Insecurity

The Adventures of Basil and Moebius

by Aaron Allston, Michael A. Stackpole, Ryan Schifrin (Editor)

Alaric Moebius and Basil Fox are two lovable scoundrels looking to make a quick fortune. Basil is a former SAS trooper turned Queen’s Guard by day and thief by night. Moebius is an Oxford-educated charmer with a knack for getting into trouble. Together they chase adventure under the patronage of “The Collector,” a mysterious billionaire with a taste for rare and valuable supernatural objects of the occult.

In this fifth short story, written by New York Times bestselling authors MICHAEL A. STACKPOLE (Star Wars: X-Wing, Battletech, World of Warcraft) and AARON ALLSTON (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Star Wars: New Jedi Order), the two anti-hero scoundrels set out to steal an item protected by ancient incantations breakable by only one man, an arcanist named Gottlieb who happens to be the biggest competitor of their employer, The Collector. They will need to navigate dangerous political waters -- and dark magical wards -- to con him to their side and secure the treasured "Koln Man," the mummified remains of a 15,000 year old man who is fabled to have been one of Atlantis's sorcerer-princes. Will the two be able to outwit Gottlieb in search of their goal, or will the arcanist turn the tables on them instead?

53 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 4, 2016

About the author

Aaron Dale Allston was an American game designer and author of many science fiction books, notably Star Wars novels. His works as a game designer include game supplements for role-playing games, several of which served to establish the basis for products and subsequent development of TSR's Dungeons & Dragons game setting Mystara. His later works as a novelist include those of the X-Wing series: Wraith Squadron, Iron Fist, Solo Command, Starfighters of Adumar, and Mercy Kill. He wrote two entries in the New Jedi Order series: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream and Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand. Allston wrote three of the nine Legacy of the Force novels: Betrayal, Exile, and Fury, and three of the nine Fate of the Jedi novels: Outcast, Backlash, and Conviction.