Chapter one of The Elect Stories is available for about $1 on Amazon. The book is Enlightenment Era inflected fantasy written by friend of the Gutter John Crye and you can read more about the process of writing it here. (Full disclosure, the Gutter’s own Carol was a beta reader for the book and she recommends it). “Purpose, or The Swordbearer’s Lament” is the first thrilling chapter of The Elect Stories–a serialized Fantasy Adventure tale told in 36 exciting monthly episodes. Follow our swashbuckling heroes from the lamp lit streets of Vessena, to the canopied shadows of the Forest, to the dark dungeons beneath exotic temples as they confront an ancient and insidious evil.”