“Non Plus Ultra”

In the year of our Lord one thousand four hundred ninety-two, in the searing heat of July, word spread throughout the Spains that Cristóbal Colón had failed.

According to legend, the words non plus ultra were inscribed on the Pillars of Hercules, aka the promontories on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar: a warning that nothing more lies beyond, that you have reached the edge of the world.

As readers of the Rook and Rose trilogy may know, Marie is fond of writing short fiction related to her novels. In the case of the Sea Beyond, there was one extremely obvious candidate: the tale of how a sailor from the Spains discovered the secret of how to reach the Otherworldly seas that do, in fact, lie beyond the Pillars. The resulting novelette has been purchased by Adventitious, and it will be out in June — just in time to whet your appetite for The Eye of Leviathan!