY OF BLOOD AND FIRE
THE WOUND IN THE WORLD
AFTERWORD
WELCOME TO CAPITAL CITY!
Hello and welcome to Capital City, the home of Duke Grandfather and the world’s most diverse population. Glad you decided to join us.
The story you’re about to read takes place after the events described in the Duke Grandfather Saga. You’ll find a lot of references to things that have gone before as you read this, and if they fire up your curiosity, you can find all the stories in the previous books.
But you don’t have to. You can read it fine on its own. If you do enjoy it and want to read more, start with Tales of a Nuisance Man.
Thanks for reading! Now, strap yourself in and get ready, as Duke Grandfather Unleashes Hell.
THE SHIELD
There's nothing like the feeling of waking up, the sun shining, the birds singing, and turning your head to see the most beautiful woman in the world lying next to you. Her hair in disarray, some of it sticking to the slight bit of drool that has come out of her mouth and onto her pillow. The little crust at the corners of her eyes, and the slight buzzing of her gentle snoring. It's a magical time, which was befitting such a powerful necromancer.
I don't know if it was her innate magic ability or some other sense that made her eyes flutter open right then. I watched her wake, coming around slowly, before I leaned over to kiss her good morning.
Ugh,
she said, covering her mouth with one delicate hand. My mouth tastes like the bottom of a rat-man's cart. And your breath smells like it.
She rolled out of bed and walked to the bathroom, leaving me there staring at the place where a moment before my love had rested her head. Ah yes, mornings could indeed be magical. Just not this one, apparently.
#
What's on the agenda today?
I asked around a bite of the toast I was using to mop up egg-yolk.
Lilly shrugged. Not sure. I don't have anything big going on. You?
It was the weekend, so Lilly didn't have to go into the watchhouse today, and I, being a free-lance Nuisance Man, had every day to make my own. It was one of the reasons that I stuck with the job.
Nothing on my end,
I said. How about if we head to the Academy?
Lilly's eye-brows rose. The Academy? You? Why? Do they have an all-you-can-drink history of ale exhibit?
My eyes lost focus for a moment at the thought of an all-you-can-drink ale exhibit, but, No. Although that does sound great. It's something to do, that's all.
The Academy wasn't a school, in spite of its name. It was a museum, housing the finest art ever produced in Capital City and abroad. I was no huge art lover, but a lot of the stuff they housed was amazing. Plus, I heard that Brindar was going to be there as security for a new exhibit.
They’re showing some of the things the dwarves found in the Deep. Brindar is on guard duty for the big opening, so I thought we could go say hello and offer a little moral support.
Lilly nodded. Forgot about that, actually. Good idea. I can't believe the dwarves have been able to get further into there.
From what I understand, it's still plenty dangerous. The Dokkalfar are still around and they've run into a few things even worse. But when they learned how to harness the power of that big chandelier it opened the place up. The Dokkalfar can't stand against it.
Still, I can't imagine anyone living there.
Brindar says that isn't the plan. They want to explore it, get anything they think is valuable or important out, and then close it back up. Expand Underworld in different directions.
Dwarves are kind of weird, aren't they?
I shrugged. Eh, maybe. Who am I to say?
Lilly gave a short laugh. You’ve come a long way,
she said. Sure, let’s go to the Academy.
When we arrived a couple of hours later, there were long lines waiting to get in. An event like this is one of the great equalizers in Capital City. It brings out the old and the young, the rich and the poor, all mingled together. Well, maybe the young and old; the rich don’t do much mingling.
While the Academy was open to all, free of charge, there was a separate VIP entrance for members and supporters
. In other words, if you give large sums of money, you get to go in and see all the old stuff without having to dirty your shoes on floors that the underclasses have walked on first.
They say money can't buy happiness, but it can certainly buy preferential treatment.
Lilly and I were far from being members or supporters. If we were anyone else, or if this was any other exhibit, we would have been out with the nameless rabble, standing in line, waiting for our turn to shuffle through and look past the ropes at what the dwarves had brought out of the darkness.
But, we were who we were, and our good friend, Brindar, the dwarven, and so-far only non-human Nuisance Man, was acting as the head of security. All we needed to do was get to him and he'd let us in.
The problem was
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