Bribes, Cheats, and Hushed News: Buried Heroes, Age of Azuria Book one, Chapter Nineteen

The Storyverse of Verdigris

In episode twenty-five of The Storyverse of Verdigris, Iellieth and Marcon get to the bottom of the mayor's strange behavior in Trudid and make several interesting first impressions.

Introduction

Hello adventurers, and welcome to season two, episode twenty-five of the recently renamed Storyverse of Verdigris podcast! My name is Beth Ball, and I'm an epic fantasy author and game designer weaving tales of magic and adventure across the high fantasy worlds of Azuria and Eldura.

In season two of our podcast, we’re traveling through Buried Heroes, book one in the Age of Azuria epic fantasy series, though occasionally I’ll share previews of other interconnected stories across the storyverse!

If you enjoy epic fantasy worlds, immersive settings, nature-based magic, and vivid characters, then this podcast is for you.

In today’s episode, Iellieth and Marcon finally reach the town of Trudid and attempt to get to the bottom of the mayor’s strange behavior as part of their efforts to halt the aggressive logging of the Stormside Forest.

I’m so excited to be diving back into Buried Heroes with you! If you’d like to find out what happens next before our next episode is released, visit bethballbooks.com/shop and pick up your copy of Buried Heroes or find it in paperback, hardcover, or ebook at your favorite bookstore! Woohoo!

Let’s start our adventure!

Closing

Thank you so much for joining me for today’s adventure through Buried Heroes and the world of Azuria. If you’d like to find out more about me or my fiction, you can find me at bethballbooks.com. You can also find my books worldwide at your favorite bookstore or ask your local librarian to add them to the library catalogue.

To stay up to date with the worlds of Azuria and Eldura and be the first to know about upcoming fiction projects, visit bethballbooks.com/join. I would love for you to be a part of my reading community, the Circle of Story, where we celebrate fantasy, folklore, and adventure. As a member of the Circle, you’ll receive a copy of three Circle-exclusive short stories, one of which, “Blood Wolf Moon,” is a prequel story for Age of Azuria!

I’m hoping to share a bonus episode soon on some of the exciting things I have coming up, including Phoenix Rising, Feather & Flame book one and serialized fiction set in Azuria’s past, the world of Eldura.

If you’d like to connect with me, you can find me on Instagram @bethballauthor or on Twitter @GroveGuardian.

If you enjoyed our time together today and would like to support the creation of future episodes, join the Story Conclave on Patreon at patreon.com/groveguardianpress.

In our next episode, we’ll pick back up with Iellieth and Marcon in Trudid.

Happy travels, my friends, and I hope that we’ll be adventuring together again soon!