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Prudence, the town seamstress, lives a quiet life defined by routine: early mornings with her young son, Bryant, and her shop door opening late at the ninth bell. An emigrant from the conservative community of Holderdown, she is cautious of North Pointe Common Towne’s vibrant magic and keeps her own gifts tightly restrained, crafting only the most plain and utilitarian garments. But when a charismatic "snake oil" salesman arrives, hawking fraudulent "destiny potions" from his wagon just inside the road gates, Prudence's carefully constructed world threatens to unravel. The salesman is a ...

FINALIST Best Fantasy • Feathered Quill Book Awards Meet Samantha Godsdotter—Sam, to her friends—a mercenary recently retired from Sasha’s Vixens. Sam’s seen her last battle, and she’s ready for. . . something else. She’s not sure what, but on a trip around Lake Evendiam, she rides into a small, oddly fortified village named North Pointe Common Towne. The proprietor of its pub, the Broken Claw, gives her a warm, friendly greeting—and then starts to act just a little odd. Turns out Sam may have found her stopping point, in a place where she’ll develop warm new friendships, ...

I've been teaching technical topics to adults for more than two decades, and I've been writing and designing instructional materials for almost that long. Throughout the time, I always tried to learn more about how people learn, and how I could be a better and more effective teacher. It wasn't always easy, because apart from a great deal of trial-and-error, there weren't a lot of resources that I could comprehend or make use of. Too many books are either written by academics for academics, or by academics - in the most condescending tones possible - for mere mortals. Well, this is the book ...

"Volumes & Villainesses" is a true delight, a perfectly brewed cup of tea on a rainy afternoon. Jones has crafted a world that feels lived-in and loved, where the magic is not a grand spectacle but a gentle, humming part of everyday life. The characters are so endearing and their quiet moments so genuine that you'll find yourself completely swept away by the charm of the Broken Claw. This is a story that comforts and captivates in equal measure, leaving you with a warm feeling long after you've closed the book. Welcome back to the Broken Claw, where every street holds a secret and every ...

It is midsummer. The town of North Pointe Common Towne has always been a place of quiet magic and cozy comfort, its twenty shops a perfect, humming circuit of mutual support. But a new peril from the west is driving desperate travelers and a surge of new residents through its gates. As the town’s magical gifts begin to over-function in unsettling and humorous ways, its equilibrium is thrown into disarray. At the heart of this chaos is Galhani, the gentle gnome herbalist, whose magical teas—once a source of healing and joy—are suddenly failing. As her beloved shop grows quiet and her ...

“Anvils & Avatars is a charming and heartfelt fantasy that reminds us that true magic isn’t in a sword, but in a community. With a cast of lovable characters and a story that balances small-town charm with real stakes, this book is a must-read for anyone who’s ever wondered what happens after the quest is over.” —TheList With the prejudice and ill-will of past conflicts behind him, the gentle ogre blacksmith Warren has finally found the peaceful, quiet life he's always craved in the cozy environs of North Pointe Common Towne. But a blacksmith’s work is never truly done, and ...

WINNER "Fantasy - General" American Fiction Awards 2023 (Daniel Scratch, book 1) WINNER "Fantasy" Indie Book Awards (Daniel Scratch, book 1) "...Jones has created something new, compelling, beautifully written, and somewhat reminiscent of Ursula Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)...An engrossing, well-written, and original story; readers will be eager for the next installment." – Kirkus Reviews "Adult and teenage fans of thoughtful fantasy will love exploring this beautifully described world of arcane powers. This meditative look at power will engage readers who like their fantasy ...

In North Pointe Common Towne, where peace is a sacred law and the ale is always cold, a god has retired. Knodalon, ancient and weary, minds the lakeside storehouse and watches the world through a curtain of wind, content to keep the seasons still and the town’s pantry full. But the world outside is anything but quiet. A Goblin King is rising in the west, and the chaos he brings has drawn a new kind of trouble to the town’s doorstep: a pantheon of petty, preening gods vying for worship and influence. These are not the world-shapers of old, but tiny divinities of mundane things—a god of...

When the ancient Under Hill home of the Fae is infected with the Rot, they're left with an unpleasant choice: Die in one last, great stand, or escape to the Human world. A world they once knew, but where they no longer belong. A modern world, where Cold Iron surrounds and poisons magical beings.

Lose the Losers and Thrive! is a fresh approach to the Good News of Jesus Christ. It provides a self-helping “Big Picture” describing God’s path upward. It’s not just you anymore: It’s you plus God! Are you ready to build a lifestyle that works?

Bob Constantine (no relation to the other Constantine you may have heard of) is a down-on-his-luck exorcist-for-hire. Nondenominational. He roams from town to town, from city to city, inexorably drawn to the homes, businesses, and even places of worship that have become temporal homes for terrifying, malevolent spirits. Poltergeists. Screaming Mimis. Apparitions. Banshees. You see, Bob is one of the rarest of humans: a necropath, with the talent to see and communicate with the spirits of the dead. And demons, obviously. Demons are real, by the way. Bob should know, as he’s had once ...

Finley is weary. The Order of Some has been inundated with human inventions and innovations, all things that threaten to make humans less dependent on witchkind's secret magic, and Finley has been traveling the world putting a stop to them. And now, to add to his fatigue, he's been saddled with an apprentice who has highly-placed relatives, and who is absolutely incompetent with her magic. And... he's beginning to lose a little bit of his faith in the Order. Some of the inventions he's been sent to stop or sabotage seem... harmless. Beneficial, even, to human and witchkind alike. Finley's ...

Finley’s in a pretty good place in life. He’s on his last year at Disemstoke’s, one of the Great Schools of witchkind. He’s got a great set of friends, including best-friend-forever Arcadia. He even knows he’s about to be offered a place in one of the school’s prestigious and rare post-graduate programs. His family’s proud of him, and he’s even showing signs of runewright talent, the uncommon aptitude for being able to understand and reconstruct spells in the magic, diagrammatic language of his people. But suddenly, just as he’s teetering on the brink of adulthood with ...

Three years ago, Daniel Scratch ascended to become Adherent of the Sixth Axis, the primary, magical forces of Endings in the world. Since then, he’s tried to use that power for the betterment of all witchkind—despite the “don’t bother” attitude of the senior adherents of the other four Axes. The other junior adherents, on the other hand, are much more willing to help the rest of witchkind—especially when it comes to curtailing the humans’ use of magic-draining iron. But a critical misstep tears the Veil, the subtle, delicate magic that conceals witchkind’s true nature from ...

Finley's job just seems to become harder and harder. Having saved the Order of Some from itself, he and his friends must now confront the harsh reality: the Veil is falling, and humans are becoming more and more aware of witchkind and their magic. They're left with a straightforward, impossible task: cover everything up and return things to the way they were, or watch their world fall apart as the humans reintroduce their deadly Hunts. This gripping conclusion to The Order of Some trilogy also wraps up the modern stories of witchkind series, fully connecting all six books as well as the ...

Poor Clara. On the one hand, things are going well: she’s aced her Math final, and school’s almost out for the year. Dad’s hanging in there with contract jobs, Mom’s helping make ends meet by cleaning other people’s homes, and they’ve at least got a roof over their heads. Vegas isn’t the nicest place in the summer, but it’s no worse than the half-dozen other places she’s lived in her short life. But on the other hand, she has no friends. Everyone at school is either diffident or a bully—as if they can sense that Clara doesn’t quite fit in. And then there are the triplets.

After thousands of years, the Fifth Axis—the primal force of Creation and Beginnings—has been Forged. But now Aron, the newly minted Adherent of the Fifth, goes on a spree of destructive and dangerous Creation, starting unstoppable storms, earthquakes, and other disasters. Daniel Scratch, Adherent of the Sixth Axis of Death and Endings, must stop him. But Daniel’s own powers have become erratic and unreliable, leaving him breathlessly traveling the world in an attempt to stop Aron, discover his motivations, and protect the world. This epic conclusion to the Adherents of the Axes ...

FINALIST Best Sci-Fi Feathered Quill Book Awards Frank and his crew have truly made it: after unleashing version 2 of Endless Sky, a fully immersive sci-fi role-playing game, they’re richer than their wildest dreams. They’ve built a kick-butt new ship and are prepared to start reaching for the Legendary character levels. Sure, their actual bodies have long since been composted, but they were never planning to leave the game. But then a series of adventures and mishaps—including an assassination mission that might not have gone well—send them spiraling in a new direction. They ...

In the old days, trades were kept alive by Masters, who took on and trained apprentices into journeymen, who became Masters in their own right. We've lost that in most ways, but there's no reason you can't resurrect the approach for our modern times. Learn to achieve and recognize your own success so that you can become a Master to someone else. This audiobook covers my approach to Mastery, in a hope that it will inspire you to find your own path and begin a generations-long tradition of helping others achieve their success.

It’s been a year since Clara’s magic manifested itself and she was accepted into Linginbaum’s School for Magic Users (“witch” is such a dated term). She’s made friends, learned new spells, and most importantly begun to master her unique, once-in-a-generation type of magic: mathemagic. To Clara, all the magic in the world is a mass of glowing, rainbow-colored mathematical equations that she can alter and manipulate. She’s used her special ability to raise new and lasting Borders between the Ordinary world and Underhill, the secret and fantastic world of witches. And now a new ...