Journey to the Cerulian City

Journey to the Cerulian City is a spin-off book that takes place in the same world as the Emuravi books, written by John Wilson sometime between 1998 - 2005 as a break from the larger plots and stories of the main line of books. Journey to the Cerulian City is, as such, a more contained story.

John Wilson, in an interview with BBC in 2008 said, when asked about the book, "Yeah, you know, I did- I got tired of the Emuravi books. Well, "tired" would- uh- would be wrong but having all of these, these grand over-arching plotpoints got tiring for my brain. I wrote them, in this notebook, I wrote them all down so I could pick them back up later and then I started writing on the Cerulian City, and it was refreshing, and when I was done I came back and saw, I saw my Emuravi scribbles and I just went to myself, I went "this is unreadable!" (laughs), yeah I eventually did make sense of the scribblings and decided that a, quite a few of the plotpoints I had planned needed changes."

Journey to the Cerulian City tells the tale of a gang of five, consisting of three adventurers and two bounty hunters, that have been tasked with finding the Cerulian City, which is said to have been forgotten deep within the jungles of Hutlavia.

Characters:


 * Yalix, an elf bounty huntress proficient in illusionary magic. She's the oldest in the crew, and by far the most cynical. Because of her extensive experience she's become the team's leader.
 * Petros, a human archer/bounty hunter who loves cooking. He's the second oldest, but isn't cynical, he's very fatherly.
 * Tantoch, a semi-mechanical construct created by the late wizard Buovylsus. As an adventurer, he tries to learn as much as he can about the world.
 * Yondylla, a forgewitch's apprentice who summons and improves weapons. Very skilled at close quarters combat.
 * Ykande, a strong, silent half-elf brawler from Terinu. He loves knitting, but keeps that to himself.

Chapters:


 * the Brawler and the Bot
 * Forever a Forgewitch
 * a Price Worth Paying
 * Bargain with a Bounty Hunter
 * Couldn't Tell You
 * Picking Up
 * Putting Down
 * Safe and Sound and Separated
 * Don't Jinx It
 * A Hat and a Horseradish
 * Escape
 * The Tower and the Tantoch
 * Cerulian Dreams and Rotten Willows
 * City and Sour Sentiments
 * Confrontation
 * Never Bargain with a Bounty Hunter
 * Emeritus
 * Epilogue