Jobs!
Dead god floating in Astral Sea. Expedition needs all hands, but butchers, surgeons, others with proven skills at cutting will receive premium pay and an ownership share. Experience wih Githyanki bounty hunters a huge plus. Investors also welcome! Apply at Lady Prodigal, Barhoff Pier, Ring, Ditchbiggin.
Fangs of Wadget Be On The Throat of Mobius. The Tin Pharaoh may have seized Thebes and Luxor but this will be his high-water mark. We seek specialists of all sorts to lead training and logistics. Safety assured; these are not combat roles. Pays daily. The interested must expose themselves willingly to the bite of the diamond cobra. The worthy shall dream of the way to our secret base.
The dead god thing reminds me of the mole-whalers in Railsea. Very cool.
Hmmmm… deity-hunting on the Astral Sea… there’s an excitingly dangerous job premise…
Another:
GUARD ME WHILE I TRANSFORM Open-minded and discreet freebooters sought to usher me into the next phase. You will be well-paid for a single night’s work. Warning to all thieves: beware of my No-Sun Curse. Your woes will be infinite and mine only fleeting.
Adam Koebel I was thinking of Towing Jehovah but I’ll have to check out Railsea…
It’s a Mieville YA novel about train-based whalers of giant moles in a world where earth-and-sea are swapped.