Books
Idle hands and all that. There will be more novels on the way soon.
Plot
Road-weary soldier Lindel thought all he needed to do to return home was finish his current escort mission. Then he discovers one of his charges murdered with a wailing newborn in her limp arms and his ally Aemun holding the accused murderer at knifepoint.
His new mission? Take the murderer, Tylle, to face judgment and execution. But then Lin is ambushed by monsters and gravely wounded. While unconscious, Tylle magically stitches Lin’s wounds closed. An act forbidden by the Binding Tenets, laws that Lin’s military faction aggressively enforces.
Lin wakes to find himself marked by Tylle’s magic, making him appear as an oathbreaker.
Unfortunately, that’s not Lin’s biggest problem. Tylle claims she can remove the markings if Lin helps her kill Aemun. What Lin doesn’t know is that Tylle is part of a secret coterie working against the military faction Lin belongs to and is the sister of Lin’s murdered charge.
Unless Aemun is alive to vouch for him, Lin will face a death sentence by his own people. But if Tylle is telling the truth, Lin might not need Aemun. No one would need to know Lin was ever marked. All he has to do is help find and kill his former ally. On the other hand, with Aemun’s support, Lin could find forgiveness for breaking the Tenets. Lin would betray his savior, Tylle, but he never asked her to save him.
Plot
Seven uniquely fantastical stories.
- Three stones would destroy the world if left unbalanced. Reltha is on a mission to keep three ancient stones from destroying the world, but can she succeed when the faith of the other pilgrims differs from her own?
- Words are weapons, and the one word etched into his heart is survive. Ren has lived as a strayson of the tribe for most of his life, but life turns upside down when he attacks a natural born-son. With the tribe calling for blood, can he survive?
- He bears the last hope for restoring the world in his chest, but can he remove it? Mak doesn’t remember who he is, but he knows that the crystal embedded in his chest is the key to saving humanity, even if removing it might cost him his life.
- Storms are the only things that can save his village if he can survive them himself. Tamin’s father failed to bring the storm-seed home, leaving his village without crops. To bring honor back to his family name, he rails against the storm-lands– searching for the seed.
- Magic and its use are outlawed. One boy learns of hidden things within a garden. Din seeks the truth behind a magic well, led by his friend Kevin. When the truth gets revealed, will their friendship endure?
- People turn to stone statues when they die, but is it a blessing or curse? Stella cares for villagers taken by the Stoning, a disease or a gift depending on whom you ask. When she learns which it is, she must decide between staying tied to the past or leaving to find her future.
- The stars see all regarding a brother’s love and betrayal. Cenius wants a life away from his brother and the kingdom he rules. To do so means leaving the woman he loves behind, and the stars decide his fate. A backstory to my current work in progress, “Of Stars Below.”
