Of Sand and Malice Made

This standalone companion novel returns to Bradley P. Beaulieu's Song of Shattered Sands epic fantasy universe

eda is the youngest pit fighter in the history of Sharakhai. She's made her name in the arena as the fearsome White Wolf. None but her closest friends and allies know her true identity. But this all changes when she crosses the path of R mayesh, an ehrekh, a sadistic creature forged aeons ago by the god of chaos.

The ehrekh are desert dwellers, but for centuries R mayesh has lurked in the dark corners of Sharakhai, combing the populace for human "jewels" that might interest her. Some she chooses to stand by her side, until she tires of them and discards them. Others she abducts to examine more closely, leaving them ruined, worn-out husks.

eda flees the ehrekh's attentions, but that only makes R mayesh covet her more. R mayesh grows violent, threatening to unmask eda as the White Wolf--but the danger grows infinitely worse when she turns her attention to eda's friends.

As eda fights to protect the people dearest to her, R mayesh comes closer to attaining her prize, and the struggle becomes a battle for eda's very soul.

Author: Bradley P. Beaulieu
Publisher: Daw Books
Published: 09/19/2017
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780756413323

About the Author
Bradley P. Beaulieu fell in love with fantasy from the moment he began reading The Hobbit in third grade. While Bradley earned a degree in computer science and engineering and worked in the information technology field for years, he could never quite shake his desire to explore other worlds. He began writing his first fantasy novel in college. It was a book he later trunked, but it was a start, a thing that proved how much he enjoyed the creation of stories. It made him want to write more. He went on to write The Lays of Anuskaya series as well as The Song of Shattered Sands series. He has published work in the Realms of Fantasy Magazine, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, Writers of the Future 20, and several anthologies. He has won the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Award and earned a Gemmell Morningstar Award nomination. Learn more about Bradley by visiting his website, quillings.com, or on Twitter at @bbeaulieu.