Stories from the Deep

Horace, Rumi, Keza and Aliyah travel together in Rumi's sentient wagon, which moves under its own power. Aliyah, an elf, keeps dreaming of a forest, and the group is heading there in the hope of learning about her past and her unusual abilities.

The road is dangerous. Fragments, sharp shards that roam the world, can possess travellers, and they stir whenever Aliyah is near. To go on, the group finally leaves the coast and boards a ship for a long crossing of the ocean.

The voyage brings new games among the sailors and old myths about the sea. Nobody aboard expects the myths to turn real, but the Fragments have gathered into a vast creature, the kraken of legend. Like the Fragments on land, it is fixed on Aliyah.

The crew has weathered many storms, yet good seamanship cannot protect the ship from the kraken's tentacles. To get away and keep travelling, the wagon's team has to uncover more about what the Fragments are. This is a fantasy adventure that moves between a found-family road trip and a sea voyage under threat.