Dreadmire

by Elizabeth Donald

Welcome to a float trip through Hell. When the love of Tam's life vanishes in the Dreadmire, a vile swamp created by magical fallout from the Great War a century before, he knows he must find her. With his companions, a would-be paladin, a halfling with visions and a local guide, Tam braves the twisted creatures and land. But the Dreadmire corrupts all it touches, and even the best of intentions do not give the party immunity to its effects.

Genres: Fantasy

228 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2013

About the author

Elizabeth Donald is a dark fiction writer fond of things that go chomp in the night. She is author of the Blackfire urban fantasy series and Nocturne vampire mystery series, as well as other novels, novellas and stories in the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres. She is a three-time winner of the Darrell Award for speculative fiction and finalist for the Prism, Imadjinn and Knost awards, and more recently received the Mimi Zanger Award for fiction. She is the founder of the Literary Underworld small-press cooperative; an award-winning journalist and essayist with more than 25 years in journalism; a nature and art photographer; freelance editor and writing coach. She holds a masters degree in media studies and MFA in creative writing from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and teaches journalism and English composition at several St. Louis colleges. She serves as president of the St. Louis Society of Professional Journalists and vice president of the AWP Adjunct Writers Caucus, and is a member of the national SPJ Ethics Committee, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Authors Against Book Bans, Authors Guild, and more writing and trade organizations than is healthy. She lives with her family in a haunted house in Edwardsville, Illinois. In her spare time, she has no spare time. 

Reviews

[Susannah T · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you love dnd definitely give this book a try! The love triangle they had going on left me very frustrated, and wanting a longer story with more details and reasons to the heartbreak.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tense and so creepy, it's like a DnD story set in a creepy swamp.

[Rachel Brune · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed the action and the characters. Terrific for LitRPG fans!

[Angelia Sparrow · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm biased. I'm the editor.

When Elizabeth was looking to re-issue this one, I jumped at the chance. I had loved the first incarnation, but saw its flaws.

Now, join us on a Float Trip Through Hell.

Elizabeth never lets the reader forget she is a horror author, even when she is writing heroic fantasy. As the crew braves one setback after another in their pursuit of Tam's missing love, I was turning pages and ignoring the clothes that had stopped in the laundromat dryer.

Solid sword&sorcery fantasy, in a slight unusual setting.

[Craig Russo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of action. The ending stinks.