Caribbean Smooth: A Novel of Arcadia: 1

Two hundred years ago, the elemental war ended when six magi forged the crystals: vast, impossible artifacts that locked the planes apart and kept the world safe.The crystals are failing.Three strangers meet at an inn at the edge of an empire: a halfling jeweler bound to powers she doesn't fully understand, a half-elf ranger leaving her wood for the first time, and a stocky drifter who carries a hammer and few words. They take a job. They follow a wagon trail into the hills. And by the time they realize what they have walked into, they are already changed by it.Caribbean Smooth is a fantasy of small choices that become larger ones, of a peace that wasn't as settled as it appeared, of empires that rest on quiet lies, and of a world where something old is stirring beneath the ice. It is a story about family, about the cost of asking questions the powerful would prefer remain unasked, and about three travelers who set out to recover a missing shipment and end up at the seam where worlds come apart.From a quiet village inn to the heart of a glacier-bound storm, Caribbean Smooth is the first volume of an emerging fantasy saga. Born from a tabletop campaign and reshaped into novel form, it carries the warmth of stories told around a kitchen table and the weight of stakes that grow larger with every chapter.The war was supposed to be over.The story is just beginning. Caribbean Smooth will appeal to readers who love ensemble fantasy with literary ambition, slow-building political stakes, and the quiet work of character built through careful prose.

Pages: 361, Paperback, Independently published