Before Maeve and the crew of the Blue Phoenix make their desperate bid to reforge the galaxy, each of them were first forged themselves in the crucible of galactic events. Forged includes four short stories that take place before Crucible of Stars and the rest of the Reforged Trilogy. Suggested order of reading is after Sword of Dreams in order to be familiar with all of the characters involved.
Maeve Cavainna was once a knight of Arcadia. How did she fall so far? Little A story of honor and childhood on Prianus. Originally published in Sword of Dreams. Beauty By An art thief seeks to recapture his humanity. Songs and Sigils in Tiberius hires a destitute fairy and the crew of the Blue Phoenix has a deadly – but profitable – encounter with the Nnyth.
I never had any intention of writing. I loved reading, but had no ambition to write myself. But then, in college, the fever hit. I started writing and haven't stopped.
This nice little set of bridges, between the characters of The Reforged Trilogy and their past, provides a snippet of each to lay a neat foundation. Brings forth the personality of each of the characters and takes us smoothly to the finalé of the trilogy with more anticipation. Great imagination, some weirding and some spinning, but still charming fantasy later, events and the primary characters seem to make more sense now.