SPOILERS BELOW!
While the description for Book One was deliberately vague due to its being a jump-off point to a new series, Book Two kicks off with established characters and situations that uninitiated readers may not wish to expose themselves to until they've read Of Staves and Sigmas. Although no crucial plot points will be revealed below, the warning stands as a courtesy to those potential readers.
OF QUESTS AND QUANDARIES
resumes the narrative on the morning after Of Staves and Sigmas ends. The newly-freed Ergosians and the rebel fighters must now decide on a plan for thwarting the impending NuRac assail on Vargath. It is decided that several small groups of volunteers will quest in search of sister weapons to the formidable Soork wielded by Supreme Comander SyKrahvo. Familiar characters fill out the narrative: Wagner, Tamek of Vishkor, Balgor, J'nea, and Mirko of Vargath to name a handful. But, new players and places enjoy their debuts as well, people such as Amilla from the remote village of Venigskat; Dessy, the sassy street-girl from Orlahn; and Obner, the guardian of the reclusive Chahnuk people. Also, some of the more peripheral characters from OSAS -- Grandio and Graspa, Gralok, Darzah, Vonleor, Madya, Pelori, and Uthok the Bonecrusher -- get expanded presences in OQAQ. If you don't remember them from their brief appearances the first time around, brush up on your OSAS and get ready to experience them in greater scope.
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Alas! The cover to the left will not be the official cover to OQAQ. Yours truly concocted it out of some officially purchased Pixmac/Pond5 images and some quick photoshopping. I hope to engage artist Chip Boles to create the official cover when it comes time for publication.
Cover design by Geoffrey Verdegast
Character portrayals adapted from original digital images by Sergei Butorin and from Pixmac images yay-13291260, yay-13291266, and Pixmac000086092528.jpg.wyww1dr_Jocom01. Adaptations by Pomeroy41144.