The enigmatic Peacock King, ruler of half of the known world, seeks to possess the land itself by enslaving the spirits of the wild. Gerald, a newly initiated Poet whose magic is as real as he can write it, is also one of the Armed—enforcers of the Law who wield guns with souls. His mission: infiltrate the Peacock King’s Court . . .
Thalia’s Musings is a series of original novels written by Amethyst Marie. It’s narrated by Thalia, the Muse of Comedy, as she observes the comedy, drama, and tragedy of the ancient Greek pantheon. But when Thalia becomes more than an observer, the Fates take notice. Are Thalia’s powers limited to helping mortal playwrights hack out a comedy sketch, or can . . .
Bellica Yarrow is faced with a tough choice: obey the laws of the nation laid down by her sister, the Empreena, keeping safe those she loves, or fight against the corruption that holds the Sceptre and risk losing it all. Yarrow has never been one to shrink from a good fight, but the looming battle threatens all she holds dear . . . and . . .
A fiction serial in epistolary form about the imaginary kingdom of Bentlefay, with particular reference to its royal family and their retainers. At the center of it all is Crown Princess Dulcie—young, beautiful, sought-after, and hating every minute of it. Will Bentlefay repel the attacks of neighboring Marshweather? Will the princess ever get porridge for breakfast when she wants it? . . .
Torn World offers a unique shared world platform with flavors of science fiction, high fantasy, slipstream, steampunk and alternate realities. Two widely disparate cultures are poised to meet – a close-knit, peaceful, unicorn-herding people, and a sprawling, expansionist, pre-industrial Empire that uses time technology in a near-magic fashion. Created by Ellen Million, multiple authors and artists have used the . . .
Necromancer Robling Tremare has a golem — a construct spun from a suit of plate armor, enchanted to serve as Robling’s bodyguard while he wanders the world in search of whoever or whatever has slain all his kin. After two years of fruitless inquiries Robling’s finally stumbled upon a lead; now, with the help of a mercenary archer who has . . .
Deucalion Chronicles is a meta-series containing many stories all set within the same universe. So what’s that universe look like? To put it in TvTropes terms, it would be Fantasy Kitchen Sink Space Opera, full of Magitek. Or, to put it another way, it’s what happens when high fantasy gets out of the dark ages, shoots past urban fantasy, and . . .
The Philosopher in Arms is the massively-revised version of my two traditionally-published fantasy novels, Lion’s Heart and Lion’s Soul (Baen Books, 1991) set in the “Fifth Millennium” world collaboratively created with S.M. Stirling and Shirley Meier. Almost 3,000 years after a human-made cataclysm reduced both human population and technology back to primitive levels, civilization is rising again slowly. Here . . .
A serialized novella about a girl’s journey of self-discovery, set in a future world of oysters, pearls and magic. Mirra is a magic user, but her gift is scorned by the menfolk in her village. Men are allowed to use magic; women are not. So, after a tumultuous event, Mirra decides to leave and heads for the City to continue . . .
Jonathan Baron’s music has left him and so has the love of his life, a woman he’s no longer certain even really exists. Convinced that his buried childhood memories are the key to determining whether or not she was merely a figment of his imagination, he seeks out his family’s ancestral home. From the moment he sets foot unto . . .
Marianne Rivers is the only mage she knows—that is, until another mage named Aeryn stumbles into her tranquil life. She soon learns that, outside the safety of her secluded village, the king of Altrud is invading other kingdoms and turning his own into an empire. On top of that, he is convincing everyone that mages’ powers are not natural, but . . .
Young lady Lunessa and warrior-in-training Rosalynn flee their home, and find themselves in the Grand City of Midway, the place where all of the realms intersect. In that sprawling mish-mash of a million cultures they will find adventure, love, and betrayal as they forge new lives for themselves in the place where everything is possible. . . .
I only read the prologue (which stands at a lengthy 4,000 words!) but my initial impression is that Oysters, Pearls and Magic has an intriguing premise.
It is based in an alternate universe, a place where gender roles are strictly defined: women fish for oysters and pearls, and men "curl light" [more . . .]
I speculate that Torn World started with a vision of the survivors of a terrible disaster (The Upheaval) living in an arctic wilderness with the help of huge, mischievous unicorns, and wondering what it would be like when their descendants meet—and clash with—a vast empire that uses steam and time technologies. The Empire is ruled by scientists, themselves descendants [more . . .]