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|title=Stealing Into Winter: being the first adventure from the chronicles of Jeniche of Antar

|author=Graeme K Talboys

|publisher=Roundfire

|date=September 2012

|website=http://grumsworld.blogspot.co.uk

|summary=This, the first in a series of a post-apocalyptic future fantasy with a medieval feel, begins as a choice of style over excitement. But hang on in there: it gets so much better and, personally, I'm now eagerly awaiting volume 2.

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Streetwise young thief Jeniche wakes up to find her prison cell's walls collapsing around her. This is no natural disaster but an invasion by the Occassans, mercilessly brandishing 'moskets', weapons that fire death rendering the native Makamban cudgels futile. Whilst scouring the streets and avoiding the marauding army, Jeniche visits old haunts, checking on her friends and wondering what to do next. This last part is solved for her: a band of Tunduri monks and nuns, including their young God-King himself, want a guide to take them home to Tundur, the land of winter beyond the desert. The journey may be hazardous but nothing's safe anymore, and so, accompanied by the muscular, slow-witted stable owner, Trag and mysterious swordsman Alltud, their journey begins.