The Mayor of Redmyre novella

Ember – wanderer, meddler, a friend to those with problems, and a thorn in the side of those who cause them, sometime monster-killer and always a sworn enemy of the wretched and merciless gods who delight in destruction and chaos. The shadow of war stalks the Floodlands: Dundarrow, the new power rising in the west, breaks away from Belhaven’s corrupt rule. As both sides seek advantage, some become tempted by arcane and forbidden magic. The gods will give it gladly, but it always comes with a terrible price... Redmyre is plagued by monsters rising from the depths and destroying the barges plying their trade along the river. Mayor Theodulf suspects a more mundane cause to his problems, but can he steer a course between his Belhaven lords and the upstarts from Dundarrow without provoking war?