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Scabbard is a short prequel to the World of the Stone Maze series that features the protagonist of the trilogy, Jost.
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Scabbard
Centuries ago, the monsters came. The labyrinth was built to keep the cities safe, and no one leaves the gates.
Except for Jost, the outcast who makes his living hunting and selling the lost treasures of those who died in the maze. He grew up alone, he lives alone, and he works alone. The people in his city don't like a maze-walker like him. They think that someone who survives the labyrinth must have some terrible secrets.
Jost has been looking for years to find another city where he might have a better life. But today he finds an empty scabbard and sets his sights on a rare prize: a lost weapon at the end of a bloody trail.
Lately, the air in the maze has felt...different. Ominous. And loner Jost doesn't feel so alone in the labyrinth walls anymore. He feels like there's something watching him, just out of sight. Something he's never seen before.
He has a job to do. But for the first time, he's worried he might not make it back home.
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