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Kindred Spirits from H’Ilgraith Illustration by Epic Made http://www.koehlerbooks.com/cover-polls/22724/      My second book, H’Ilgraith, is slated to be published on or about the end of February 2020.  It is predicated on my first book Homo transformans: The Origin and Nature of the Species.  In Homo transformans, an old woman played a pivotal role in saving and protecting a young girl who eventually became Mistress of the House of H’Aleth.  The old woman always seemed to

Harpyacalgryph From H’Ilgraith: Sister of the House of H’Aleth Illustration by Epic Made      H’Ilgraith [as an owl] had been so focused on the fortress and the wagon, she was unaware that she had been spotted. A harpyacalgryph [hăr-pē-ă-căl-grĭf], a hybrid aerial predator that had been released by the Cassius Foundation, had flown into the forest and settled in the canopy before H’Ilgraith arrived. Silent and motionless, it watched the arrival of the owl and

Snowfall      When winter term began, the compound was covered in snow.  For once, Ruwena was glad she did not have to go outside.  Winter in the Cassius village had been brutal.  It lay further north, so the cold temperatures and the wind had made a life of hardship even worse.  Snow was common, and snowstorms would bring inches to a few feet at a time.  If enough snow fell, Ruwena and her mistress used