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"The Drowning City," a model inspired from Book 4 of The Sea and The Wasteland, The Edge of All Worlds. There's an excerpt below from the chapter "Going Under," and additional images posted on the Art & Models page reflecting other areas within the novel.

   On the underside of a narrow balcony, Rain and Alan came upon a small café table, wrought-iron chairs sitting in three inches of water beneath a green and white umbrella, abandoned.

   Under the unchanging sky and the unending rain, time became an impossibility. Walled waterways led one into the next, a stitch-work of narrow paths and wobbling boards joined buildings across the current, the city really no different from the fens. In the bog, at least, he could see the way forward, even if it was only an impassable stone wall. The sinking city was a reckless, unending labyrinth, the dark water hiding an insidious undertow, a monster current eager to catch you, carry you down, drag you away like a freight train, lost forever in the cold and the darkness.

   Or maybe the canals were simply an extension of the fens with savage, cadaverous beings lurking at the bottom, rotting and tormented and lying in wait.

"The Hollows," a model inspired from Book 4 of The Sea and The Wasteland, The Edge of All Worlds. There's an excerpt below from the chapter "The Hollows," and additional images posted on the Art & Models page.

   Drizzling rain greeted them at the lip of the gaping tunnel, spattering the surface of the bog with a white noise like water sizzling against hot iron. Rain pointed across the lake, finger hopscotching from one grassy lump to the next.

   “There are peaks and short docks,” she explained. “If you know where to go, you can keep your feet dry. Or reasonably so. Follow me and don’t slip.” She paused, about to crawl down from the tunnel and onto one of the small islands of tired grass the color of dead autumn weeds. “Seriously, don’t slip. You don’t want to fall into this. Walk where I walk. Step where I step. And try and stay clear of the water, okay?”

All four books of The Sea and the Wasteland series are now available at the Grafton-Midview Public Library in the New Books section (October 24, 2023).

A very special thanks to Krista van Veen for getting the series added.

In the conclusion to the second duology of The Sea and the Wasteland, Alan Gardner's and Wade Fisher's fates entwine as each follow their own mysterious guides along the ways behind the worlds in pursuit of the White Sorcerer and the God Slayer. 

Released in November 2022 and available now under "Books."

The first few chapters are available to read under "The Edge of All Worlds."

The first book in the second duology based on the universe of The Sea and the Wasteland follows Alan Gardner on an epic journey along the ways behind the worlds. The second part of the duology is Book Four of The Sea and the Wasteland, The Edge of All Worlds.

Released in September 2022 and available now under "Books."

The first few chapters are available to read under "The Lost Door."