Adam Thomas

The Halfling Contagion Adam Thomas

Plague strikes the state of Felmire.
The queen and prince fall victim.
The princess seeks a cure.

Princess Rynliana Caris Feldonsire survived the plague, but no one else has. The halfling midwife who helped birth her believes she knows why. Could it be the result of a secret elixir she gave Ryn when the princess was a newborn baby struggling to breathe? If so, the eternal lotus might hold the cure to the contagion destroying the human population of Felmire. But the mysterious plant blooms only one day a year, and only a Lotusborn like Ryn can find it.

Mourning for his dead wife and son, Ryn's father sinks deeper into grief and retreats from his duty as monarch of Felmire, so his younger brother Reave takes it upon himself to discover a cure for the plague. Reave seeks help from an upstart healer and arcanist who has noticed something strange about the halfling immigrants to Felmire. None of them has contracted the illness. Are the halflings the key to curing the contagion? Or are they the cause?

Seek the eternal lotus, journey through grief,
and take a stand against tyranny
in this prequel to adventures in Sularil.