In the Land of Babblers

Doesn't anyone want to face the demons? In this book the soldier and diplomat Beretos attempts to clear his name against charges that his mission to the Babblers was a failure. Across the Plain from his native Cuzei, a threatening empire is rising. Guarding the mountain pass is a small Babbler barony. Beretos is sent to build up their defenses. That is, if he can help persuade bored nobles that he should be allowed to undertake a mission he doesn’t want to do, and if the Babblers even listen to this unwanted foreigner... Mark Rosenfelder's Almea, a world of dizzying complexity, has been explored for years on zompist.com. This is the first full-length story from Almea.