Sword and Urn (Paperback)

This is a novella or very short novel. Drade is just a villager manning a merchant table with his father Aren until two mysterious swordsman come to town. They claim they are there to take Drade and every other young man with them in their caged wagon. After a brutal sword fight helped with a magic potion Drade journeys north to the farm of his grandparents to fulfill a promise. Along the way he meets some colorful characters. He helps some of them. Others help him on his quest to reach his grandparent's farm before the villains he fought get there first. There is no way he will be able to face them again without a lot of help.

Dan Absalonson first started writing stories in elementary school where he and a friend would skip lunch once a month to eat in the library while hearing about new books coming out. His love of reading drives him to create his own fiction. While he works on crafting novels worth publishing he self publishes short stories which can be found at most online retailers as free eBooks. He also narrates audiobooks for other authors. He is a huge fan of audiobooks and podcasting which is why he makes all of his short stories available in audio for free on his website: www.DanDanTheArtMan.com. He also reviews books there in both blog posts and as podcast episodes. He works as a multimedia artist and lives in Spokane Washington with his beautiful family of six. He loves spending time with them.