Introducing Mistika, an important location in Crystals of Ulstra


Mistika
(Photo Credits: Takahiro Taguchi, Luke Stackpoole, Content Pixie, Roberto Nickson, and Zdenek Machacek)

Mistika is a frozen, windswept land stretching to Ulstra’s northernmost reaches. The only notable settlement is Vintra Vilago, a coastal village that once welcomed traders and merchants from every corner of the continent—and even from across the seas.

Though the region is technically ungoverned, the Cult of Tremanta Mano operates from an isolated tower called Konservi, and enforces its own laws on its members. The Cultists are primarily Druido, magic users who can channel the elements and shift into arctic animal shapes, including polar bears, lynxes, wolves, foxes, and hares.

Glacimonto, Malva, and several other important characters are native to Mistika.



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The book cover for Crystals of Ulstra, a queer epic fantasy novel by Bradley Bowen. It features an illustration of the main character Koralo over a backdrop of a eucalypt forest.

Crystals of Ulstra

An epic fantasy tale with a queer-normative sensibility, Crystals of Ulstra is the first book in the Ulstra trilogy.

Meet the Author

Bradley Bowen is a Colorado-based writer, digital fundraiser, and author of the queer fantasy epic Crystals of Ulstra.