Author of Hunted, The Relics of War, The Caein Legacy, & The Mage War Chronicles
Book Review: Derelict by Mark All Genre(s): Science Fiction Book Synopsis: If you find alien technology … don’t turn it on. Beyond the farthest reaches of explored space, survey ship Cerberus arrives at an unclaimed planet to find a deserted vessel already in orbit. When newly commissioned captain Janet Hollander leads a team to the derelict, they […]
Book Review: Waiting for Saturday by Catherine Morrison Genre(s): Women’s fiction Book Synopsis: Abigail Preston can’t understand why she isn’t happy. She’s married to Kevin, a successful salesman whose generous salary allows her to be a stay-at-home mum to their four-year-old daughter. She tries her hardest to give her husband the perfect home – but […]
The Caein Legacy: Magic, Magi, and The Oracle What’s a fantasy book without magic of some form? The Caein Legacy is no exception, but the way I built the magic system for this series (and the related series The Mage War Chronicles) is different than what I’ve done in the past. Rather than have a […]
Book Review: Of Shade and Shadow: The Exiled by Niamh and Rebecca Schmid Genre(s): Fantasy / YA Book Synopsis: The Great War is won… so everyone tells her. But even with her brother now king, Astra Verzaer knows the fight is far from over. When her sudden exile finds her alone in the dreary country […]
Book Review: The Mortality Experiment by Halo Scot Genre(s): Science Fiction Book Synopsis: Secrets are sentient. In the far, foreign future, a deep-space mission turns catastrophic when the crew’s personal demons become literal demons and seek revenge. The Ward gathers broken souls for doomed missions. RJ, Kaj, Mazha, and Jace fit the bill perfectly…perhaps too […]
Book Review: The Kheld King by L.L. Stephens Genre(s): Epic Fantasy Book Synopsis: The King is dead.Long live the Kheld King The Triempery lies crippled, its godborn princes slaughtered by treachery, its ruling houses desperate to maintain their monopoly of the god-machine Entities. In the aftermath of the slaughter, Stefan Stauberg-Randolph inherits his grandfather’s throne. […]
This Writer’s Birthday Plans I’m getting older next week, and to celebrate, I have a couple things planned. First (and the timing was a total coincidence), is a book tour for The Talisman of Delucha, book 2 in The Relics of War series. As I did with the first book, Talisman’s tour is hosted by […]
I wrote this little piece one morning after my cat, Magic, woke me up for the third morning in a row yowling at the full moon. Consider it the first of Magic’s Cat Tales. I may write more stories later as inspiration strikes. Moonlight Serenade As moonlight spills across her path, she pauses to peer […]
The Caein Legacy’s Long History On May 24, 2019, I started writing something “new.” It was a story that had been brewing in my head for years, one that I’d started and stopped countless times, often with different characters featured as the main, but nothing felt right. Not until that date, anyway. There were several […]
Book Review: The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang Genre(s): Fantasy Book Synopsis: When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, […]
