Feast of Fools will be the second novel in the Wasteland series, and begins in the strange and mysterious city of Carnivale ( Read more... )

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Sam Smith and his companions return to the Wastelands from the Garden of Forever only to encounter Buttercup, a sweet and adorable Pixie who needs his help rescuing a friend ( Read more... )

Having rescued Penny Farthing from a fate worse than death, Sam Smith and his companions return to the Wastelands in search of the Road to Earth ( Read more... )

Returning from the Green Chapel, Sam and his companions are following the directions of the enchanted compass and are about to rest for the evening when they are attacked by a host of undead knights riding wyverns. During the battle, Penny is snatched up by one of the flying beasts and carried off into the night, and Sir Spindle identifies their ( Read more... )

Sam realizes that his skills as a gunslinger are not enough to survive in Faerie, and asks Sir Spindle to teach him how to fight with swords and other medieval weapons. Sir Spindle agrees to become his teacher and mentor and the two of them travel to the Skeleton Mountains, where they locate the Castle of Opposition. Within this hidden monastery, ( Read more... )

Realizing that black powder only works in certain regions of Faerie, Sam Smith reluctantly returns to Queen Vivienne and the Mine Faeries accompanied by Sir Spindle, Penny Farthing, and Feliana, the latter of whom has agreed to become his horse and sidekick as long as she can share in his adventures ( Read more... )

Sam stares at the horse in shock and bewilderment, unable to say a word. After a few moments, Sam finds his voice and stammers," You can talk ( Read more... )

Following the enchanted compass, Sam Smith finds himself in a barony ruled by a cruel and greedy warlord who taxes his subjects to the limits of whatever they can possibly afford, claiming that his knights are needed to protect them from the bandits and outlaws in the Wasteland. However, it soon becomes obvious to Sam that the people most need ( Read more... )

But as Sam Smith is dying in the midst of the Trackless Desert, out of the shimmering heat waves arrives a Goblin Knight wearing elaborate plate armor and riding a strange clockwork horse. Lifting him up as though Sam weighs next to nothing, the mysterious Goblin Knight carries Sam over to his horse and carefully ties him in place on the back of ( Read more... )