About this Site

This site is a supplemental blog centering on My-re, the main character in the Duel II novel Blood Games, by Mark G. Manley. Additional content will post every two weeks to coincide with the Talahya newsletter in Arena #100. Enjoy and come back soon!

I also want to thank Reality Simulations, Inc. (RSI), especially Lee Kline, Sandy Stratton, and Susan Putney, who allowed me to play in their sandbox.

About Blood Games

War throws the land of Alastari into chaos by the Rirorni horde invasion. Swept up in the conflict is My-re, a girl living near the Rirorni plains. Regarded as a spoil of war, she is raised in a Rirorni family.

Now, life in the Rirorni Empire is dangerous, brutal, and short. Her troubles begin as warlords within the Empire fight each other for prestige, property, and honor. For mutual protection, the family teaches My-re the Wall of Steel combat style, when executed correctly, no blade, no weapon can penetrate.

Confronted by a prominent warrior, My-re kills him. Found guilty, she is sold to a slaver and exiled back to Alastari. However, there is no joyful return, as she is sentenced to fight in the Blood Games arena.

My-re’s one chance of freedom is winning the tournament. However, to become champion, My-re won’t have to best her opponents, but slaughter them.

About Dark Arena

For centuries, the Shagornan Elves have been forced to live underground. Human invaders, the Delarquans, burned their forests sparking a war of elven annihilation.

The elders told tales that when the Delarquans marched to war against the elves, the land itself bled as they passed. Since the war, the elves have dwindled with every passing year, while the humans multiply like rodents across the land of Alastari.

Now, the Delarquans have disappeared. Some say they departed, others indicate it’s a ruse, but there have been whispered rumors of another greater threat looming in the region. Khyron of the Shagornan Elves has been tasked to determine the cause, realizing that failure is probable and at the end of the road death

could be the only reward.

Khyron has known only the safety of the caves, but now he must journey to the world above...the World with No Ceiling.