The Dyn’taren Guard and the Power of the Name

When Fluffy Dog opens a box filled with treasures from another planet, he and his friends become the Dyn’taren Guard: a team dedicated to making the world within their bedroom a nicer place. But a stranger known only as the Bright Hand is after the treasure, too, and the Guard already has its hands full dealing with scary skeletons, giant lizards, and one nutty little sister. Can Fluffy, Benny, Detective Dog, and the rest master the magic of the star wands and solve the mystery of the doll with no name?

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The four stories in Power of the Name come directly from my childhood; the oldest one dates back to before I even knew how to use the Tab key to create proper paragraphs in Word. Revamping them with my adult mind did give me some insights I didn’t have before, but in terms of the overall plot that’s just getting started in this first book of however many, everything I’m up to here is exactly what I’ve been up to since I was ten, nine, eight, or younger, so you can tell how long I’ve been waiting to introduce Fluffy and his friends to the world. I originally thought I’d wait a little longer–until the mid 2020s, at least–but then, opportunity struck in late 2017, and I spit out Power of the Name in a six-week fugue state. I wonder if the same thing will happen with any of the other forthcoming volumes.