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The Age of Magic Omnibus AUDIOBOOK All three novels in The Age of Magic story arc - Alterverse; Warriors & Wizards; and Return of the Djinn are collected in one huge omnibus edition. A perfect companion to the Halos & Horns Omnibus and the Fangs & Fur Omnibus, this volume is 7x10 like its predecessors and features brand new cover artwork and an interview with the author. Clocking in at 586 pages, The Age of Magic Omnibus contains the complete third story arc in the Halo & Horns fantasy saga. |
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Showing posts with label Age of Magic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Age of Magic. Show all posts
Friday, July 19, 2024
The Age of Magic Omnibus - Now in AUDIOBOOK!
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Return of the Djinn- Now in AUDIOBOOK!
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What would the Age of Magic be without the Arabian Nights? Aladdin and his magic lamp; Ali Baba and the 40 thieves; genies and djinns and ifrits, oh my! Flying carpets, desert palm trees, and harems filled with voluptuous women. That Moorish architecture, and oh the clothes: turbans, fezzes, and curled pointy shoes. Belly dancers, and the Dance of the Seven Veils. The bazaar and the café. The magical city of Baghdad, with its spires, keyhole arches, and minarets glittering more brightly than the Emerald City of Oz. And then there's vampire Sharon Mordecai, a prominent character in every Halos & Horns novel since the first book but noticeably absent in the previous installment, the ninth book in the series. Where was Sharon? All we were told was that she was on a case with her spectral private investigator partner Kara Islington. Readers got a clue at the very end of the previous book when Ursula Fenris, teenage daughter of Sharon's BFF Pandora, was polishing an oil lamp she had been given by the mysterious proprietor of an even more mysterious curio shop. Kara's ghostly form wafted from the lamp's spout with the dire message that she and Sharon had been captured by a djinn. But how on Earth did they end up in such a predicament?
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Friday, July 12, 2024
Warriors & Wizards - Now in AUDIOBOOK!
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Taking place 15 years after the conclusion of the Halos & Horns story arc, The Age of Magic marks Lucifer's return to the series but much of the story follows the next generation: the children of Samantha (witch) and Lucifer (demon) Cypher; Pandora (vampire) and Cody (werewolf) Fenris; and Kita (kitsune) and Reggie (mortal) Forster. Alaric Cypher spends his summer before starting college in Japan with the family of the kitsune Kita, where he finds love and danger. Lucifer travels back to the ancient land of Thenesia to aid the barbarian King Caliban and the wizard Balthazar in their fight against the Dark Gods. Bartholomew follows twins Quinn and Ursula Fenris through a dimensional portal to the Otherworld, where the Morrigan is preparing for final battle with Hecate, the goddess of all witches. A traitor is discovered at Nosferatu, Inc., and Asabi returns to Siofra after Alterverse... but in a dramatically different form.
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Monday, July 8, 2024
ALTERVERSE - Now in AUDIOBOOK!
ALTERVERSE - Now in AUDIOBOOK format!
Book One in The Age of Magic story arc
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The forces of Chaos have defeated those of Order and recreated reality. The result is a dystopian multiverse ruled by the Dark Gods and policed by vampires who serve as their high priests. Into this Alterverse comes a heavensent African, gender-switching, interdimensional traveler who now finds himself permanently stuck in female form and tasked with the unenviable job of restoring reality. He/She must locate 17-year-old Alaric, son of the imprisoned witch Samantha Twitch and the banished demon Lucifer, and help him form a rebellion. But in this altered reality familiar faces are not who they may seem and some who had died now still live. Pandora and Cody's teenaged children Quinn and Ursula join Alaric's nascent resistance alongside the demon Asmodeus, Grand Duke of Hell Eligos, Nitrate (an emotive from the Dreamscape), Kita the kitsune, and a Kunoichi (Japanese female assassin) against overwhelming odds, as they seek not merely to change the world but the entire multiverse, and overthrow the gods themselves.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
The Age of Magic, Book 3: Return of the Djinn arrives next week!
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288 pages. Coming March 15, 2021. |
| What would the Age of Magic be without the Arabian Nights? Aladdin and his magic lamp; Ali Baba and the 40 thieves; genies and djinns and ifrits, oh my! Flying carpets, desert palm trees, and harems filled with voluptuous women. That Moorish architecture, and oh the clothes: turbans, fezzes, and curled pointy shoes. Belly dancers, and the Dance of the Seven Veils. The bazaar and the café. The magical city of Baghdad, with its spires, keyhole arches, and minarets glittering more brightly than the Emerald City of Oz. And then there's vampire Sharon Mordecai, a prominent character in every Halos & Horns novel since the first book but noticeably absent in the previous installment, the ninth book in the series. Where was Sharon? All we were told was that she was on a case with her spectral private investigator partner Kara Islington. Readers got a clue at the very end of the previous book when Ursula Fenris, teenage daughter of Sharon's BFF Pandora, was polishing an oil lamp she had been given by the mysterious proprietor of an even more mysterious curio shop. Kara's ghostly form wafted from the lamp's spout with the dire message that she and Sharon had been captured by a djinn. But how on Earth did they end up in such a predicament?
***Book 3 in The Age of Magic story arc *** Ships Mar. 15, 2021 . |
Friday, July 24, 2020
QuaranTeens Interview
Q: Tell me about The
QuaranTeens.
A: It’s probably the most timely novel I’ve ever written. All
of us. . . the whole world is in the grip of the devastating and deadly
COVID-19 pandemic. No matter where you live or what language you speak, the
coronavirus is constantly on the minds of every human on the planet right now. COVID
is an acronym for COronaVIrusDisease and 19 indicates the year – 2019 – it was
discovered. It’s a unique virus mankind’s never seen before and has no immunity
against, and the worst part is scientists and epidemiologists say we can expect
several new strains of coronaviruses in the years to come.
In The QuaranTeens,
mankind has faced another of these in the near future, COVID-25, and they think
the worst is over when, four years later, a super coronavirus – COVID-29 –
comes barreling in and wipes out 80% of humanity. One of the Earth’s
governments, realizing they’re facing an extinction-level event, rapidly
constructs a massive underground biosphere they call “the bunker” and selects
fifty infants and young kids to be the mankind’s last hope.
Q: Which country?
A: (Laughs). Well, that’s left open for the reader to
decide.
Q: And you say “last hope” in the event there are no other
survivors?
A: Right. So they’re sealed up in this bunker with a few
adult scientists, all but one of whom die in the first months. The book opens a
dozen years later–
Q: 2041?
A: Right, in the year 2041, when the kids are now teenagers
and the only remaining adult has just died.
Q: So the kids are now in control of the bunker; sort of a Lord of the Flies scenario?
A: That’s one possibility. They obviously need to establish
some sort of social order or society. But without adult supervision, they may
also be curious about what lies outside the bunker’s titanium hatch.
Q: The virus? Other survivors? Zombies?
A: (Laughs). No zombies. Definitely nothing supernatural.
This is strictly science fiction.
Q: But for a Young Adult audience?
A: Of course. The story revolves around teenagers so I think
younger readers will relate to the characters. But I believe anyone 13-and-up
will enjoy it. I had beta readers in their 30s and 40s that went wild over it.
Q: Tell me about these characters.
A: There are the twins: Covid, the quintessential hero, and
his sister Corona, the adventurer. Kai is the rebel. Corbin is a cross between
Dickens’ Artful Dodger from Oliver Twist
and Michael J. Fox’s character Alex P. Keaton from the Family Ties TV series. Coralie is the loner. Lucian and Tristan are
the entertainers, a vital role when you’re locked away in quarantine for your
whole life. Lucian writes songs while Tristan is the group’s jester. Fiona’s a
fair-skinned redheaded girl who becomes the group’s empathetic caregiver.
Esme’s the needy girl who has to be in a relationship and will do anything for
love. Blaine’s the needy boy who simply wants to belong and be accepted by the
others. Nessa’s the youngest: she’s the innocent, filled with optimism and
naïveté until reality comes crashing down on her. Ian’s the jock. Varian’s the
older, authoritarian wannabe leader.
Obviously there’s no television or Internet, but they do
have a library. Destine and Keiana are the most well-read of The QuaranTeens but while they’re the
smartest, they have different motivations. Destine believes Covid should lead
them and she endeavors to serve as his mentor.
Q: Sort of an Obi Wan to Luke Skywalker?
A: Yeah, or Merlin to Arthur but obviously her wisdom comes
from book learning, not from age.
Q: A subtle plug for the benefit of books and reading. (Laughs).
A: (Laughs). Of course. Keiana, meanwhile, sees herself as
more of a puppet master, manipulating those around her for her own agenda.
Then, there’s Dax. She’s a mysterious character. Arlo and Nico are pair of
sociopaths who would have felt right at home at Columbine.
Q: So those are your bunker rats.
A: Ouch! (Laughs). I like that term. I may steal it.
Q: Feel free. Does the story take place entirely inside the
bunker or do we get to explore the post-apocalyptic world?
A: Both. One plotline follows what happens at the bunker
while other plotlines follow the adventures of what we might call the ‘away
teams’. The year 2041 isn’t that far from now but life has been changed
dramatically as a result of the COVID-29 pandemic and its aftermath.
Q: In what way?
A: Having to survive in a world of scarce resources leads
people to do things they ordinarily wouldn’t. There are scattered outposts of
Raiders like the former trailer park where teen siblings Archer and Robin
reside. There’s a domed city taken over by far-right authoritarians they’ve
dubbed ‘Utopia’ . . .
Q: It sounds more dystopian.
A: One character asks what Utopia’s like and the response
is, ‘It depends on who you are.’ (Laughs).
I’ve written some fairly evil characters, especially in my Halos & Horns series, but Proctor in The QuaranTeens may be the worst yet.
Q: One last question. You just mentioned your Halos & Horns series and I know you
have several other series—
A: The Adventures of
Mackenzie Mortimer; Vampires Vs. Aliens;
Fangs & Fur; the Age of Magic; and my Reluctant Blogger series.
Q: Exactly, so will The
QuaranTeens be an ongoing series or is this a one-off?
A: Or as we say on this side of the pond, a one-shot?
That’ll be up to the readers. There’s no cliffhanger but the ending is left
open to imply there are more stories that could be told. I enjoyed writing The QuaranTeens and if enough people
enjoy reading it, then I’d certainly write more. But I am doing several series
at present, so there’d have to be a fair amount of demand.
Saturday, October 5, 2019
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Alterverse
October 14, 2019
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