[ONC 2024 Longlister] The heir to the kingdom has been kidnapped! Many great and powerful adventurers have tried to find him and bring him back to the loving arms of his father. Unfortunately, though great and powerful, they are also very much pitiful failures. When Luthiriensis, an elven tourist, and Mott, a perpetually aggrieved dwarf, are recruited by a mysterious patron to find the child, they soon find themselves in far more trouble than they could ever have imagined. Also, their recruiter is a dragon. So there's that to deal with too. An ONC novella based upon Prompt 21 - A dragon, an elf, and a dwarf embark on a quest to find the lost heir to the kingdom. Formerly "A Tale of Three". Cover created in Canva, using an AI generated picture and text through Logokit.

Lore is by definition the body of knowledge on a particular subject. Airia exists in a world filled with fantastic legends, but like so many things there is always more to the story than what we know, another side that often remains untold. When a young waiter, named Ambrose, climbs a forbidden mountain and strikes a deal with a powerful dragon hybrid to save his family from a deadly plague. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a world and a war that he knows little about. Where beasts of epic proportions and magic-wielding mages still lurk in the darkness quietly waiting to reemerge. His concept of what family really means is challenged and new threats rise to the surface.