The End Of Kayn’s Life Was Only The Beginning Of Her Story.
You die today.
There will be nowhere to run, no place to hide.
Do you have what it takes to survive your Correction?
Could you leave your humanity behind?
She had never coveted the role of princess. She’d always wanted to be the hero.
Fantasy adventure, magical realism, non-stop action with laughter, tears and a coming of age paranormal romance that will capture every reader’s heart. A story of a teenage girl who overcomes tragedy and evolves into something she never knew possible as an immortal destiny comes to light. This paranormal fantasy will leave you breathless as it takes you through the darkness and leads you back out into the secret world of immortality triggered by choices in the afterlife.
Warning
The information contained within this book is not intended for mere mortals. Reading this may inadvertently trigger your Correction. If you show great bravery during your demise, you may be given a second chance at life by one of the Guardians of the in-between. For your soul’s protection, you must join one of three Clans of immortals on earth. You are totally still reading this, aren’t you? You’ve got this.Welcome to the Children Of Ankh Series Universe.This is not a fairy tale. This is a nightmare.
The series continues by critically acclaimed fantasy author and podcaster, Richard H. Stephens
A novel in the Highcliff Guardians Epic Fantasy Series
The Dragon Witch Wraith has returned.
With the Grim Duke in his place, and a tentative pact with the wizard’s guild, the Queen of the Elves’ only real concern is for her rebellious daughter. Or so she is led to believe.
Buoyed by the news of unrest in the land’s largest city of Urdanya, Duke Orlythe’s new wizard attempts to convince him that a path to the coveted Willow Throne lies within reach of someone bold enough to seize the opportunity.
The return of the Dragon Witch Wraith prompts the ailing high wizard to find a way to thwart his arch nemesis before everything South March has fought for is lost.
Oblivious to the dangers of the world, Princess Ouderling sets out on a quest to locate an ancient dragon, in a desperate attempt to save her mother from an inevitable fate.
Should she fail, the Grim Duke will ascend the throne.
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Something evil lurks beneath the palace.
A phantasm from a darker past makes its presence known to Khae Wys, Queen of the Elves.
Braving the perils of a haunted tower, the queen seeks the counsel of the mysterious Fae, for only they can predict what is to come. A future that doesn’t bode well for her only living child.
In a desperate attempt to save the heir to the Willow Throne, Princess Ouderling is exiled to the only place capable of protecting her. Highcliff, the home of the coveted Crystal Cavern and the dragons that watch over it.
The Duke of Grim, however, has other plans for the princess.
About Richard H. Stephens:
Born in Simcoe, Ontario, in 1965, I was raised and still reside in Cambridge, Ontario. I began writing circa 1974, a bored child looking for something to while away the long, summertime days. My penchant for reading, ‘The Hardy Boys,’ led to an inspiration one sweltering summer afternoon, when my best friend and I thought, ‘We could write one of those.’ And so, I did.
As my reading horizons broadened, so did my writing. ‘Star Wars’ inspired me to write a 600-page novel about outer space that caught the attention of a special teacher, Mr. Woodley, who encouraged me to keep on writing.
A trip to a local book store saw the proprietor introduce me to Stephen R. Donaldson and Terry Brooks. My writing life was forever changed.
At 17, I left high school to join the working world to support my first son. For the next twenty-two years I worked as a shipper at a local bakery. At the age of 36, I went back to high school to complete my education. After graduating with honors at the age of thirty-nine, I became a member of our local Police Service, and worked for 12 years in the provincial court system.
In early 2017, I resigned from the Police Service to pursue my love of writing full-time. With the help and support of my lovely wife Caroline and our 5 children, I have now realized my boyhood dream. More information about Richard can be found at: Award-winning Fantasy Author | Richard H. Stephens (richardhstephens.com)
To request additional review copies or an interview with Richard H. Stephens, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com | 403.464.6925.
In Rimwords Conspiracy, Book One of this science fantasy fiction, Arun Dyem fights for her people’s survival on her planet of Hettamir against the space pirates who threaten to take over.
Tragedy ensues and in Book Two, an Ally princess races to freedom with her newborn. She turns for help to the Treetop Witches who are forbidden to interfere with human destiny.
In Book Three, much time has passed and the frontier gods try to prevent a human child’s return to the Allies, but her telepathic power lets her escape.
Will this spell triumph or tragedy for a galaxy at war?
In my world demons ride the electrics and vampires are the number one wet dream in everyone’s fantasy until the safe word is forgotten. Then it all ends in tears and a sharp stake. Or a beheading … because better safe than sorry.
It’s one of those weeks where things escalate quickly. Your favourite client gets himself prince-napped. Then there’s the unexpected house visit from his very great aunt, the Empress; who knew she did those? And who knew she’d demand answers from me? But that’s not the worst part of the week. The truly horrendous thorn in my side is working with the biggest, baddest, hottest vampire of them all because someone is making zombies. And that’s treason!
So now I’m riding shotgun with the city’s favourite poster boy vampire, and because he’s BFFs with the Empress, I can’t stake him either. Not unless I find him in a very compromising situation…
Today #Nornsauthorsreviews is for To Fight Fire With Sunby D.A. Andrews. It’s a book of poetry about the grieving process. Julie and I both read and recommend the story. Listen to our reviews below. We recently started a Rumble channel, so you can find us there too. 😀
To Fight Fire with Sun is a chapbook of poetry that dives into the experiences of love and loss. From conception, we have known love (or the lack thereof) and have grown to understand how this experience makes us the humans we are today. Loss comes in all forms. Whether through a friend, lover, or ourselves, we seek to find some method with which we can understand this pain and heal from it. To Fight Fire With Sun is just that- a queer girl’s exploration into how one can love, lose, and heal through the power of words.
The last stop for retired war machines. A new arrival with missing memories. When foes return, can he recall enough to halt a planet-wide catastrophe?
Major Misty Durham hoped to put tragedy and bloodshed behind her. Now the human administrator of Mechhaven, she’s committed to providing sanctuary for decommissioned mechs. But conflict returns with a bang when a legendary machine with crucial secrets crash-lands on her world.
Angel is desperate to remember his mission. As the advanced mech seeks asylum after a failed deep-cover operation, he brings intimate knowledge of the enemy’s tactics… except battle-inflicted damage prevents him from accessing the data. And when his adversaries come hunting, his last chance for survival is to pray the mothballed locals won’t give him up.
After refusing to surrender her newest charge, Misty gathers disarmed mechanized warriors and former enemies to prepare for the inevitable mêlée. And Angel knows if he can unlock the intel buried in his memory matrix, he could be the key that stops them all from being shipped to the scrapyard.
Can an embattled leader and a fugitive mech inspire a ragtag crew to rise up and fight for peace?
Pax Machina is the action-packed first book in the thrilling Mechhaven science fiction series. If you like thunderous tech, complex relationships, and shocking twists and turns, then you’ll love Greg Sorber’s tumultuous tale.
Amphibian Press brings you the worlds of four authors in this collection of dark fantasy tales.
“How to Curse a Kingdom” – Cameron J. Quinn Pantheon outcast and god of war, Armon fears more rejection when he’s called home to marry the goddess of creation and balance. But Demtrie accepts him–even without the disguise necessary for his former lover. No sooner does he find happiness than he’s plagued by the phantom cries of a baby. And the truth may curse the kingdom where he once found solace.
“How to Curse A Kingdom” takes place within the Starsboro sector of the Starsedge Universe and follows Trent and Zurik’s ancestors.
“The Tempest” – V. S. Holmes Before Nubon can lead her kingdom she must survive the trial to prove she’s worthy–navigate the sea with nothing but her name and the clothes on her back. And between Nubon and the title of warlord lie leviathans, frigid water, and seven other potential heirs willing to kill for the crown.
“The Tempest” takes place in the world of Reforged, 200 years before the events of Smoke and Rain.
“Men of Distant Souls” – R. T. Donlon Exhausted and drunk, Levi stumbles out of a bar and into another world–one locked in a generations-old battle. Faced with unimaginable power and the balance of good and evil, Levi must decide if he’ll run or take up the mantle for which his soul was made.
“Red and White” – Ariele Seiling Red and White’s world is a cruel magical post-apocalypse where they only people they can trust are each other. When a mysterious dog begins to tail them, the sisters must decide whether trusting him will save their lives–or end them.
“Red and White” is one of several of Sieling’s fairytale retellings.
My Review:
Anthologies are hard to review/rate as normally there’s one or two good stories and the rest are so-so. Thankfully, these four stories break that mold.
How To Curse A Kingdom is about acceptance of yourself, your fate, and the hard decisions that need to be made. Even if you’re a God. As Pantheon discovered, when he saw the consequences of his actions/inactions. There were some editing issues with the story but they weren’t distracting.
The Tempest made me cringe, made my own fingernail hurt when Nubon tore hers to the quick. I rooted for her as she struggled to survive on the harsh ocean with no food or water. And I cheered for her when she stood up to claim her rightful place. A very well-written, coming-of-age story.
Men of Distant Souls is the story of Levi facing and accepting his destiny. From a drunk to a hero. And the bad choices that even hero’s have to make all for the sake of their souls. In the end, I was left with questions. Did he?
Red and White is about two sisters who’ve only had each other for years after the nightlings took away their parents and life they knew. I was on the fence whether this book deserved a 4 or 5 star rating until I read this story. This one tore me up and I cried for the harshness of their lives. I still had questions. What was over the wall to the East?
If you love dark fantasy, anthologies, stories where even with the right choice you still have heartache, then this book is for you. I give it 5 stars.
Jim Able wakes up in hospital in Ch’Garratt beset with bloody memories. Someone has tried to kill him; he knows who but not why. His colleagues know Jim is in danger, but what protection can they offer against an adversary so callous he would destroy a spaceport terminal trying to kill one man?
This prequel episode takes you from Jim’s troubles in Ch’Garratt to the start of Episode #1 ABLE. Formatted in episodes that are an easy read—the equivalent of four or five chapters—the adventures will take Jim, and you, on quite a ride. Two complete story lines, on Kindle, span episodes #1 thru #4 and #5 thru #9. In print, look for Beauty Rising and Larc Ascending.
In these episodes, Jim uses his wit and skills with alien technology to save the day and sometimes clear up his messy mistakes. He has help from an unexpected friend in the form of the chameleon, Tella. The series is a witty and, in parts philosophical, exploration of other worlds and other cultures, seen from Jim’s perspective. Unlike Star Trek, the people here use money and go to the bathroom. Unlike Star Wars, evil comes less from general imperial menace and more from personal motives.
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