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Book: Troublesome Neighbors by M. K. Theodoratus

categories: Book, Fantasy, Fantasy Adventure, Political Intrigue, Magic, Elves, Half-Elven, Alternate World, Conflict, Historical Fantasy

M. K. Theodoratus

about this book: A veteran of the Far Isles Half-Elven's Rebellion, Renna wants to live in peace and build her weaving business. But she's duty bound to protect her people. But her rich neighbor covets her lands.

When Renna refuses a powerful neighbor's suit, his men attack her villages. Renna must fulfill her duty to protect her people--without bloodshed.

Troublesome Neighbors is a historical fantasy set in a society similar to our 13-4th century medieval times. It's part of my Far Isles Half-Elven world where I wonder what influences genetic drift might have on a elf-human population. This novella happens close to the beginning of their history.

What inspired me to write this novella? Renna appears in my FIHE short story, The Foiling of Gorsfeld, as a stripling. Then, she appears in my novella, Taking Vengeance, as an old woman four hundred years later while her friend Mariah still appears as a youth. Anyway, I decided to tell the story of Renna's own encounters with Gorsfeld.