YSSTRHM: A work of Fantasy

The story that unfolds in the fantasy world of Ysstrhm progresses through the adventures, loves, and losses of its protagonist to its climactic culmination in the following six volumes:

• Ysstrhm 1: First Flight
• Ysstrhm 2: First Quest
• Ysstrhm 3: Second Flight
• Ysstrhm 4: Second Quest
• Ysstrhm 5: Flight's End
• Ysstrhm 6: Quest's End

A seventh volume, Ysstrhm: The Book of Doors, contains descriptions, maps, glossaries, and details of personal, traditional, and historical interest that provide the reader with an overview of the unique world of Ysstrhm

Given that the six volumes of the story are works of high fantasy, the world that they presuppose is not ours. It allows a modicum of magic, distinctive customs and classifications, and flora and fauna that resemble ours only in respect to the presence of humans, cats, canines, and bees. There are, for example, no horses or other animals that may be ridden into battle. But there are battles and a good deal of suspense, mystery, quests, losses, and here and there fairly explicit sex.

Descriptions of these seven books, as well as excerpts, can be found at http://douglasbrowning.net. This site also lists other works of fiction by the author, including several murder mysteries. Hardback and paperback copies may be ordered on this site from the bookstore of Xlibris, the publisher. They can also be ordered, often at less cost, from http://www.amazon.com and http://www.barnesandnoble.com.

Author

Douglas Browning is a retired university professor of philosophy. He lives outside Georgetown, Texas, where he labors at length over poems and novels, stays up throughout the night reading, writing, listening to jazz, and smoking cigars, and enjoys life in his countryside hacienda with his talented and beautiful wife.