About the Book
The Trader of Tales
A blizzard savaged the mountain peaks, but at an inn called the
Hunters' Haunt, travelers found safe refuge, a cozy room, and a roaring
fire. All but Omar, the Trader of Tales – against whom the innkeeper had
been nursing a grudge. But before he could pitch Omar out into the
storm, his other guests proposed a contest: if Omar could top a roomful
of their tallest tales, the storyteller could win his room and board.
For Omar the stakes were life and death. That gave the contest some spice.
So as winter winds whipped about the little inn, lies and truths and
fabulous fabrications swirled before the blazing hearth. The innkeeper
and his pretty sister; the merchant and his blushing bride; the dowager
and the crusty captain of her guard; the scribe, the maid, the
minstrel: they all poured out their tales, and Omar wove them together.
Before they knew it, their very lives were intertwined, and their
separate stories were spinning relentlessly to a single conclusion no
human could have foretold!
