The Kingdom of Valdemar is experiencing a peaceful period and it is the job of the Heralds to ensure that it stays that way. Mags is a full Herald, with a powerful Mind-Magic that allows him to mind-speak and hear all Companions and humans. He also has less obvious skills and expertise that makes him a perfect fit to work under the Spymaster Nikolaus. The Midwinter celebration is underway in Valdemar and highborn families are traveling to Haven to participate in the many parties, celebrations, and to find spouses for their children. Read More »

Mags, a Herald of Valdemar, escaped the clutches of the Sleepgivers, a clan of assassins, but he knows that there will be no safety for him and his loved ones in Valdemar against the determined clan. He suspects the kidnapping attempts are somehow related to his parents, but he was orphaned so young that he has no memory of them or his heritage. Mags’ earliest memories are of the mines where he had been enslaved as a child. Of course, being Chosen by his Companion, Dallen, changed everything. Today he has the love of Amily, daughter of the King’s Own, close friends, and allies in the highest of places in Haven. Read More »

In a time when mercenaries band together, the best of the best are the Free. On the cusp of their dissolution one last job arises that demands the leader of the Free’s attention, but his companions accompany him, as the job is as important to them also-a chance to erase a past mistake in their history. Read More »

When we last saw Rachel Griffin, she was decompressing after the exciting events of her first week at Roanoke Academy. Participating in epic battles and seeing her friends and instructors wounded and dying affected Rachel deeply, and she was even more aware of her mediocre progress in the study of magic. After agreeing to be Gaius’s girlfriend, she discovered that her family disapproved greatly of a thirteen-year-old having a boyfriend, and especially one who had publicly humiliated her brother, Peter. Read More »

To a young Persian, England was a cold, wet, unwelcoming place. As the second son of a jewel trader, his prospects were dim as his brother would eventually inherit the business and become head of the family. Fortunately, his father recognized his talent and great skill with mechanics and Baba Ali was sent to England to apprentice under a Professor of Mechanics and an Artificer. Although he desperately missed his father and the warmth of his homeland, Baba was sustained by his faith in Allah and the grand opportunity to learn and tinker with all things mechanical. Read More »

Thirteen-year-old Rachel Griffin was excited about being at Roanoke Academy, where she planned to learn absolutely everything and excel in all seven of the Magical Arts. Rachel’s prodigious memory enabled her to read a passage just once, never to forget, and she had the ability to play back a memory and notice smaller details that were unclear while the event was happening. On Rachel’s first morning at Roanoke, she awakened early, hearing a large black raven with blood red eyes talking with a miniature lion, the familiar of one of her roommates. Read More »

Recently knighted to the Sage Guards, Enzlintine elf Corinth is full of pride, impulsive, stubborn, and eager to prove his worthiness. His teacher and Master Tessius decides that the best way to temper the young knight’s baser emotions is to send him on a quest to find the cause of a number of mounting disappearances. Part of Corinth’s mission to hire himself out as a mercenary and mix with the human locals- something he is not looking forward to, believing in the superiority of elves.
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Maia is an 18 year old half-Elf, half-Goblin prince, although anyone would be hard-pressed to say that he lives a princely life. To cement a political alliance, his Goblin mother had been married to an Elven Emperor and it was a marriage unwanted and unwelcomed by both. When the Emperor learned his wife was pregnant, both mother and child were exiled to a far-away estate, where they lived in more squalor than plenty. As he was the fourth son, there was no hope of succession, so a Read More »

Shadows of Kings is the first book in the Dragon Rising series, setting the stage for the series, and with the second book, Shades of Virtue, the play has begun.

The invasion by the Horde, a race of brutish and mindless killers, had been stopped. The cost to stop the invasion had been huge, with many noble Knights lost, kingdoms devastated, and the King himself slain. Peace has come to the land, but it is an uneasy peace as kingdoms vie with each other for power, wealth and prestige. The Order of the Dragon has withdrawn and is trying to build its own nation on the frontier. Allies are becoming enemies, saviors are now looked upon with suspicion, and the hidden, unknown enemy lies outside the boundaries of the lands still weaving plots and directing evil acts. Read More »

The Harhn are invading the lands of Hugue, domain of men, after fifty years of quiet. The green, savage monsters have invaded before, but this time is different. The Harhn Horde usually strikes in mindless fury, more intent on destruction than conquering lands. This time, however, they seem well-organized, making strategic moves and attacking defended fortresses. Worse yet, sorcerers travel with them. Read More »

Alix Black, the daughter of a Banner House, was the best scout under Arran Green’s command. She was fast and moved with a stealthy grace, and when paired with Liam, the two were exceptional. Alix was headstrong, though, and disobeyed a direct order to stay behind enemy lines when she rushed onto the battlefield at Boswyck in order to save the King, breaking his leg by pulling his horse over onto him. The King was so impressed by Alix’s quick thinking and reaction time that he promoted her to Captain and appointed her as his personal bodyguard. Read More »

Rebellion is afoot in the world of the Djenrye and it reaches the bedchamber of Raynok and his heavily-pregnant wife, Carlynn. Raynok’s instinct is to grab his sword and fight in defense of his city, Ty Raile ai Highlae. However, as the last living Guardian, he knows that his duty is to the entire world and just as importantly, to the unborn babe who will succeed him as Guardian. In this world, Guardian is not just a title, but instead a link between the people and the powerful magic in the five Orthehlae stones that created the Gods themselves. Without a Guardian, the stones would become instable and tear apart not only Djenrye, but also the Human world in the neighboring dimension. He must survive for both worlds and if he cannot, then he must ensure that his child will. Read More »

The wonderful Fire Kin, the fourth and final installment in the Half-Light City series, grabs the reader from the first page and keeps them enmeshed in the story until the very end. Asharic, Fae warrior exiled thirty years earlier for having killed another in a duel, now a mercenary, receives an offer from the Templars of the City to help defend them in an uneasy peace with the Blood (vampires) and the Beast Kind (werewolves), that since the death of the Fae queen may descend into war at any time. Asharic agrees, realizing that the queen’s death also means the end of his exile, along with the added bonus of giving him the chance to possibly see once more a woman he thought lost to him forever. Read More »

Griffen McCandles is known as the “Grifter” for good reason. He has drifted his way through college and life in general with the mission to get by doing as little as possible. He is also a card shark. His parents are gone but his uncle, who paid his way through college, has a thriving business that Grifter has always assumed would hold an executive role for him. When he finally meets with his uncle to discuss his future, he is shocked to discover that, instead of a cushy job, his uncle is spinning some tale (or is it a tail) about Griffen’s coming from a long line of dragons. Yup, you read that right-fire-breathing, tail-twitching, scales and all, dragon. They walk among us. Read More »

Witches in Red, the terrific second installment in the Mist-Torn Witches series, picks up a few months after the events of book one. Seer sisters Celine and Amelie have been making a life for themselves in the town of Castle Seone, after having solved a group of murders for Prince Anton. Celine finds peace and satisfaction in running the apothecary shop, though she has not used her gift of foresight since the murders, but Amelie feels aimless and a bit inconsequential. Read More »

Dragons Luck is the continuation of Asprin’s Dragon’s Wild series about a brother and sister who discover, after they reach adulthood, that they are dragons.

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The excellent first installment in The Mist-Torn Witches series begins with sisters Celine and Amelie Fawe (ages fifteen and twelve, respectively) mourning the death of the their mother, the village seer. When a young man comes to their apothecary shop to consult the seer and Celine spots the bag of money in his hand, she makes the decision to say she shares her mother’s gift of foresight, even though she does not, thereby setting the course for the life she and Amelie will lead. Read More »

Young Zayn has powers that are uncontrolled and unpredictable but offer her supernatural strength and speed. Her Mother has always protected her and kept her safe, living a quiet life in the village. After a devastating chain of events, she is rescued by a stranger who offers her a chance to learn how to control her powers and seek revenge on the ones who brought her to ruin. Zayn must become an Assassin, but in doing so, she will also become the enemy of the Knights Templar and her only childhood friend. Read More »

The red sun is dying and an ice age beginning on an ancient world. It is a world so ancient that its earliest civilizations are either forgotten or myth, although the antiques and relics left behind speak of great power and a technology that cannot be reproduced and only vaguely understood by cultists who have made it their life’s work. And while the world slowly dies and the ice creeps ever forward, the current civilizations struggle to survive. One of these is a great empire, and it, too, seems to be caught up in the slow death and decay of the world. Read More »

An ancient world under a dying red sun is slowly being engulfed by an ice age. The Jamar Empire should have been fortifying itself against the ice siege, but instead is being torn apart by internal corruption, a regime change and rumors of a horde of invaders slowly destroying the countryside. As most of the population rushes to supposed safety of the capital city of Villjamur, a few have fled the capital for the port town of Villren. Read More »