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The Eyes of Mandoral: an epic fantasy series of found family and more

Created by Laura VanArendonk Baugh

A new and complete epic fantasy duology with regular and special edition books, following a character-driven story of found family trying to stop a magic-wielding queen from saving the world.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

A new story! Download it now.
23 days ago – Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 04:45:51 PM

I have one more bonus backing reward for you!

I've added a new 10,000 word story to your The Lore of Mandoral bonus ebook. You'll need to download the ebook to get the updated version, but that's easy.

In your Bookfunnel app, open The Lore of Mandoral. If it opens in the middle of the book, click the Details button to show the book stats in your library.



If the ebook is already downloaded in your library, you'll see an option to Remove Download. Click it. This will not remove the book from your library, only your device.

Once the ebook is deleted from local storage, or if the ebook is not currently downloaded, click Download to get the latest version. In the table of contents (tap Chapters in your Bookfunnel app), you'll see a new story at Chapter 31 titled, "It Was A Pony," with an extra adventure for Galen and Lisveth.

That bonus story closes this project! I hope you've enjoyed!

Did you see?

Make sure to check out my current project, ending soon. It's gorgeous new special editions for a complete epic fantasy series The Shard of Elan!




Bonus out!
11 months ago – Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 10:10:18 AM

If you backed early or added it, your BookFunnel library now has the Bonus Ebook of Extra Extras, an additional 35k words of worldbuilding, backstory, and short stories.

Note that one more story is coming! and your ebook will be magically updated in the future. (That's something you can't do on a major retail platform.)

If you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you for coming on this journey, and enjoy your books!

Audio is going out!
12 months ago – Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 10:31:22 AM

Hey, friends, check your Bookfunnel libraries! You will be receiving the first audio book, The Poet's Eye.

The second book, The Prince's Song, will follow shortly! We're waiting on one last file to compile that and then send it out.

Last Shipping Update! :)
about 1 year ago – Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 03:06:29 PM

ALL PACKAGES ARE DONE. The special edition hardback reprints arrived this weekend and -- you're not gonna believe this, but books were damaged again. However, fewer books were damaged, and enough were in good condition that I could fulfill backer packages.

I have two remaining local pickups, and everything else physical is either in a box (check your tracking number, updating sometime Monday) or delivered.

I was happy to be able to refund some backers for shipping when I found a lower cost option. This affected mostly international and heavy-box backers, and affected backers should have received an email alerting to the incoming refund if applicable. 


Thank you so much!

Shipping updates!
about 1 year ago – Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 04:45:38 PM

The pallet of hardbacks arrived during Gen Con with a half-day's notice /hysterical giggling and sobbing/ but I was able to get someone over to sign for the delivery and receive the books, and then I unpacked books at 1 am, and now that Gen Con has finished, the hardbacks are going out!

At this point:
- all ebook novels have been delivered (not the bonus ebook; see below)
- all US-destination regular paperbacks have been shipped
- all US-destination special edition paperbacks have been shipped
- all US-destination regular hardbacks have been packed (if your tracking number is not showing as live yet, it will be scanned in tomorrow)
- all remaining non-US packages without special edition hardbacks go out tomorrow (tracking numbers are uploaded)

Special edition hardbacks are still waiting on the reprint after the damaged shipment. I have printed labels and uploaded tracking numbers (which will update with actual shipping info when the labels are scanned in). When I receive the special edition hardbacks, I'll update and you can watch their progress via the tracking numbers.

The Bonus Ebook is yet to be sent. I need to finish one extra story for it, and with four live sales events in four weeks in three states, shipping stress, hospice care, and some other distractions, I made the decision to delay that until I could put more focus on it. Don't worry, it's coming! and I'll alert you when it's out.

Thanks for reading! :)