6/2/2023 0 Comments Digger ursula vernon omnibusOriginally published on the web, two pages at a time, it took Vernon about eight years to complete. This story is nothing short of a masterpiece of the form. It becomes clear that the fates of Murai and Digger are intertwined, and that she must face this fate if she ever wants to return home. Ganesh sends Digger on a mission where she meets the child Murai, one of The Veiled who harbours a dark secret and is half-mad. He befriends both, but soon encounters hyena hunters led by Grim Eyes, who consider her prey, especially for befriending an exile from their tribe. While trying to avoid the Veiled, Digger meets a variety of strange creatures, including a nameless hyena living in exile (later named Ed), and a shadow child unsure of what life form it is. Ganesh informs her that magic in the tunnel is now preventing her from returning home. She escapes by digging upwards, and finds herself in a temple consecrated to the god Ganesh, watched over by acolytes and a mysterious theocratic police force called the Veiled. While at work, she hits a pocket of bad air, gets disoriented, and wanders into a large, creepy cave system. Digger of Unnecessarily Complicated Tunnels is a wombat engineer.
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