The Scroll Hunter: A Fog World Novella

by Erick Mertz

Duego travels to the frigid north on a dangerous mission.

The Apalaskan Manuscripts are in danger.

He needs to make connections, but can he tell friend from foe?

In a world where magic is threatened on all sides, it is the job of men like Duego to protect ancient manuscripts from sure destruction at the hands of The Council Of The Open Hand. Traveling into the frigid north carrying only the name of the person he is to deliver these precious scrolls, he must make alliances, or take the risk of engaging the mountains on his own.

Can Duego count on Volpat, the mysterious villager, to help guide him to safety?

Or, will he turn out to be one an under cover operative, working to snuff out crusaders for magic's return? Something dormant has awoken in Fog World. A rising time threatens to shift the long-established balances of power. Find out more in this exciting fantasy novella.

131 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 31, 2022

About the author

Erick Mertz is an author, born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, a place he is still lucky enough to call his home. He writes a paranormal mystery series, “The Strange Air” , described as “Longmire” meets “The X-Files”, set in the fictional central Oregon town of Whistler’s Grove.
In a previous lifetime, while a student at the University of Oregon, he studied English literature and played records late at night on campus radio 88.1 KWVA. After school was finished, he worked in group homes and as a case manager for community based adults with developmental disabilities. This is an area where he continues to work.
If he’s not writing, you can probably find him worrying about the Portland Trailblazers, drinking a local beer, or exploring that glorious Pacific Northwest landscape with his wife, Lisa, and son, Elijah.