Star Spun Souls

This post is Part 1 of a series to augment the Fictional Cartography by D.N.Frost available for free download. This and other map commissions are gathered in my Portfolio Directory for you to explore. This post is also Part 1 of a series about Claudia Oltean. One day, I awoke to an email from Claudia Oltean and her husband. She'd discovered my world map portfolio on Twitter and decided I'd be the perfect person to create a map for her debut novel. Claudia writes historical fiction about newspaper reporters in a time of mayhem, crime, and corruption. Her late grandfather, a Detroit journalist throughout the Prohibition era, inspired her tales with his daring adventures. Check out this Fictional Cartography by D.N.Frost for more maps! To help her readers understand the Detroit area, Claudia wanted a map to show the river and Canadian ...

This post is Part 15 of a series to augment the Atlas of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other TotKW maps are gathered in my Map Directory for you to explore. Enjoy! The Desperate Sea Forsaken waters off the coastal badlands. Geography and Climate In Chapter 11 of Awakening , the Desperate Sea lies on the southern side of the badlands of Old Ryerin . Few ships traverse the cursed air spilling from the dead shoreline into its waters. The Desperate Sea enjoys warm tropical weather for most of the year. But as the sticky, languid summer gives way to a winter wet season, these waters suffer the occasional hurricane churning up from the south. This region also borders the Gulf of Lohki , Glades of Despair , and Great South Sea. Flora and Fauna Few birds roam the cursed skies over the Desperate Sea, so fish school in huge numbers quite...

In the novel Awakening , there are 23 portents fortelling the events of the unfolding saga. Start with Portent I here . These and other riddles in rhyme are gathered in the Portents Directory for you to explore. Enjoy! When restless tenant weary grew Of fighting for his key At his behest so did request The west to set her free From Hells' advancing glowers He resumed the flow of time With turning test the truth to wrest Detested from the crime So asked he long to no avail Of comrade oversold And harried guest at last confessed They bested young and old. Can you decode the future Tales of the Known World ? Share your interpretation! Comment below with your take on this portent. I love that this prophesy comes to pass in Awakening . It opens a scene in Part II of the book, and it heralds events in Part IV. I love the complex rhymes and si...