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In the spring of 1809, the winds of war sweep through Europe once more. Austria has declared war against the Emperor Napoleon of France, and his response is harsh and immediate. Armies are mobilized, and men are conscripted into the ranks to march forth and punish the Austrian attack. The French “Grande Armée” is filled not just with Frenchmen touting the spirit of the revolution, but commoners from many small allied nations that were overrun and wrested from the kings of Europe in the early years of war. The King of Wurttemberg has allied himself with Napoleon in hopes of riding the ...

In a city of darkness, a young girl struggles to find the light. She was once a happy child, living on her family farm on the outskirts of Star Gleam City. But when her mother dies, Kate is left to tend the farm with her drunken stepfather, struggling to survive as his drinking habit takes a toll on their finances. The Fly Guild, the ruthless gang that rules the city, is always lurking nearby, looking for opportunities to profit from others, and when the family’s money runs out, the guild steps in. Forced from her farm. Forced from her home. Forced into the city of darkness – her life ...

His father died in the plague. His mother is missing. He's on the streets of Star Gleam City. Alone and afraid, he lives life from one meal to the next, stealing what he can to get by, sleeping in alleys, until one day, he steals from the wrong person. Captured by the notorious Fly Guild, the city's most ruthless gang, he's left with one choice: Serve them or die. Set to a life of crime, he hones his skills at the expense of others, taking what is required with the guild always asking for more. As the years pass, he yearns for his freedom, wanting to be free of the oppression and debauchery...

The mysterious Kull have waged war on humanity and her colonies for more than a decade. Dropping out of the void, they wrought devastation upon colonies and planets across the stars, leaving a stunned under-strength Earth fleet scrambling for answers. Captain Thomas Parks was that answer. Leading the human fleet against the alien invaders, he stopped them at Gladius 9, creating a stalemate in the war and buying humanity precious time. And as the Valkyrie 4 launched from the Navis shipyards with Parks at the helm, the ship's technological advantages promised to end the war once and for all. ...

The timeless realm of the underworld stretches across infinity, each kingdom protected in a unique way to defend the dark lords that reside within. On the far side lies a portal that exits to the land of the living, but beyond that gate is an island ravaged by war, hiding horrors rivaling those of the underworld. And somewhere on this war-torn island is one of the greatest treasures ever created: The Singing Sapphire, a gemstone imbued with the ability to sing with such power it can bring the greatest warrior to tears. Quinton has been granted sixty days by the elf king to make the journey,...

Book 2 of The Fly Guild Series The Dwarven tunnels honeycomb the earth, giving them access to not only the ore they covet, but to the land above that provides them food and sustenance. But there’s one tunnel, long forgotten, that’s been rediscovered: The Deepening Reach. It now holds the key to winning the war against the hated goblins for possession of the holy mountain, but there’s a reason why the tunnel was sealed generations ago, and the Dwarven soldiers sent to exploit it have to learn why, or risk having the goblins use it against them. But when Quinton, a young fugitive from ...

When the rookie captain of the Zulu 656 begins to act erratically, the veteran crew becomes suspicious. But after an enemy fleet ambushes and destroys the task force they were escorting, the crew is left to piece together the captain's background and true intentions while being hunted in a massive debris field. Their fears grow after a mysterious virus begins locking them out of their computer terminals, leaving them at the mercy of the captain's programming skills as the enemy closes in on their position. With the fate of the ship on the line, the crew must decide whether they believe the ...

Book 4 of The Fly Guild Series Quinton's quest for information on how to remove the mark of the damned and free the mermaid Aquaria leads him back to the very city he fought so hard to escape. Confronted by old enemies among the ruins, he finds himself in the middle of a civil war that threatens to destroy what little remains of the once prosperous city. His only hope is in a desperate plan to free a mysterious prisoner held within Lord Wren's dungeon. With darkness closing in around him, he must free the stranger and obtain the secret of the mark before time runs out.

As the crew of the Serpent Typhoon drifts closer to mutiny, Quinton continues to search for a way past the dreaded sea draugs and their blockading fleet. But as he makes a desperate run for the portal that will take him to the Undersea, he and his companions are pulled into another realm that exists hundreds of years before his time, trapping them in a bleak landscape full of nightmares and false hope. Only by uniting his divided crew does he have a chance of finding an escape and making his way to see the mother of all mermaids, who holds the key to his beloved Aquaria's freedom. His final...

Book 5 of The Fly Guild series The Elven Enclave is a city nestled among giant trees, with architecture of stone and wood arching between thousand-year-old branches. Its elven residents enjoy a life of leisure, focusing on art, music and beauty. As the elves move through their lives at a slow pace with little want or need, their human servants toil in the fields and in the households, providing the hard labor and sustenance their elven masters need. For hundreds of years, both races lived in relative peace within their stratified worlds. But when Quinton seeks an audience with the secretive...

Sixty miles off the coast of Star Gleam City lies a dark tower that rises high above the surrounding ocean. The tower, a prison constructed long ago, is known by only one name: Regret. Built to hold the most powerful wizards ever known, its powers are immense and not fully understood. Rumors abound that protecting the tower from intruders are two supernatural guardians, one in the water and one on land, that must be defeated before entry can be gained. But inside the tower is the only man that can help Quinton remove the mark of the damned that binds him to the Lord of the Underworld. ...

Quinton's quest to free himself from his bondage to the Underworld leads him to the great river city of Gaergoth, where the powerful trade guilds rule a city in decline. Strange creatures dwell in the mists of the Black River, killing all who enter and stopping all trade from the city. When Quinton learns of a mysterious ship lost in the mists, he knows it could be his only hope to sail south and enter the ocean world of the Undersea. But as he searches the city for answers, he finds himself fighting old enemies and having to outwit new ones. Is the ship just a legend, or an important key ...

The city of Verlinden lies at the heart of the northern trade routes, controlling the flow of gems, precious metals and textiles to the cities of the south. But its vital position also places it directly on the main invasion route of the orcs, who are always looking to take the city by force and put an end to human incursions into their ancestral lands. Following their devastating defeat decades ago, the orcs have disappeared -- some say for good. The frontier patrols are lax, the city defenses are crumbling and the funding for troops has been slashed, leaving a few hardy soldiers to ...

Tales of the Sword is a collection of six short stories set in various fantasy realms. You'll follow a banished hunter as he makes his journey to his ancestral burial mound only to find an intruder standing in his way to the afterlife. You'll read about a young druid who seeks to break the burning curse placed on a boy ten years prior, only to learn a horrible truth. Follow a superhero called Darkblade as he seeks a serial killer with a penchant for timepieces. Learn about the magnificent power of a Blue Jay locked in an Omega Box and how a small elf maiden can break a human curse. 29,000 ...

Quinton needs a gypsy mudstone to open the passages to the Undersea to save his beloved mermaid, Aquaria. The Doll Queen of Vulcury has one of the magical stones, but is surrounded by enemies and covets his ship, the massive Serpent Typhoon. A deal is struck between them. Once Quinton eliminates the threat to her kingdom, she’ll give him the mudstone. But as time goes on, Quinton sees the deal includes far more than he bargained for, leaving him fighting enemies from all directions as he desperately tries to protect his friends and keep the queen from claiming his ship. With time running ...