β Scribed by Jaye McKenna
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
What do a god in exile and a goth geek from Nowhere, Minnesota have in common?Not a damn thing.Ashnavayarian is a god in exile, condemned by the Dragon Mother to live as a lowly human. The only way to appease the goddess and earn back his place at her side is to learn compassion β or bypass her entirely by raising the power to break his exile.Tor MacAran is stuck in a dead-end job in a tiny town that's barely on the map. He's been alone and hurting all his life, and he's about ready to end his pain by whatever means he can.When a Halloween encounter dumps Tor at Ash's feet, the two men find themselves tied together by the Dragon Mother in a way that neither can escape. Can Tor teach Ash what it really means to be human? Or will Ash's bid for freedom destroy Tor and plunge the Westlands into a war no one can win?Note: Human Frailties, Human Strengths is a stand-alone novel (~90,000 words) that takes place in the same world as Human Choices.
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