There Lurks a Dragon in Hollowdeep Where the Sun Fears to Shine.For hundreds of years the bleak valley of Hollowdeep has rotten beneath ash and smoke. For hundreds of years the dragon Shelolth has plotted terrible plans in the darkness.In this wasteland Jasiah and his friends--Emily the archer, Daniel the rogue, Leland the dog, and Talon Wyvern--must go to recover the Dragonsbane Horn. Moaning ghosts, undead pirates, and their own worst fears pursue their every step.

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into sentences and paragraphs that ease themselves from the shadows and are sudden...