Fantasy

Welcome to the world of Midyard - a world of innocence and beauty, terror and corruption, sex and spirituality, timeless legend and contemporary politics - a world of humans and gods and magical transformations, of erotic passion and heroic adventure, of light and darkness, of new insights into the agelong struggle between good and evil - a post-Tolkeinian world, one that carries on from where The Lord of the Rings leaves off, the world of Yabeth, the Goddess.

Prester John rules the Known World with an iron grip. Through his servants, the fanatical Brotherhood of Redemption, his dominion stretches into every land. Meanwhile fourteen year old Elowen Aubyn lives a miserable life in an orphanage. Bullied by the other children and by the cruel Master, she dreams of escape and adventure, little realising that her dreams are about to become terrifyingly real. When an encounter with the mysterious Tom Hickathrift leaves Elowen in possession of an ancient map, she is forced to flee and to seek the Illuminati, a forbidden sect long opposed to Prester John. The Map of the Known World takes you into a saga of forgotten magic, adventure and treachery that will grip both young and old.

Watched and envied by the entire planet, Marchland leader Casimir Wyld governs rich and exotic lands of a pristine splendor found nowhere else. But his magnificent country is a mid-island territory which holds apart two warring nations poised to engulf the prosperous Marchland. The border countries are held from serious confrontation by a cruel and irreparable mutation which prevents inter-marriage. Now a mysterious and brilliant scientist has returned to her home in the March to present the besieged Wyld with a startling strategy that places her own life at risk.

The war drums are beating and a black wall of darkness threatens the existence of a world. Punished to the abysmal, desolate realm of Grayton, Fleshtooth meets a powerful friend who shares a hunger for vengeance. Once again, Stan Summerwood must rise up to the situation confronting him and outwit Fleshtooth and his accomplice. This time revenge, sorrow, hatred and grief are but few of the new ingredients applied to the mix. A tropical world, dragons, illusionists, and a wall of blackness await Stan. Can he stop the lord of darkness himself? Or will he require the help of others? He may just find himself ensnared in one of the traps set by his bloodthirsty opponent.

Micah Freeman lives the American Dream. He drives an expensive car, has a white-picket-fence home, has two wonderful children and a beautiful wife. Yet something is missing in his life, something he can't quite put his finger on. He feels empty and hopeless. One morning, when he wakes up, everything has changed.

When King Dacsel of Mykolia realizes that his death is near, he has the seven diamonds that have stood as the symbol of the monarchy split among his seven children. Now there will be not one ruler, but seven. All goes well until the lives of the seven brothers and sisters is shaken by the murder of a visiting ambassador. The seven must work together to discover who has killed him - because if they don't act quickly enough, they could be next on the killer's list.

Follow the lives of three characters who are caught up in a brutal war on an unforgiving frontier. Antonius, the great warrior whose heart bleeds for Rome, the great leader who is betrayed and forsaken, the great man who may be Rome’s only hope. Celesta, widowed by the actions of a cut-throat, tormented by prophetic nightmares and left to know only tears and sorrow. Marcellus, the one chosen by the gods to bring justice upon the barbarians, to pay back cruelty with cruelty, and to unleash the wrath of the god of Mars.

The Soul Keys is written in the third person, and set in the realm of Faerie. It is what I would consider an erotic fantasy. Although it isn't heavy on the details of sex, dealing instead with the emotions and feelings of the characters, there are a fair few accounts of it, and it can seem erotic in its own way.

What makes this series different, I feel, is that I have explored the more animalistic side of nature. The faeries in my novel are all bisexual and lascivious, they have sex with anyone, even close family members, but it is always consensual. They are wild, elements of nature, with no restraints. This made an interesting subject to write about, because what do creatures like that, selfish and lascivious, do when their world is threatened and they are forced to look beyond themselves? And I think that because of the subject in question, faeries, and their own way of behaving and looking at the world, it brings a new spin to the traditional fantasy traits of the quest and good verses evil.

Within the narrow strip of arable land that separates the Great Western Desert from the thick forests to the east there was once a small village. Within this village there was tranquility, and there was happiness. There were simple people who led quiet farmers' lives. One day a pillar of darkness appears standing far off into the desert. It is thin, and perfectly straight, and to distant eyes looks like a tight thread that binds the heavens to the earth. It has no physical form -- it is merely a tower of absolute darkness, and it is growing.

The senate of the spirits has a major staffing problem. Long life expectancy combined with a growing population means they envisage not meeting their body-fill targets for the next quarter. Meanwhile Alec, a loose spirit roaming the Earth, encounters the very confused and recently deceased Paul and helps him understand existence beyond mortality. Back on the other side, Holly is convinced she can see spirits or is she hallucinating? Marie grieves for her dead baby the spirit of whom mourns her, refusing to leave her Parisian apartment. As the senate hunt down the likes of Alec, a powerful medium Lars Von Hellsinger and his Psychic Party try discovering the real truth as to what happens after death.

This sword and sorcery novel is the saga of Guest Gulkan, the self-styled weaponmaster, who becomes locked in a struggle for control of the Collosnon Empire. The action of this massive book follows Guest from his reckless early manhood through to his later years, and features war, wizards, witches, sword fights, adventures with airships, bloody combat and brutal torture. A barbaric no-holds-barred novel about barbarian horselords. Written at an adult level and definitely not intended for children.

Togura Poulaan is a questing hero who is on a quest to find the index, the magical device which can control the odex, the mysterious object which has swallowed his beloved Day Suet.To rescue his beloved, Togura must quest, and quest successfully. But his journey is beset by complications: being taken prisoner by enemies with hideous habits, running into pirates, being fed to giant sea serpents, encountering sea dragons, getting involved with the Wizard of Drum, being captured by a wild tribe and, finally, getting embroiled in a major war. This fantasy novel is written at an adult level and, at times, deals with mature themes.

There are worse things than death. And some of them lie in wait for unwary primes. Gwydion, a paladin (and a clueless prime) has been called on a divine mission to retrieve the Icon, an artifact with the power to unlock an unimaginable evil. He has been sent, alone and unprepared, into the plains. Together with an unlikely band of heroes, he must face the overwhelming forces of darkness.

Tor is Dragon Master in the rebel army. But why is King Skardroft taking an interest in her? Family you inherit, friends you choose; studying the records of the legendary Hundred Knights, the King’s cold-blooded agent Corfe unearths a secret about Tor that even she is unaware of, a secret that will change the outcome of the fight for Calambria. And because of this, Tor faces a conflict of loyalties that lead her into love and adventure. This is a fantasy that non-fantasy readers will enjoy.

What happens when you get what you want - and when you don't? Or when you have it, don't realize, and let it go...Trav Zander is a freelance solver of problems. His latest job, for the appealingly large fee of fifty thousand ducats, is to locate the dragon in the mountains, and bring it to Carl of Thrales, inheritor of the kingdom of Ser. Carl wants the ultimate weapon; a warrior dragon. And if he puts Zander in the dungeon, instead of paying him, it won't cost him a penny.

The story of an Earth girl's quest home. She just needs to catch a unicorn...

Dreibrand Veta has killed for his country. At the frontlines of imperial expansion, he seeks to rebuild the fortune of his noble family. In his daring travels he encounters the rys, a race far more powerful than the human empire that bred him. Dreibrand cannot defy the rys Queen Onja nor defend his companion, Miranda, and her children from the wicked tyrant Queen. Desperate for help, Dreibrand and Miranda join Shan, a rys with emerging powers who plans to challenge Onja. In Shan’s pursuit of the rys throne, he exerts his magical powers, gathers his allies, and incites rebellion among Onja's human subjects.Great wealth and power will reward the kings, warriors, and spies that align themselves with the rys pretender, but defeat could mean worse than death. Everything is at risk for Shan’s union of renegades.

The University of York — an academic institution of medium reputation, drawing in hundreds of students every year. Some come to study, some come to party, some come because it seemed like a good idea at the time. Whatever the reason, the theme remains the same — University is where you find yourself and, if you’re extremely lucky, others like you. Sounds simple enough. It isn’t. Because York isn’t just a University. It’s something else, something darker, something infinitely more strange — and something that’s going to tarnish the lives twelve bright young students forever. They’ll grow, they’ll change, they’ll die and they’ll go quite, quite mad in between. And not for any of the normal reasons. Because gifts have been given, curses granted. They have been made more than human; given abilities beyond the ken of ordinary man. When they finally work this out, they might think of it as a good thing. They might think themselves tasked to help the helpless, protect the innocent, save mankind. They’re wrong. Many games are being played. Nobody knows the rules. Only one thing is certain: no amount of Buffy the Vampire Slayer could have prepared them for what happens next. It’s not just a University. It’s a world of its own.

Book I in the Witches Blood trilogy - taken back to the dawn of mankind and led through a journey through the ages and told from the perspective of some of the most beautiful, intelligent and cunning women ever portrayed - witches! From the early days of civilisation and down through the turbulent mists of time, the experiences and challenges particular to the witches? lifestyle are faithfully recorded in a series of tomes which outline the story of their craft for the generations of witches who come after, and keep the candle flickering in the darkness so it will, one day, become a fire.