Is there a price too high to pay for fulfilling one's destiny, and changing the world? Having just finished his magnum opus, famed playwright Hon Jia is forced to confront this question when a band of separatists enter the picture and threaten everything he has worked so hard to accomplish. With the betterment of humanity at stake, is there a price too high, or bloody cost too great, he wouldn't pay? The Playwright is a short story set in the high fantasy universe of The Winds of Taramore, you can find more published work from Matthew Taylor at his kindle profile here, or on authormatthewtaylor.com.