Fantasy Promo – Valley of the First Cry (Quinine Series)

October 14, 2026
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Greetings, travelers!  Every now and again, we get the chance to return to a beloved corner of the Otherworld, where familiar faces await and new wonders are always just over the horizon.  Few fantasy worlds offer quite the same blend of classic adventure and imaginative surprises as Raymond Duane’s Quinine series.  But even in the strangest of lands, there are mysteries that reach beyond the sword and sorcery we have come to love.  Today, we’re returning to the Hand for an adventure where the very fabric of existence are at stake.  Read on to learn more about Valley of the First Cry.

Author Raymond Duane has a remarkable knack for taking the familiar ingredients of classic fantasy and finding something wonderfully unexpected within them.  The world of Quinine has always felt larger than life, and it’s filled with imaginative possibilities along with the sort of strange magic that makes each new adventure feel like an invitation to explore.  With Valley of the First Cry, that creativity takes on a more mythic quality.  Duane explores the idea that the things we cherish are often woven into the very fabric of who we are.  Even the smallest note can carry tremendous meaning.  There’s a lovely sense of wonder in this approach, where the fantastical serves a purpose beyond spectacle, and the magic of the setting becomes inseparable from the emotional heart of the story.  It’s another example of an author who understands that a truly memorable fantasy world needs more than extraordinary things to discover.  It needs something worth preserving.

Dragons are being erased from existence.

A spellcaster has captured the Original Seven — the first voices of creation — and is using their ancient music to rewrite reality one chord at a time.

Quinine, armed only with an old flute and the love of his dragon family, is the last barrier between the world and silence. Each forced melody pulls the world closer to a future where dragons never lived at all.

To save them, he must face the spellcaster in a duel of living sound, where breath becomes power and one broken note could unmake a species.

A quiet, mythic fantasy about identity, memory, and the music that holds the world together.

Raymond Duane continues to show us just how much wonder there is to be found in the Hand.  With Valley of the First Cry, the author takes the imaginative spirit of his Quinine series in a more mythic direction, blending the strange magic and larger-than-life adventure we love with a story about the bonds that make a world worth saving.  It’s another reminder that classic sword and sorcery still has plenty of room for surprises, especially when a storyteller has the imagination to take it somewhere unexpected.  Fans of Quinine will have another adventure to enjoy, while readers who love inventive fantasy with a little extra heart will find plenty to appreciate.  If you’re ready to return to this wonderfully strange world, don’t wait.  Check out Valley of the First Cry by Raymond Duane on Amazon today!
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Michael DeAngelo

Michael is the creator of the Tellest brand of fantasy novels and stories. He is actively seeking to expand the world of Tellest to be accessible to everyone.
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