In Yana, the Touch of Undying
by Michael Shea
Bramt Hex was weary of student life. Although an inframagus of no small standing—or girth—he couldn’t face a future dining on the slender means of a scholar.
A hastily contracted alliance with the widow of ruthless homunculus magnate Orgle Poon soon fell through when he bungled the sale of her brothel to an irritable demon.
His body sold to the skin-farms, Bramt had little to hope for. The hills were full of vampires and he had no money to bribe the giant Karbies who guarded him.
But when a passing wizard freed him, Hex resolved-by hook or by crook—to make his way to Yana. There he would receive the touch of Undying—and could begin to map the world…
A hastily contracted alliance with the widow of ruthless homunculus magnate Orgle Poon soon fell through when he bungled the sale of her brothel to an irritable demon.
His body sold to the skin-farms, Bramt had little to hope for. The hills were full of vampires and he had no money to bribe the giant Karbies who guarded him.
But when a passing wizard freed him, Hex resolved-by hook or by crook—to make his way to Yana. There he would receive the touch of Undying—and could begin to map the world…