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     Alan Gardner’s life quickly unravels after his encounter with the self-proclaimed guide and guerrilla artist, Rain. Following the clues left behind in a book written by a madman, they set out across interconnected worlds in search of the White Sorcerer trapped somewhere at the edge of all realities. Unbeknownst to either, Wade Fisher and a collection of misfit monsters following a mad, mercurial wizard are pursuing the pair through the magical doorways Rain creates, determined to find and destroy the God Slayer hiding at the very edge of all worlds, a being who calls himself the White Sorcerer.

     In the fourth installment of The Sea and the Wasteland, Alan Gardner and Wade Fisher’s fates entwine as they confront their darkest nightmares on the lost road to the edge of all worlds. 

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.  Book Four was released in November 2022 and is available now under "Books." The first few chapters are available to read under "The Edge of All Worlds."

     Wade Fisher’s a never-will-be reporter on the verge of the biggest story of his life, a story of people not of this world hunting something that’s eluded them for centuries. And it all starts with one homeless girl, her skin tattooed with the secret pathways behind the universe. What begins as the pursuit of a story becomes a race into madness in the company of a troupe calling themselves the Lost, followers of a self-proclaimed wizard pursuing his archnemesis, a creature he claims killed the gods and is now hiding somewhere in a distant world, a way that can only be reached through a series of magical doorways.

     Alan Gardner’s life was comfortably circling the drain until a chance encounter with a guerrilla artist with an uncanny magic ability. He quickly finds himself caught up in her scheme to create a doorway into the secret places behind reality, stumbling headlong into a journey with no idea what’s coming and only the vaguest inklings of who or what is chasing him and his enigmatic guide.

     The first book in the second duology from The Sea and the Wasteland follows Alan Gardner on an epic journey along the ways behind the worlds. Alans's journey concludes in the second part of the duology, Book Four of The Sea and the Wasteland, The Edge of All Worlds.

     The Lost Door was released in September 2022 and is available now under "Books" with the first few chapters available to read under "The Lost Door."

"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.