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When a young graduate druid accepts a veterinarian gig on the fringes of civilization, he has no idea he'll end up entangled in a web of witchcraft and wizardry. Start Growing Familiar with Witches today!…

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I was born a princess, but I chose a life as a dragon tamer and adventurer. With our kingdom under attack, I joined the King's Gauntlets, an elite order of soldiers and spies willing to put their lives on the line for Aland's independence. I'll fight to the end if I have to, but if I can win over allies from across the world then we might have a chance of survival against the Rosvene Empire.If nothing else, diplomacy and espionage will buy more time for my dragon Ragimir to grow strong enough to fly. And when I can ride him into battle, the whole world will know my power!…

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The Elven battlemage Gynefra Caul-Marrel has just escaped the hangman's noose, even as hordes of undead overtake the Kingdom of Altia. Now she must deliver the plague samples procured from the very center of the Barrowlands to the physikers of the Watchful Tower. It won't be easy-tides of newly risen dead commanded by necromancers and bolstered by mercenary cohorts of orcs, goblins, and trolls block her path-yet she is not about to give up.A narrow sea separates the spreading plague, providing a glimmer of hope for those realms still untouched by the Twisted One. Yet as the Barrowland Slayers fight their way to safety, the prospect of a fleet of undead drifting across the waters becomes chillingly real. Can Gynefra ignore the threat and continue her mission, dooming countless unsuspecting lives to the Ghoul Army? Or can the Barrowland Slayers somehow sink the Rotting Fleet before it makes landfall?A Murder of Necromancers is the second book in the sword and sorcery series begun by the Wattys-shortlisted Barrowland Slayers.…

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After mutinies led to the loss of large sections of the generation ship Tranquility, the desperate crew begins thawing open cryo beds to bolster the ranks of Bridge Security. Among them is Carlos, who wakes aboard the ship a century into its journey to settle a distant habitable planet. With a legendary reputation from his time fighting in the Florida wastes, Carlos is entrusted with the survival of the ship and crew. Because if he can't reunite the Tranquility's warring factions, they'll be doomed to wander through space forever...…

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Samantha joined the elite Seraphim to defend the defenseless. Serving as a medic, she longs to prove herself as a sharpshooter among the elite of the elite. She never had a problem pulling the trigger, but she's never seen life belowdecks either.Grant takes pride in being a member of the Superintendent's personal guard. When an invasion threatens and he's tasked with commanding a levy of untrained men and boys, he's not sure he's up to the task. Duty commands he fight with the men he's been given, but his heart is watching over a single soldier in a different unit-his son.Braun is a cocky spy from Engineering already in over his head. He hates his mission, the people around him, and the sheer quantity of dirt in the Agricultural Section. Braun took the job to cause trouble against the Seraphim, and he isn't about to let a little thing like a battle get in his way.Spies and soldiers collide as the Battle of Sandstone erupts in the bowels of the colony ship Tranquility centuries into its voyage.…

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[Wattys 2022 Shortlist] The Elven battlemage Gynefra Caul-Marrel has fought many foes over her two centuries. Humans have proven the most obstinate, yet they have forgotten the lessons that led to the War of the Great Coalition. That short-lived race has now spread into the shattered former battlefields of that conflict, building villages atop barrows of ancient dead, toiling away in mines better left abandoned. When a plague spreads through their lands, she is dispatched by the Watchful Tower to investigate.The horrors are much worse than she'd imagined.An unholy alliance has formed in the depths below, which threatens to tear apart the fragile order that's existed since the War of the Great Coalition. It's not enough to simply fight-the Great Evil they face requires a unified defense from every realm. Yet even saving human refugees isn't enough to dampen the paranoia of the Inquisition.The grievances between Elves and humanity have been built over millennia and seem impossible to mend. Yet if they cannot succeed, kingdom by kingdom will fall, until the mortal world is swept clean. Under Gynefra's leadership, a new War of the Great Coalition must be waged-yet this time united in struggle against the Twisted One, who threatens to devour their realms.…

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Maybe you're thinking of joining the fang club. Sure, why wouldn't you? So many stories out there make it seem like a great deal - all dinner jackets or gothic gowns, lavish castles, and supernatural powers that let you rule the darkness.Not so fast.Vampirism has its own trials and tribulations. Stick around. Read these stories. If they don't change your mind, at least they'll prepare you for some of the unexpected realities of undead existence.…

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The prompt: An establishment called "The Green Door", run by a woman with one eye, and a theme of unfinished business.The result: Eight tales as varied and eclectic as the authors themselves.…

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An extended metaphor on the similarity between farming and writing.…

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Humanity sails to the stars. Civilization dies en route.Life is cheap in the agricultural section of the colony ship Tranquility. Starvation is common as the harvests they produce are siphoned off to serve the Empire. Capricious and often cruel, the Empire cares little for the agricultural section, and violence runs rampant.Marcus is carving a life out of this bleak landscape by selling his services as a swordsman. When he signs on to protect a pilgrim providing maintenance to holy sites, Marcus gets an earful about how little he really knows. Who is the Emperor, really? What lies beyond the agricultural section? And why does the pilgrim think everyone is going to die in three years?Breaking Regulations is science fiction disguised as dark fantasy. Nothing is what it seems to be and nobody can be trusted. Marcus is trying to save his life and in the process might just save the whole ship.…

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[Wattys 2018 Longlist] The mighty warships of the Syriot Empire have made landfall on the distant shores of the Three Kingdoms, a clan-based society maintaining a tenuous facade of unity. Banisu is the puppet Emperor of the Three Kingdoms, a teenager not yet old enough to rule and distrusted by the clan leaders and monks for the crimes of his father many years ago. But how can he carry out a unified defense against the invasion if he can't even be trusted to lead his own people?Sailing along with the invasion fleet is Vermilies, a translator for the Syriot Empire whose own homeland was conquered when he was a child. He has taken employment with the Syriot Empire in its quest to subjugate yet another land because what other choice is there for him? After all, no one can stop the Empire's overwhelming might.All who live along the coast and ply the sea lanes know the name of the ferocious pirate captain Black Bekhar. The invasion from the Syriot Empire threatens an end to his days of piracy. Yet an invasion also provides opportunities for those ruthless and cunning enough to seek them out, and no one is more ruthless and cunning than Black Bekhar.The infamous mercenary leader known as the Prince of the Wastes roams the distant Veldt with his war elephants, taking service with any lord desperate and rich enough to afford his services. And what could be more desperate than a defense against the musket-armed forces of the Syriot Empire?Check out the full story on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TYL87RB/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0…