The Book of Many People

A civil war rages in Talestor. A boy from a forest chases after his friend, leaving the safety of the trees and thrusting himself into a world he can barely comprehend, happening upon a weary sword whose only wish is for peace. A group of slaves are freed, and a wife is reunited with her husband. A general struggles to lead her troops to victory. An old king sits on his throne and commands with grief. A member of an underwater kingdom is pulled to the surface world, haunted by the spirit of a man he barely knew. Before a key battle in the war, a soldier lies in his tent and prepares to die.

This is their story.