Melody of Dragons: A Humorous Gamelit Fantasy Adventure
About this ebook
Guinevere earned herself a seat in the beta test for the next-gen deep immersion game, The Mists of Arathia, and easily became Champion of the Lunar God, Diana. She never thought twice about being unable to log out.
That was two years ago.
After partnering with an illiterate woodsman, Reynar, and his magical sword, they set out on their main quest: deliver news of Prince George’s death to the capital. The same zombified prince whose face Reynar smashed in and left to rot in a crypt—oops.
Delivering news of the prince’s demise should be easy… but instead they’re waylaid by an unassuming Rogue carrying a stolen Dragon Egg.
Under the promise of loot, the party battles murderous Kobolds and Dragonslayers on their perilous journey to return the egg. But the real prize is the truth. Teaming up with Myrina finally answers Guinevere’s question: why can’t she log out?
Lunar Insurrection is an experimental LitRPG/GameLit series, combining elements of fantasy and Dungeons and Dragons with a twist on the Isekai genre. Each novella-length installment builds on the larger story and world, but can also be enjoyed as individual tales out of order.
About the author
To bring my friends together during the pandemic, I got into being a Dungeon Master. I looked up YouTube videos and spent a disproportionate amount of time catering to my players, building a world in which they’d fall in love. One in which they could escape from their woes and worries and engage in a fantasy, if for a little while.
But then my creativity took me further. I wanted to tell a story. I wanted to create a story that mattered to my players, but we could never do it at the pace I wanted.
Then I saw a meme “What if I wanted to play Dungeons and Dragons by myself, what if I wanted to create stories and play through them by myself?” The response was, “That’s called writing a book.” I imagined a Key and Peele sketch about robbing a bank. “That’s called getting a job.”
Basically, if you want to tell a story, tell the story.
I have a passion for narrative and telling the story of the everyman. Here we follow Reynar who struggles with a world, not too much unlike our own, in which we attempt to break through the barriers between nature and humanity. Reality is shaped by forces which we cannot control. What if, instead of being dragged along by the current, we take control?
Welcome to Arathia, the world where every person can build the fantasy life of their dreams from the ground up.
One day, my army of fluffy minions will take over the world. But, well, I haven’t had any luck animating stuffed animals yet! Ever since graduating with my degree in creative writing from the University of British Columbia, you can usually find me typing away at my next fantasy novel like my life depends on it (it does). Other times, I’m locked inside a book, be that reading about dragons, mythology, folklore, or daydreaming in another fantasy world. I also entertain a “mild” tea obsession and guard my hoard like any bookdragon would.
