Homes

by Derek A. Kamal, Jacob Hunt (Illustrator), Samuel Cape (Illustrator)

Overview

Gram is a grouchy, boring dwarf who spends his days with the only thing he cares about: banging iron into interesting shapes. His jovial friend Faff annoys him; his ridiculous people, the dwarves of the Homes, irritate him; and to top it all off an inconsequential spat with Tad, a mining foreman, lands him a tidy exile for a year and a day. While he is away his land is thrust into rebellion and war, but his exile is not without purpose. There, and on his return, he learns that his people have deep roots, that they are stronger and more noble than he ever thought, and that great history, as well as danger, reside in the ground beneath his feet.

Homes is a fantasy novel that feels both familiar and fresh, immediate and ancient. It is playful and witty and deep as the bowels of the earth.

Homes is a journey of identity and roots.

Join the dwarves in an exciting tale of adventure, war, and history!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940156902866
Publisher:	Shoreless Skies Publishing
Publication date:	07/17/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

I am a writer, a teacher, a game designer, and a small publisher.
The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. -G.K. Chesterton

There are many people in the world smarter, with more to say, and more eloquent ways to say it than I. I've grown to understand that I may not 'make it' as a writer until I have something to say and that may not be until I'm very old. In the meantime, there is this. The work. From a 30 second introduction to a podcast, to a novel, to setting notes for an RPG, it's all the work. It's fitting words together in ways that are interesting and thoughtful and, perhaps, moving. It's sharing the things we care about in the ways we care about. It's form and content, poetry and prose.

I'm an (OTP) ATLien. I teach, I try to put my family first and keep my relationships in line. In the in-between I write and I play. Those two facets of my life have never gone away, through the many changes of life, and show no signs of going any place. And so on them I've staked my claim.