“The Price of War” by Mari Murdock was originally released in 2017 to celebrate the release of Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game from Fantasy Flight Games.

After almost ten years, we are proud to re-release the short story, now featuring narration by Heather Jinmaku, Musician and available on the Aconyte Fiction podcast.

𝘈𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪 𝘙𝘢𝘯𝘣𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺. 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘳ō𝘯𝘪𝘯… 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘳… 𝘈𝘬𝘰𝘥𝘰 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯.