Hugh Cook Fanfiction - NOTES

Fanfiction for the author of 'Chronicles of an Age of Darkness' and other works

Submissions: danielthomasandrewdaly@live.com.au

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness - by Hugh Cook

(Some of the Below Information is From Wikipedia - which is legally classified as Public Domain Information - so I am within the law to reuse the information here.)

The books

Volumes 1 to 10 by Hugh Cook

The Wizards and the Warriors - (aka Wizard War[1]) 1986 (ISBN 0-552-12566-0)

The Wordsmiths and the Warguild - (aka The Questing Hero and The Hero's Return (2 volumes)[2]) 1987 (ISBN 0-552-13130-X)

The Women and the Warlords - (aka The Oracle [3]) 1987 (ISBN 0-552-13131-8)

The Walrus and the Warwolf - (aka The Lords of the Sword) 1988 (ISBN 0-552-13327-2)

The Wicked and the Witless - 1989 (ISBN 0-552-13439-2)

The Wishstone and the Wonderworkers - 1990 (ISBN 0-552-13536-4)

The Wazir and the Witch - 1990 (ISBN 0-552-13537-2)

The Werewolf and the Wormlord - 1991 (ISBN 0-552-13538-0)

The Worshippers and the Way - 1992 (ISBN 0-552-13848-7)

The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster - 1992 (ISBN 0-552-13849-5)

Volumes 11 to 20 - Planned Books by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly

(Based on Hugh's Plots - See Below for Plot Information)

The Wyvvern and the Warlock - Currently In Progress - see Text below (Fanfiction by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly)

The Watchtower and the Watermelon - Forthcoming (Fanfiction by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly)

The Weird and the Warped - Forthcoming (Fanfiction by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly)

The Wheelright and the Window-Washer - Forthcoming (Fanfiction by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly)

The Woeful and the Wise - Forthcoming (Fanfiction by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly)

The Waxman and the Warthog - Forthcoming (Fanfiction by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly)

The Whale and the Watermaiden - Forthcoming (Fanfiction by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly)

The Warmakers and the Worldring - Forthcoming (Fanfiction by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly)

The Wolfking and the Web - Forthcoming (Fanfiction by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly)

The Why and the Wherefore - Forthcoming (Fanfiction by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly)

Volume 21 - 40 (Daniel's Version) - Note: Hugh's Version (See Below) Calls Volumes 21 to 40 'Chronicles of an Age of Wrath'. Daniel's version continues the 'Chronicles of an Age of Darkness' titles instead on 'Bera Shambala'. It is a Short Story Series set on the planet Bera Shambala (Once connected to the Nexus) (Stories loosely based on Hugh's style, themes and concepts)

Volume 21 - The Wordguild and the Warsmiths (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story - COMPLETED - SEE BELOW

Volume 22 - The Wild and the Wrathful (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story - COMPLETED - SEE BELOW

Volume 23 - The Wishfaerie and the Warcry (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story - COMPLETED - SEE BELOW

Volume 24 - The Wizardking and the Wand (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 25 - The Worldly and the Wonderful (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 26 - The Water and the Well (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 27 - The Will and the Word (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 28 - The Weapon and the Watchers (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 29 - The Windmachine and the Watercauldron (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 30 - The Warhunter and the Whettingstone (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 31 - The Wally and the Wanker (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 32 - The Witchcrusader and the Warbrigand (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 33 - The Winterchild and the Warhammer (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 34 - The Wraith and the Wight (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 35 - The Winners and the Wasters (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 36 - The Window and the Watersprite (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 37 - The Wiggle and the Waggle (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 38 - The Whip and the Whitestone (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 39 - The Warmaster and the Weevil (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 40 - The War and the Wedding (by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) - Short Story

Volume 41 - The Voice and the Ventigern - by Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly - Short Story - Work In Progress - See Below

The Chronicles of an Age of Darkness broadly tell the story of the events leading to the end of a dark age.

The Chronicles of an Age of Darkness began with an ambitious outline for a series of twenty novels. This would have been followed by two equally long series, The Chronicles of an Age of Wrath, and The Chronicles of an Age of Heroes. This sixty-volume scheme ended with the publication of the tenth volume because of disappointing sales [4].

The novels are written in vastly different styles, which may have confused or alienated readers who expected continuity in each novel. Another theory is that the naming scheme, consisting of continual alliterative "W"-titles featuring unusual words put people off.

His remarkable ability to alter his writing style, coupled with a truly striking ability to convey vastly differing characters and places, has led many people to believe that "Hugh Cook" is a generic name used by various authors. [5]

The Chronicles defy the conventions of the fantasy genre, by including elements of science fiction, graphic violence, grotesque and macabre elements, and political cynicism. They are sometimes described as 'gritty' because of their realism.

The novels aren't high fantasy. They could be described as New Wave Sword and sorcery or Planetary romance/Sword and Planet. They also include elements of comedy.

[edit] Themes

Unlike most fantasy literature, the series eschews the concept and good and evil. Drama is created by characters pursuing conflicting goals, and the text often refuses to assign a moral function to their actions.

For example, Justina Thrug appears as the central protagonist in The Wazir and the Witch; the reader accepts all of her actions as justifying her aims. In The Werewolf and the Wormlord, she appears as a minor member of the group who oppose Alfric Danbrog's quest for power. She does not change from being "good" to being "bad", the narrative merely assigned her a different role that conflicts with that of the central character.

[edit] Chronology

The Chronicles differ from most fantasy or science fiction series by not telling the adventures of a main protagonist, on a particular quest, in sequential order.

Instead, each book is written from the viewpoint of a different character, whose personality and objectives differ markedly from the protagonists of other books in the series. The novels are set over the course of about thirty years.

Only occasionally do the plots of the novels interact directly, and when characters cross paths, they perceive events in markedly different fashions, as the following passages illustrate. The first shows the view of a prisoner, Drake Douay, the second that of his jailer, Watashi.

"Watashi's private torture chamber was a soundproof room containing a narrow wooden bench, which bore an ominous number of russet stains, and many ugly implements of iron. Drake did his thinking - and fast. Clearly posing as an innocent peddlar was not going to save him." - The Walrus and the Warwolf, p.352.

"... Douay was gagged and taken to an abandoned store room. Over the last three days, this had been converted into a horror house. Many ugly implements of iron had been gathered together; a torture bench had been installed; and Jarl had slaughtered a chicken in the room to make sure it was suitably blood-bespattered." - The Wicked and the Witless, p. 303.

The Wizards and the Warriors - Volume One

The Wizards and the Warriors is the closest to a traditional epic fantasy of the series, however, like all Cook's books, it has fun with fantasy themes. This novel set the scene and plot that would dominate the first five books, introducing all the characters that would feature in the following novels. This, the first book, told the story chiefly from the view of the Rovac warriors Elkor Alish and Morgan Hearst, as well as the wizards Phyphor, Miphon & Garash.

The Wordsmiths and the Warguild - Volume Two - CLICK THIS LINK TO THE FULL ONLINE TEXT FOR THE STORY, FREE TO READ ON HUGH COOK'S OWN WEBSITE

http://www.zenvirus.com/fantasy-novel-complete-text-online/index.html

Hugh originally intended for The Women and the Warlords to be the second in the series:

"The Women and the Warlords was, apparently, a miscue, at least from a commercial perspective. Nobody said so outright, but I was politely asked to write an intermediate book to sit between The Wizards and the Warriors and The Women and the Warlords.

Not really understanding why I was being asked to write this additional book, I nevertheless sat down and wrote it, and had fun doing so ... the result was The Wordsmiths and the Warguild which is the story of Togura Poulaan, a rather hapless young man who endures all manner of adventures but achieves nothing. If he had achieved something, he would have upset my ideas for the overall structure of the series, which was already becoming difficult to control.

As The Wordsmiths and the Warguild was not a long book to start with, I was a bit dismayed to have it cut into two parts for American publication." [6]

The Women and the Warlords - Volume Three

Frequently described as the book that ended the commercial viability of the series, Women and the Warlords tells the story of Yen Olass, a female oracle from the Collosnon Empire. Being a female in a male dominated society (the Collosnon Empire and its people, the Yarglat being loosely based on the Mongols) she suffers some very unpleasant experiences. There is evidence of her displaying lesbian tendencies due to her hardship at the hands of men, and she is not what you would call a stereotypical heroine. She has a penchant for swearing and for violence, amongst other character flaws.

The Walrus and the Warwolf - Volume Four

Perhaps the most popular book of the series, The Walrus and the Warwolf describes the picaresque adventures of Drake Douay, an apprentice swordsmith turned pirate. Drake's story is driven by two narrative strands, both of which are established in the opening chapters. Firstly, Drake meets and falls in love with Zanya Kliedervaust, who rejects him; secondly, the swordsmith for whom Drake works becomes insane and founds a new religion in which Drake is denoted as a figure of evil.

The novel relates Drake's exile from homeland (which has fallen into the hands of adherents of his ex-master's religion), and his long quest to win Zanya. It is intertwined with the central events of the first five volumes of the series: the war of Elkor Alish, the invasion of Argan by the Collosnon Empire, and the fall of the Confederation of Wizards. For fans of the series, Drake's adventures with the pirates are highly regarded; the novel is also popular for its depiction of Drake's exploits in the areas of religion, war, power struggle, the courtroom, and the torture chamber.

The Wicked and the Witless - Volume Five

This is the last book in the series to be set entirely on the continent of Argan and deal with the events around which the early novels revolve. It is the story of Sean Sarazin, aka Watashi, who is the oldest son of the ruler of Argan's most powerful state, the Harvest Plains.

Although very ambitious, Watashi is barred by law from seeking power for himself. The novel relates his attempts to make himself a ruler, both in the Harvest Plains and elsewhere. Along with book seven of the series, The Wazir and the Witch, this novel most clearly demonstrates Cook's liking, and talent, for writing about political intrigue.

The Wishstone and the Wonderworkers - Volume Six

This volume is purportedly a manuscript written by a madman which has been extensively censored and annotated by hostile editors. It represents a break with the narrative of the previous five novels, being set at an earlier time and in a largely unconnected location. Although some of the characters from the Argan novels appear, the Wishstone and the Wonderworkers does not deal with the events of the Argan chronology (the war launched by Elkor Alish and the fall of the Confederation of Wizards). Instead it is concerned with events on the continent of Yestron, specifically on the tropical island of Untunchilamon which is subject to Yestron's rulers.

This novel is the first to introduce the Nexus, the interstellar civilization which forms the distant backstory of the Chronicles. It provides an explanation of the history of the planet, and of how it came to be separated from the Nexus and plunged into the "Age of Darkness".

The Wazir and the Witch - Volume Seven

This seventh novel continues the story begun in book six. It is narrated by the same madman, this time writing at a later date at which he has, for the most part, recovered his sanity. In The Wazir and the Witch, Cook demonstrates (as he did in book three) his ability to write strong and nuanced female characters, considered atypical for adventure fantasy. It concerns the ruler of Untunchilamon, the Empress Justina. Justina's enemy, Aldarch the Third, has triumphed in the political struggle on the continent of Yestron and Justina's rule is at an end. The novel relates her attempts to stay alive and in power long enough to flee the island with her supporters.

The Werewolf and the Wormlord - Volume Eight

The events of The Werewolf and the Wormlord take place shortly after those of the two Untunchilamon novels. The novel is set in the Empress Justina's homeland, Wen Endex, in the north of Yestron and nominally subject to Aldarch the Third. Justina herself is a peripheral character for much of the novel. Wen Endex is ruled by the Yudonic Knights who are reminiscient of the heroic characters of Scandinavian myth.

The novel relates a power struggle to succeed the Wormlord, ruler of Wen Endex, between his daughter Ursula and his grandson Alfric, the protagonist. Alfric is a Yudonic Knight who has largely abandoned his heritage to work for the supranational organization of the Partnership Banks. He is drawn, reluctantly at first, into the contest to succeed his grandfather. Volume eight is notable for its original, and humorous, treatment of traditional monsters such as werewolves, vampires, and giants.

The Worshippers and the Way - Volume Nine - CLICK THIS LINK TO THE FULL ONLINE TEXT FOR THE STORY, FREE TO READ ON HUGH COOK'S OWN WEBSITE http://www.zenvirus.com/military-sf-sci-fi-war/sf-novel-worshippers-way.html

Volume nine is set on the continent of Parengarenga. For the most part, it does not deal with the events that take place on either Argan or Yestron. In this novel Cook returns to the backstory of the series first introduced in book six, the interstellar civilization of the Nexus. On Parengarenga, a Nexus combat school has survived the twenty thousand years since the link between the Nexus and the world of the Chronicles was broken.

The AI which administers the combat school continues to train students from the city in which it is located. Thus many inhabitants of the Dark Age city are trained to be members of the advanced technological civilization of the Nexus. However, none of the space-going vessels and superweapons of the Nexus are still in existence and the cadets are trained by means of virtual reality programs. Their technological skill and advanced scientific knowledge are of no use to them in the world they inhabit. The novel deals with one trainee, Asodo Hatch, and the conflict between his loyalty to his family and people in the real world, and his involvement in what he knows to be the futile concerns of the combat school.

The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster - Volume Ten - CLICK THIS LINK TO THE FULL ONLINE TEXT FOR THE STORY, FREE TO READ ON HUGH COOK'S OWN WEBSITE

http://www.zenvirus.com/wizard-wizards-warrior-warriors/saga-novel-witchlord-weaponmaster.html

Book ten tells the story of Guest Gulkan, a recurring character who appears in many of the first nine novels. Guest's story encompasses the entire chronology of the Chronicles, beginning before the earliest previously related events, and ending with the close of the "Age of Darkness". Guest is a typically complex Cook character, a questing hero who begins as a thoughtless, over-confident boy of 14 and, by the time he finally fulfills his ambitions, finishes as a more self-reflective, semi-traumatized conqueror. Guest's quest for power unites many of the most significant plot elements of the series and his eventual success is of a different order from that of the previous protagonists, giving him enough control over his world to change it entirely and bring the series to a conclusion.

Stories

Plans of Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly for the future of the 'Chronicles of an Age of Darkness'.

On Hugh Cook's website he has a number of comprehensive documents giving outlines for the future of the Chronicles of an Age of Darkness series. Hugh planned 20 volumes in the Chronicles of an Age of Darkness, yet only managed to complete 10 of the Volumes (apparently due to lack of sufficient demand and sales) before he passed on. Volumes 11 through to 20 were planned to be sequels to the original storylines. Essentially my plan is to continue Hugh's work in a fanfiction environment to hopefully live up to the desires of the fans of the saga for more of the world of 'Olo Malan'. Hugh also planned more sequels (and Prequels I think) with Volumes 21 to 40 being called 'Chronicles of an Age of Wrath' and Volumes 41 to 60 being called 'Chronicles of an Age of Heroes.' There is also information on 'Chronicles of an Age of Empire'. Much of my writing over the next decade or so will be to bring to light my version of these plans to give Hugh Cook fans more entertaining and canon compliant material.

Briefly, Volume 11 through to Volume 20 tells the story of the world being haphazardly unified through the three Door-Circles which link key areas of the Realm. It is ultimately up to the wizard Hostaja Torsen Skin-Pitilkin to establish what will not be an Empire, but an Alliance, that brings together key world powers and throws the Swarms of Argan back into the Deep South. On Hugh Cook's website there are basic plot summaries of each of the volumes and I have incorporated these into the plot summaries for Volumes 11 and 12, which I have worked on below with many of my own original ideas. The plot summaries of Volumes 13 through to 20 contained below are entirely the invention of Hugh Cook and I have yet to modify them, but will naturally develop the ideas into full plot summaries. These plot summaries can be found on his website. All of the volume titles (with the exception of volume 13 which was one of Hugh's tentative titles for volume nine) are my own creation. Over the next few months I will be doing extensive chapter by chapter plot summaries for the entire saga up to volume 20.

For information on myself (Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly) and my writing credentials you can find my autobiography/blog/journal and extensive writings in the 'Chronicles of the Children of Destiny' saga FREE to read at this weblink:

http://noahidebooks.angelfire.com

LINK TO THE MAP OF THE WORLD OF OLO MALAN FROM HUGH COOK'S WEBSITE

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness

Volumes 11 to 20

(By Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly)

(NOTE: Apart from Volume 13, which is one of Hugh Cook's titles for a planned book, the rest of the Volume Titles are my own invention, as the online information he had given no particular titles for these plots. There is a core of plot information Hugh wrote which I intend to follow, which will be intermixed with my own plans and ideas.)

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness Volume 11 - "The Wyvvern and the Warlock" (Work in Progress - SEE NEXT for the story written so far)

By Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly

Book Eleven tells the story of Togura Poulaan's continuing adventures with the wizard Kalphor (Phyphor's cousin) from ransacking the abandoned continent of Argan to seeking out the Warlock Blaz Durass who, apparently, has power to control the minds of Wyvverns to serve him. Hoping to utilize such powers, Togura and Kalphor travel to the Cold West, gain Blaz Durass's help, who owes a life debt to Kalphor and return to Argan to continue their treasure hunting with, what they hope, will be an army of Wyvverns defending them from the beasts of Argan. Unfortunately Blaz's exaggerations of his actual abilities gives him lukewarm power over only one old and quite daft Wyvvern, who whilst pretending to having succumbed to the power of Blaz, was actually looking for one last adventure and joined the unlikely team for the hell of it. Yet, with more dumb luck than any actual heroic prowess, the group of questing treasure seekers somehow manage to travel through the continent of Argan which, surprisingly, still has quite a range of dangerous inhabitants, from mad wizards, to warlords eager to utilize the beasts of Argan for their wargames, to the home of the Archimage Zen Durander who, in the ultimate showdown, challenges the Warlock to a magical series of tests which, if he is successful, will gain the group untold wealth.

Having gained the wealth they desired from Zen Durander in their questing adventures they return to Sung were Togura Poulaan is duly, upon the abdication of his father, announced as the new Baron of the Poulaan clan. Holding court for the first time Togura is greeted by the travelling Morgan Hearst who is heading for the islands of Rovac. Togura, now ambitious to become King of Sung, realizing that with his increasing fame on Sung due to his newfound wealth and heroic fighting capabilities, seeks to join Morgan's questing ambitions and the economic prosperity in controlling the door-circles, and thus listening to Morgan's plans, and joins with him to travel to the islands of Rovac. Meanwhile, Blaz, leaving their company, returns to the Cold West to resume his Wizarding work with the Wyvvern. The Wyvvern, though, having gained some insight into the plans of Morgan Hearst and his knowledge of the three circles, leaves Blaz and staying out of sight, follows Morgan Hearst and Togura to the Rovac Islands were he meets up with Thodric Jarl. Thodric Jarl has an allergic reaction to Wyvverns, but does his best to listen to the Wyvvern's tale and enters into an agreement with the Wyvvern on behalf of the Wyvvern's community, aiming to bring Wyvverndom into the anticipated economic prosperity which seems to lie ahead. On the islands of Rovac one particular isolated island is contaminated with creatures of the Swarms. On the island is a Door which Hearst opens with a star-globe he brought from the Lesser Teeth: the Star Globe originally brought to the Lessers by Yen Olass Ampadara. The book then follows the progress of Hearst and Togura's ambitions as they form an alliance with Jarl, the Wyvvern staying unseen as they seek to integrate themselves into the society of Rovac and to control this Third Circle. The story climaxes with Blaz Durass coming to prominence in Rovac as the great Wyvvern's chosen wizard to sit on on the Rovac Guild of Wizards, Witches and Warlock's council. The Wyvvern has managed to integrate himself into Rovac culture as practically a 'god' as the Rovac often worshipped Wyvvern's in the past and a talking Wyvvern is something truly to behold. The guild is one of the voices in the new Rovac Economic Prosperity Government, which seeks to utilize the power of the circles to amass wealth for itself and build its civilization. Togura seeks to act as a voice for Sung in this process and, having befriended both the Wyvvern and Blaz, is voted upon as official Sung representative on the Economic Prosperity council of Rovac. Togura then leaves his friends to return to Sung with the good news, upon which Sung proclaims him as their new King, with the coronation of King Togura of Sung being the climax to the novel.

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness Volume 12 - The Watchtower and the Watermelon (Forthcoming very soon)

By Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly

Book Twelve of the Chronicles of an Age of Darkness is an epic and lengthy novel drawing on all the major characters of the series in an epic showdown of hilarious contest between the ancient sect of the Watermelon and the challenging truths of the illustrious Watchtower. With the Doomsayers coming to the world to pass judgement upon the main characters of the series for all their various idiosyncrasies and character defaults, 'The Watchtower and the Watermelon' highlights Phyphor's struggle with his 'Watermelon' heritage and the threat of the Watchtower. 'Squirrel Dalydius' is the main new protagonist of this saga, who draws Phyphor into a special destiny to rid the Watermelon sect of their frustrating Watchtower opponents. Squirrel, in assigning a special task for Phyphor, tells him of his responsibilities, according to the judgements of the Doomsayers, to teach and uphold the rule of law in the world and to nurture and mould the young and innocent to take their place as the future rulers of the world, and thus sends him to the newly established 'Dominion of Sung' were, according to the Doomsayers, he is to nurture and encourage the mental and spiritual growth of a certain bumbling youth, the ambitious Wart.

After Togura Poulaan becomes king of Sung at the end of Volume 11, he appoints Wart as guardian of the wreckage of the green bottle which lies near Keep. The book follows the Wart's difficulties as he struggles to protect this wreckage, which is increasingly becoming the focus of questing heroes and other such rabble.

When the wise old Phyphor arrives on Sung he befriends the young Wart and carefully begins to teach and mould him in the ways of becoming a man. Wart instantly likes Phyphor and dreams of becoming a wizard, but Phyphor suggests to him that the area of politics will likely end up his strength and, following Squirrel's directives from the Doomsayers, speaks of a prophecy which emanated from a civilization only known as 'The Nexus', coming down into their universe, of a special lad who would one day rise up to glory and join the Nexus as chief representative and King of his own universe. Phyphor tells the young Wart 'That could well be you, so learn your lessons well young king in waiting.'

Through his tribulations in learning to protect the valuables of the wreckage of the green bottle and learning the ways of responsibility, Wart grows from being a bumbling young Hardluck hero, to something of a man who has won the heart of Sonilia Suet, the youngest daughter of the Suet clan. Along the way, the Watchtower Sect has arrived in Sung with official 'Doorknockers' out on their quest to prepare the world for the coming of the 'Grand Guardian Watermelon.' Togura is approached by representatives of the Watchtower in an attempt to convert the King, and thus the land of Sung, to the way of the Watchtower - ever anxious for the return of their grand guardian. The Watchtower establish their official residence in the township of Keep and an ongoing conversion campaign is started by them to win the residents of the eastern Ravlish lands.

The Watchtower takes a particular interest in young Wart, who they also seem to think is a figure of power prophesied in ancient 'Guardian' teachings from his first advent on Olo Malan. The actual belief in the first advent of the guardian did not originate with the official watermelon sect of the southern area of Ashmolea, specifically, but rather a convert to the movement, who developed the text for his own purposes based on strange material he found while visiting Parengarenga in the city of Dalar Ken Halvar, when researching the ancient Nexus community, for faith concerns, and finding information on one of the early 'Governor's' from the Nexus who overlooked Olo Malan and was known as the 'Grand Guardian' who apparently had a strange obsession for eating watermelons. This information was related by a passive 'Dorgi' who, due to a malfunctioning 'sarcasm component' of his CPU AI system, engaged in conversation with the founder of the Watchtower sect, and related much of his corrupted database history of the early Nexus years time in Olo Malan, his story changing when the strange watermelon sect man had related much of his own life history to the mechanical beast. The Dorgi gave the location for metal plates containing images of various ancient Nexus figures, and one of the golden plates contained an image of the grand guardian, which the watchtower founder took with him upon his return to Ashmolea and utilized as the basis for the foundation of the Watchtower sect within the Watermelon community. And, as it just so happens, the young Wart is the spitting image of the Grand Guardian.

The Watermelon sect is, perhaps in vain, attempting to preserve the life of the young Wart from the threats of the Watchtower. Yet, they seem to have a similar belief in mind about the lad as well, viewing him as an embodiment of the purposes of the Grand Guardian Watermelon to 'Redeem' him from the threat of their cultic opponents, 'The Watchtower' and thus, through young Warts salvation at the hands of Phyphor, Wart can represent the authentic faith of the True Watermelon cult, and renounce forever the heresies of the Watchtower.

In the end, Wart chooses his own destiny.

The book climaxes with Wart being appointed a barony, and Phyphor returning to Squirrel Dalydius in Ashmolea, with all the news of his lessons taught for the young Wart, who has chosen his own fate. Thereupon Phyphor is delivered up to the council of the Doomsayers, who sentence him the next task of sorting out the ongoing problems between the Watermelon Sect and the Watchtower (which becomes one of the recurring themes through volumes 13 to 20), who, in the judgement of the Doomsayers, misrepresent the ultimate purposes of the Nexus, who they acknowledge as rulers over the strands of eternity dealing with their own universal realities, (the Nexus not having been aware of the rest of the Universes and aspects of Existence according to the Knowledge of the Doomsayers), and thus the fate of the Watermelon and Watchtower, in the Judgements of the Doomsayers, is to become more compliant with the ancient Nexus Community, and to prepare them, with their new commission, for the return of the 'Grand Guardian' who will re-connect Olo Malan with the Nexus Community. (The actual return of the 'Grand Guardian', and the re-connection of Olo Malan to the Nexus community, is to be told in the 4th Chronicles of the saga, volume's 61 to 80, titled 'Chronicles of a New Age Dawning').

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness Volume 13 - The Weird and the Warped (Forthcoming) (Hugh's plot summary from website)

Nuana Nanalako returns to her home in the Stepping Stone Islands only to find that she was officially declared dead years ago. The book follows her difficulties as a living ghost.

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness Volume 14 - The Wheelwright and the Window-washer (Hugh's plot summary from website)

Drake Douay and his companions proceed to Tor after the wrecking of the good ship Dragon. The book follows the adventures of Drake and his companions during the years in which Jon Arabin establishes an empire in the Drangsturm Gulf.

With the help of war machines from Ling, most notably a skavamareen (a PsyOps weapon which flies) Drake and his companions push deep into the Terror-lands of the Deep South, where Drake makes himself lord of the ancient city which houses the tectonic lever.

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness Volume 15 - The Woeful and the Wise (Hugh's plot summary from website)

As Hostaja Torsen Sken-Pitilkin and the wizards of the Confederation tighten their grip on the Circle of the Partnership Banks, it becomes increasingly clear that there is precious little scope for the more ambitious warriors. Accordingly Watashi and others, having come into possession of a star-globe, seek to establish their own empire by opening the Circle accessed through the Old City of Penvash.

The Penvash Circle runs thus: Old City - Eucalyptus Forest - Ocean Cay - Drangsturm Southside - Mountain Snowland - Plain of Tazala - Jungle Temple - Dalar ken Halvar - Cannibal Beach - and back to the Old City.

Having opened this Circle, Watashi and his allies must cope with the consequent complications. The Door in the Mountain Snowland is on one side of a high pass. On the other side is one of the Doors of the Third Circle exploited by Morgan Hearst and Thodric Jarl. Near these mountains is the city of the tectonic lever, where Drake Douay resides; and in due course Drake explores to the Door, mounted on his trusty skavamareen.

The Door on the Cannibal Beach is disconcertingly near Port Domax, the free port where Shabble dwells, and it is not long before Shabble comes bobbing along in company with a considerable retinue to demand access to the Penvash Circle. The Door in the Eucalyptus Forest is in the south of Parengarenga, the continent which is home to the city of Dalar ken Halvar.

The power-seekers heighten all complications when they attempt to seize the home city of the young Lord Dreldragon, who saves himself by briefly using the tectonic lever. This has far-flung consequences, including the opening of a sea channel between the Drangsturm Gulf and the Ocean of Cambria.

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness Volume 16 - The Waxman and the Warthog (Hugh's plot summary from website)

This book deals with events on Untunchilamon after the fall of the Empress Justina. It focuses on the artist Slanic Moldova.

A wazir sent by Aldarch III seeks to exercise his authority over Untunchilamon. An Expeditionary Force from Odrum makes an ill-advised excursion to the island. And Codlugarthia establishes his rule on Untunchilamon.

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness Volume 17 - The Whale and the Watermaiden (Hugh's plot summary from website)

This book is set in Chi'ash-lan, the ruling city of the Cold West, which is experiencing severe difficulties. The Rovac will no longer fight for Chi'ash-lan, but instead have returned to their home islands to place their swords at the service of the Rovac World Ring, aka the Rovac Ring, the Third Circle of Doors controlled by Morgan Hearst and Thodric Jarl.

The old enemies are turning on Chi'ash-lan.

Above all else, those enemies demand the death of Bailiff Vok, Chi'ash-lan's long-time ruler. They are also intensely interested in the x-x-zix, the wishstone of Untunchilamon, which has come into Bailiff Vok's possession. In Bailiff Vok's prisons there is a man who has the ability to command the x-x-zix. If this man is allowed to proceed to the City of Ice with the x-x-zix then he can warm the weather of the Cold West, causing an icemelt which will unlock, amongst other things, the sea route from the Cold West to the Hauma Sea.

Bailiff Vok refuses to concede either his own life or Chi'ash-lan's supremacy. As Vok fights increasingly desperate and savage battles for control and survival, two men make the decision to dispossess him. These men are Prince Tatsu and the gladiator Bork. The book follows their ultimately successful attempt to win control of Chi'ash-lan and the difficult diplomacy which follows as, by a mixture of bluff, threat and bribe, they endeavour to protect their city from its enemies.

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness Volume 18 - The Warmakers and the Worldring (Hugh's plot summary from website)

Three Circles are now in operation: that of the Partnership Banks (the Safrak Circle), that controlled from the Old City (the Penvash Circle) and that of the Rovac (the Third Circle, aka the Rovac World Ring, aka the Rovac Ring).

Unfortunately one of the Doors of the Penvash Circle is underwater, which compromises its effective operation.

Nevertheless ...

It functions, after a fashion, pouring a river of salt water into the Mountain Snowlands.

The one common meeting place of these three Circles is in the city of Dalar ken Halvar.

The powers of the three Circles fight an increasingly bloody war of spies and assassins for control of the city of Dalar ken Halvar, which some see as meaning the control of the world.

This book deals with the clash of those spies and assassins, those spies and assassins being themselves caught up in the complexities of an internal power struggle in Dalar ken Halvar itself.

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness Volume 19 - The Wolfking and the Web (Hugh's plot summary from website)

This book is set in Drake Douay's home city, the city of the tectonic lever, where he has generously allowed certain wizards of the Confederation to make their homes.

Drake Douay is progressively unlocking the secrets of his home city. His latest discovery is a cache of some twenty-seven million telephones which date back to the days of the Nexus. Drake proposes setting up a telephone network to link the entire world.

The telephones are very enthusiastic about this idea, as they are sick and tired of sitting in the dark with nobody to talk to but each other. Unfortunately, this idea is anathema to the wizards, who are alarmed at the speed of events, and particularly alarmed at the way Drake's new technology outstrips their own powers.

The wizards accordingly attempt a coup against the young Lord Dreldragon, who must struggle against them as best he can. Fortunately, the telephones are all on Drake's side.

This book deals with the days of the coup and Drake's efforts to save both himself and his beloved telephones.

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness Volume 20 - The Why and the Wherefore (Hugh's plot summary from website)

In Volume 15, one of the Doors of the Penvash Circle was sunk when Drake Douay briefly used the tectonic lever, with far-flung consequences which include the opening of a deep sea channel between Argan North and Argan South.

This book opens at Drangsturm, now a deep sea channel between Argan North and Argan South. Sken-Pitilkin is supervising the salvage of a vital Door from the deep water channel. An entirely unrepentent Drake Douay is assisting.

Drake is now the lord of Babel, the international telephone network. The telephone is the latest (and in many ways the most powerful) of the devices which is rapidly changing the world beyond recognition.

Another change is that airflight is increasingly commonplace.

Hostaja Torsen Sken-Pitilkin, the true inventor of effective flight, has taught other wizards of his Order the secret of his stickbirds. A wizard's power is inimical to the natural order of the universe, which seeks to destroy that power. When enchanted objects are not properly shielded, they are usually destroyed in short order, most commonly with devastating effects.

It is Sken-Pitilkin's genius to have devised a system for partially exposing an enchanted object to destruction, then trapping and using the turbulent forces which result. This is why he can fly his stickbird across entire continents, a feat entirely beyond other wizards of his order until he shows them the way.

The world is now linked by telephones, by three Circles (the Circle of the Partnership Banks, aka the Safrak Circle; the Circle of the Old City, aka the Penvash Circle; and the Third Circle, aka the Rovac World Ring, aka the Rovac Ring) and by many airpowered wizards.

The Confederation of Wizards, which has slowly been regrouping, and has now established itself firmly on Ashmolea, intends to bring this new world under its rule, and so summons Sken-Pitilkin and others to a conference at which submission will be demanded. Unfortunately for the Confederation, it has severely underestimated the strength of some of the Powers it has summoned, most notably Codlugarthia and the young Lord Dreldragon.

The book follows Sken-Pitilkin's ultimately successful efforts to preserve his own life, his political power and the peace of the world at this Conference, which he does in part by postponing all issues which are incapable of easy resolution (such as whether Lord Dreldragon is within his rights when he lays claim to the Stepping Stone Islands), and in part by encouraging the destructive tensions within the Confederation.

By the time the Conference has been brought to a successful conclusion, the Confederation of Wizards is almost on the point of destroying itself. As the people who have taken part in the Conference disperse, Sken-Pitilkin is detained, and must use all his skill, wit and expertise to bring about the political destruction of the Confederation and remove the threat which it poses to the new order of the world.

FUTURE OF THE SAGA BEYOND THIS POINT

Chronicles of an Age of Wrath (Planned by Hugh Cook - I am not aware of any planned book titles, but his website has a basic series plot which you can look up)

Volumes 21 to 40

Chronicles of an Age of Heroes (Planned by Hugh Cook - I am not aware of any planned book titles, but his website has a basic series plot which you can look up)

Volumes 41 to 60

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness

Volume 21

The Wordguild and the Warsmiths

By Daniel 'Hugh Cook' Daly

Prologue

Olo Malan is a world beset by terror of every order. Yet in the universe of Bera Shambala, which is connected to Olo Malan by a portal of another Worldring which is rarely connected to, known only by the 'Bragmen' of Chomba Pass in the far northern reaches of Tameran, there exists two fundamental organisations. The Wordguild and the Warsmiths.

Now the Wordguild is based simply on that - Words. And, so it is taught every generation to all and sundry who will listen to the splendid message of salvation as taught by the Wordguild, by the Words of Power was all that is created. And what created all that is? Well, that is the divine mystery, as they rightly say. Thus, words - language - communication - was the true saviour of men, and every word of knowledge honoured, cherished, and taught as truly perfect. The way of enlightenment was thus truly enshrined in the dictionaries of power, the heart and mind of every servant of the Wordguild.

Now the Warsmiths opposed the Wordguild, not out of any deeply thought out philosophy, but rather a simple and banal penchant for that most barbarous of activities - war.

Thus these two powers dominated the hearts of Bera Shambala. The wordguild to bring the salvation of knowledge and education to the world, the warguild to tear it apart.

And thus it was.

And thus it is.

And thus so it shall be.

Chapter One

Toguran Loupaan was a confused individual. You had to be with one parent, the mother superior, the honourable chief member of the town's wordguild cult, and the other, the father dominant, an old fashioned Warsmith, bent on eternal dreams of conquest. Living with the two of them had become - well - quite insufferable, born with the power of a humility greater than that of mortal men. It had to be, for they warred with each other of a constancy greater than the fluidity of the tides of the ocean.

Toguran had a girlfriend. Say Duet. Say was a very attractive girl, and his mother always emphasised that with a very powerful name like 'Say' which was the heart of Word Power, she would indeed make a most excellent wife one day. Toguran didn't disagree. 'As long as she is good in bed,' was the summation of his father's wisdom on the issue, and so far Toguran had not been disappointed on that particular issue since the climax to his 16th years birthday party.

Toguran had a destiny with Mother Superior. To bring the power, knowledge and salvation of a good education to Bera Shambala. He did her no great honour - he was a dunce in school.

Toguran had a destiny with Father Dominant. Neither did he bring him any great honour - a ladybug was more threatening.

But Say Duet loved him, despite his great fears, and lack of bravery, and when he finally won her heart one particular night, in an adventure about to be chronicled, she verily agreed to be his wife.

Chapter Two

Skrag Cromento was a thick enough fella. He couldn't spell, could bearly speak with a mouthful of stutters usually eventuating, and he was none to pretty to boot. But he fancied Say Duet, and wanted her for his bed.

The night got along quite well, in the local Lord's lads birthday party, to which a number of the local underlings children did find invites. Skrag, a fighter, was fortunate, and so were Say Duet and Toguran Loupaan.

Skrag spent most of the night attempting to persuade the delicious say to the back parlour, but say refused, and Toguran, ever the wimp, felt safe enough not to interfere, nor would he, yet he trusted Say's loyalty anyway.

And then, coming into the main living room once more, when festivities around midnight were at their peak, Skrag pulled down his pants in front of all, an erect penis of 7 inches standing at attention, and said verily to his lady desired 'Wel, we, we, well, wel, well, ha ha ha ho how bb bb b b bout it, b b b b bab babe.'

Say looked, gasped, and was almost tempted.

But, for the first time in his life, Toguran became a man.

Firstly, words not normally within his power of speech, but taught incessantly since youth by mother superior sprang to his defense.

'I say, you son of a motherless goat. Your trivial, minor and indeed pathetic genitalia would make a squirrel embarrassed. They are indeed large - when compared with those of a gnat.'

Skrag looked at Toguran dumbfounded.

'Oh, you are too dense to understand my profound dialogue of eloquent wisdom. You really are a dunderhead, are you not,' he continued, again with a toffee nosed accent.

'I shall simplify.'

And then, his mother finally and rightfully proud of her son, his father's joy finally borne as well.

'Get your hands of my bitch, pigbrain.'

And Toguran, finding courage beyond himself, strode forward, grabbed Skrag's erect manhood, gave it an Almighty yank, punched him in the face, and that was the end of the trouble.

Toguran was Say's hero.

Chapter Three

4 years later, three little Loupaan's running around his new living room, Toguran was celebrating. He was now the chief man in the village when it came to the Wordguild, and he and his father were recruiting men to start a campaign to conquer life, the universe and everything.

For Say, her man's shagging abilities had notably improved since the illustrious day he came to her rescue, and she could now not wish for another.

Besides, with 3 children, a fourth on the way, and a herd of pigs out the back, what more could one ask for from a citizen of Yalth Tebrek, in the backwaters island of Sang? What more indeed.

The End

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness

Volume 22

The Wild and the Wrathful

Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly

http://hughcookfanfiction.angelfire.com

Bleatin Blattin was a curious young lad, of 14, hopeful to soon reach 15 and his inheritance, when, deemed of suitable enough age, the high priest of the cult of cockroach worship, the cockies, instructed his adherents to convert Bleatin, a suitable enough candidate, to the cult, in the hopes of finding a new priest for the local chapel. Bleatin was reluctant.

Severus Jander poked him. 'You are hardly a wise priest, Bleatin.'

'I am only an acolyte,' responded Bleatin dejectedly to the wild Severus' insult.

'Is not an acolyte at least to dress properly in fine cockie vestments?'

'Who cares,' responded Bleatin. 'I was forced into the religion by mommie.'

'Pathetic,' mocked Severus. Bleatin didn't care. Severus wandered off.

Mishnah caressed his arm. 'Don't worry about Severus. He is only jealous. His family are devoted Cockies - he probably wanted the job.'

'He can have it,' responded Bleatin, still unconvinced on his life's apparent calling.

'But the Cockroach created all and loves us,' responded Mishnah. 'And they serve us faithfully, eating our discarded waste. They are truly beautiful creatures.'

'Their dirty,' stated Bleatin honestly.

'Don't blaspheme,' warned Mishnah. 'The priests will cut your head off.'

'They can stuff themselves with cockroaches as far as I am concerned,' said the wrathful Bleatin.

Mishnah just sighed.

When he had reached 19, and appointed Priest of the Local chapel, Bleatin had had his fill of cockroach sermons. I mean, how many ways could you praise the wisdom of the humble cockroach anyway? And so, completely buggered with it all, he made his plan - get kicked out, and promote a successor.

It was the sabbath. Bleatin addressed the audience. He looked at Severus. 'You would make a good priest,' said Bleatin, looking at Severus. The audience clapped. 'The Cockroach knows, I can't bloody handle the job. I mean, how many ways can you praise a stupid insect.'

The audience went silent, shocked.

'They eat our waste. They are dirty and spread disease. They are hard to kill. They really are a noxious beast.'

The blasphemy was too much for the audience. Severus' father stood. 'You are not worthy of the calling of a Cockie Priest? You, you are a blasphemer.'

The people murmured agreement.

'What shall we do with him?' someone cried.

'Strip him of his vestments. And stick him in the shit,' said Severus from his seat of new power. Nobody disagreed.

4 days later, not really smelling too much any more, despite being in the bog for most of the afternoon, Bleatin was a relieved man. They didn't care about him anymore. Thank the cockroach for that.

Mishnah showed up, inevitably, caressed his arm, and said. 'Well, I do love the cockroach, and will always be faithful, but I think I can handle a heretic as wonderful as you. As long as you stay out of the shit,' she said, suddenly noticing a lingering smell.

'I'll try,' said Bleatin, and Mishnah caressed him again.

The End

Chronicles of an Age of Darkness

Volume 23

The Wishfaerie and the Warcry

Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly

Bera Shambala, once connected to the Nexus and thriving, long fallen into disuse by the powers of the Nexus, the experimental world deemed far more trouble than it was worth, for even the Nexus had scruples in the divine manipulations of probabilities they were involved in, was a hell of a planet.

Modeled on Olo Malan, Bera Shambala had been born in the 'Pool of Certainties' by the great 'Alpha-Wurm', to whom it was believed the siring of all decent and credible creations belonged to. Yet, the planetary body having come off the production line, the shapers of merriment, who had completed a 10,000 year secret surveillance of Olo Malan, decided, in their laboratorical genetic manipulations of the forebearers of Bera Shambala's great race of noble creations, to manipulate destiny, through the copulative instincts implanted in scientifically genetic sureties, for a sarcastic alternative creation to the majesty of Olo Malan - a mirror as it were - and utilize suggestive mind manipulation - indeed the voices of the gods - to achieve their hypothesized purposes.

Yet a good while back the voice of the great Alpha-Wurm had verily convicted the shapers of merriment of their nasty proleptic panderings, and they had simply left things be.

And now Bera Shambala produced ucanny resemblances to Olo Malanese culture, albeit with an ironic twist, on a regular, uncanny basis.

Druldruguser Dragonfart Douay was a bastard - quite literally - born out of wedlock, raised by a rather ugly prostitute with a famed missing front tooth and poor hygiene, Gelba Douay constantly assured the sensitive Druldruguser his father had been the most handsome and noble of men, despite Druldruguser intimately aware of the gutter class scum which employed mother's cheap, and quite nasty, services.

'I will now find my father,' said the boasting 16 year old. For he had gone to the pool of wishes, and spent a coin and prayed to the wishfaerie, and she had promised him his heart's deepest desire.

Gelba shrugged. He was off his head again.

'Were is he, mother?'

'Troldok. He is in the palace there.'

And so, taking off for the city of Troldok, 100 leagues up the highway hence northwards, he came to the palace of Troldok, sought entry into the duke's presence, and declared himself, in front of the nobles, son of the duke to the maiden Gelba Douay. The laughter from the court was, indeed, hysterical.

But the duke looked at this poor unfortanuate, noticed the familiar looks on his face, and said 'Indeed, scumlad, I think I can help you. Take him down to the shitman.'

So, being led away, out to the back arse of Troldok palace, he came into the presence of quite an odorous reality, the working quarters of the shitman, who dealt with the various body waste concerns of the palace of Troldok, for it infamously had no plumbing since the losing of a dispute between warring parties and a gamble lost, the loser forgoing plumbing for a three score years and ten, Druldruguser confronted a man, twice his age, yet his spitting image, arms covered in faeces, dealing with some revolting looking substance, who just smiled at him.

'Your Druldruguser, I take it,' said the man.

Druldruguser nodded miserably, staring aghast at his rather pathetic father in his. rather pathetic occupation.

'Well, don't worry too much about it. If you end up in the shit like me, the pay is not too bad in the end.'

And Druldruguser bellowed in a disappointed voice of war 'Dog's bloody Testicles!'

And the shapers of merriment would have smiled at this ironic encounter.

And the world turned.

The End

Chronicles of an age of Darkness

Volume 41

The Voice and the Ventigern

Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly

The Voice inhabited the southern hemisphere of Bera Shambala and the Ventigern inhabited the western-northern hemisphere of Olo Malan.

Olo Malan, every fourth year, due to an ageold gravity belt put in place by an old Nexus governor, suffered a change in poles to mainly west by east, but sometimes north-west by south-east, the craziest of years according to scholars of Chi Ash Lan. Thus the four yearly 'Deep Freeze' of the cold west, with snow and ice everywhere,was sometimes altered by the graces of the Ventigern, which all Chi Ash Lan schoolchildren revered, the mythical force of spirit which gave occasional grace periods of warmer weather for the renowned cold west's reputation. The Ventigern was nothing more than a faulty electrical circuit a lazy Nexus programmer overlooked while preoccupied with some CGI of rather buxom ladies in quite scantily dressed clothing. The mistake had long gone overlooked.

The Voice, on the other hand, was the power of Oracle all Southern Bera Shambalans knew and feared. A mechanical series of speakers raised throughout points on the primary southern continent, around which communities had long since arisen. They were nothing more than speaking modules for Nexus purposes to ultimately harvest employees From Bera Shambala, brute workers needed throughout the Nexus's sprawling civilizations for menial tasks, one of the core imperatives behind the original formation of Bera Shambala by the Alpha-WURM. Yet now, Bera Shambala long ago abandoned by the Nexus for such purposes as far more trouble than worth, the voice simply operated every century as a series of communications in some strange tongue, lasting four days, no single Bera Shambalan having a single clue as to the meaning of.

Togura Loupaan had heard of the voice, so, travelling to the southern continent of Bera Shambala, the member of both the wordguild and the warsmiths, stood there on judgement day, as it were, armed with his mother's impressive wordguild training, ready to decipher the mysterious messages at there centennial celebration. He waited, surrounded by other Bera Shambalan's, and when the voice started speaking, he wrote down, with the mastery of letters, as best he could, the complex communications of the voice. And. the four days completed, he returned home, sat with his mother, and the wordguild took an interest in the case personally. One word shone home. Nexus. And, after much deliberation by various wordguild upper hierarchical chiefs, they concluded that the term 'Graznog di Vidaris Summatraka' did approximately translate in the ancient tongues to 'Assemble on Mt Victory', Bera Shambala's highest mountain, never before scaled to completeness by any known manchild - or womanchild for that matter.

'Then it is settled,' said Vortag Tanumber, hierarchical elder in the Wordguild. 'We shall climb the unclimbable. And we shall hire the bravest souls in all of Bera Shambala to do the business for us.'

'Or the most insane,' muttered Togura Loupaan, knowing the treachery of such a proposed climb.

'And we have our first volunteer, don'twe Togura Loupaan?'

The room clapped Togura's selection, and his parent's, proudly looking upon their chosen son, could barely have noticed, midst the celebrations, the long scowl which had appeared on a very annoyed looking Togura Loupaan's face.

'Great,' he said sarcastically to himself. 'An early climb to death.' But the assembled only cheered all the more.

Unfinished

Chronicles of a New Age Dawning - Planned Titles (Planned by Daniel Daly)

(This is beyond the scope of Hugh Cook's plans as shown on his website. It is a tentative idea for the next sequence of 20 Volumes following the Chronicles of an Age of Wrath. The essential idea is that the Nexus has re-connected with the world of Olo Malan, and the coming of the Grand Guardian, which the Watermelon and Watchtower Sects anticipate, occurs. The Grand Guardian is simply a governor of the Nexus. The essential idea of the 'New Age Dawning' is that of a more enlightened Nexus having occurred in the time in between it active on Olo Malan in the past till the present, and the New Age Dawning is a time of New Technology, New Growth and the establishment of Olo Malan as a power and a player in the world of Nexus affairs and politics.)

Volume 61 - The Nexus and the Neanderthal

Volume 62 - The Native and the Nobleman

Volume 63 - The Necromancer and the Nightingale

Volume 64 - The Nutcracker and the Numismatist

Volume 65 - The Naïve and the Nebulous

Volume 66 - The Needle and the Navigator

Volume 67 - The Nazir and the Natterjack

Volume 68 - The Nemesis and the Netherworld

Volume 69 - The Ninny and the Nitwit

Volume 70 - The Nurse and the Nymphomaniac

Volume 71 - The Nanny-goat and the Northerner

Volume 72 - The Named and the Numbered

Volume 73 - The Nettle and the Nail

Volume 74 - The Niece and the Nephew

Volume 75 - The Normal and the Nice

Volume 76 - The Novice and the Nightwatchman

Volume 77 - The Nix and the Nacre

Volume 78 - The Nark and the Negotiator

Volume 79 - The Nine and the Ninety

Volume 80 - The Needful and the Necessary

Links

Main Hugh Cook Website for his Free to read online writings - http://zenvirus.com

Hugh Cook Blogspot - http://hughcook.blogspot.com