New Release! Sovereign Night

Exciting news. The sequel to The Tally Master is out at last!

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Something is wrong in the city—a vile knot of villainy that beckons Gael and Keir with the magical lodestone they seek while threatening their lives and their secret.

Gael, an illicit mage, hunts redemption with Keir, a gifted healer who helps all who cross her path. Gael loves her loyalty to her calling—and to him—but has grown inured to the fact that they will never hold each other in more than high regard.

Together they seek a cure for the accursed affliction that not only erodes their bodies and minds, but keeps them apart. The lodestone that harbors their salvation lies hidden in riverine Hantida.

But when they enter the city’s gates, the dark mystery lairing there catches them in its claws.

Reavers comb Hantida’s streets and squares by night, crashing their gauntleted fists on a residence gate or a workshop door, and taking a child, a grandmother, or some sleeping fool who thought himself safe.

Always the reavers emerge from the imperial palace at the city’s heart and return to it before daybreak with their captive—just one—who is never seen again.

When the bronze-mailed warriors set their sights on a little girl with horrific burns, the travelers come face to face with the threat.

But more than mere violence lurks behind the abductions. They conceal a rotten core of secrets, intrigue, and conspiracy that Gael and Keir must penetrate while hanging on to their lives and holding true to their quest.

A tale of adventure in a vivid world of magic, shadows, and exotic peril.

Ebook
Sovereign Night is a novel available as an ebook for $4.99
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Trade Paperback
Sovereign Night is available as a trade paperback for $16.99
6″x 9″ trim size • 320 pages
ISBN-10: 1655772201
ISBN-13: 978-1655772207
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New Release! Tales of Old Giralliya

The first fairy tales from J.M Ney-Grimm’s North-lands appeared as posts on her blog for the entertainment of her blog readers.

Now the half dozen stories are collected together as both an ebook and a trade paperback.

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A troll-mage rains death upon the land from his citadel in the sky. Who—if anyone—can defeat him? Despite the oracle’s prophecy, few believe the beggar’s son might be the people’s champion.

A magical plague infests the villages, the cities, and the lonely manors. Will the realm descend into ruin before a cure is found? Or could wizened, old Eliya convince the stricken that something improbable might save them all?

Three ducal brothers fight for the rule of their duchy, crushing fields and hamlets under their chariot wheels. Can young Andraia, kidnapped from her village, bring the destructive struggle to an end?

Instead of Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, or the Pied Piper of Hamelin, the Giralliyan Empire has Ravessa’s Ride, the Thricely Odd Troll, the Kite Climber, and more. Tales of Old Giralliya presents six of these fresh, new fairy tales for your enjoyment.

Adventure and magic in the tradition of The Red Fairy Book and the Tales of the Brothers Grimm.

Ebook
Tales of Old Giralliya is a collection of fairy tales available as an ebook for $2.99
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Trade Paperback
Tales of Old Giralliya is available as a trade paperback for $7.99
5″x 8″ trim size • 72 pages
ISBN-13: 979-8607825881
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New Short Story Release! The Hunt of the Unicorn

For nearly a year, “The Hunt of the Unicorn” was available only in the anthology Here Be Unicorns curated by A. L. Butcher.

But now it resides in its very own edition, both as an ebook and as a trade paperback!

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Heal a wound. Purify poison. Reveal truth amidst falsehood.

He would be king one day, and called as king to be wise for his people. But wisdom—and kindness—no longer come to him.

Brychan, princess in a corner of a Wales that never was, requires a unicorn’s horn to mend what is broken within him.

The ancient fables speak of unicorn miracles, but if she finds the magical beast of fable, will the powers of his horn prove to be living truth? Or lying legend?

Ebook
The Hunt of the Unicorn is a short story available as an ebook for $2.99
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Trade Paperback
The Hunt of the Unicorn is available as a trade paperback for $6.99
5″x 8″ trim size • 62 pages
ISBN-13: 979-8604593684
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