“I’m looking for a man with a smile in his eyes"A stranger, with a shrouded past. A dancing girl, blessed by the salamander.A chance meeting in a nowhere town will set the course of their lives spiraling through the war-torn deserts of Trestaria,a gun at their side and a box of matches in their hands.Gunmetal and matchsticks. Pistol smoke and sputtering sparks. The gleam of a blade in the dark.Step by step they walk a trail of mist and fire.======A side story set in the universe of my published novel, Cursed World: Initial Sparks! Takes place in the past, during the tail-end of the founding war, stand-alone from the original book. I hope you enjoy reading! This story is complete!