Ten exciting tales of magic, including: Devil Winds Stranded by war, fire mage Neyan waits for the devil winds to complete one last desperate mission: kill the enemy Then Captain Jabell rides into town. Different from the others, he makes Neyan see the man, not the enemy. For the first time, she questions her mission. But she must break the chains of this endless war...can she? A dark, twisted tale of betrayal. . Monkey River On a mission to map Monkey River, Pap guards Ariana, one of the rare map-mages. Then Ariana's magic finds something dangerous...a fleet of ships. Coming to attack? Pap and Ariana face insurrountable obstacles as race against time in this chilling tale of magic. Honorable mention in the Writers of the Future Contest