Gooks and Bames

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Shadow Magic

Asmara is one of the most powerful mages in the world. Or, she would be if she could use her magic. She is a shadow mage, a wielder of rare and unusual magic, with the power to peer into the souls of others, to change them, to destroy them. And yet to use it comes at a high price, as shadow mages who use their power rarely make it past their twentieth year. On the plus side, it means she can charge a high price for her services as a mercenary.

After resisting her magic for twenty years, war breaks out between Mance-Jolune and the neighbouring land of Lakasha. Tension between the two lands is nothing new, but this time, something is different. The Lakashan’s somehow have trained shadow mages, and are using shadow magic in war for the first time. Asmara is suddenly of great interest to the King and all his spies, and refusing to use her deadly magic is no longer an option.

Available August 1 from smashwords!

Also available as an ebook and paperback from Amazon.

The Magekiller

Published: 5/07/2013

Ebook version available at $1.99 USD  from Smashwords, Amazon, Sony, Kobo, Barnes & Noble and Apple. Paperback version available at $11 USD from Amazon.

Suggested age groups: 16+ (contains adult content)

Nobody likes the Archmage. So Kane shouldn’t have been surprised when his colleagues from the Hall of Magic decide to have him investigated by the Magekillers, a group of women immune to magic whose sole purpose is to hunt and kill magicians. But while the Magekillers investigate the Archmage for using forbidden magic, they come across something even worse. Illegally and secretly teaching women magic, he has begun something that will threaten their very existence. Suddenly, the Hall of Magic and the Magekillers find themselves with a common enemy, while Kane, confident that the two ancient enemies will never work together, continues his work…

The Mixed Duology

Published: 29/07/2014

Ebook version available for free from Smashwords. Available for $0.99 from Amazon.

In an empty and dangerous world, the human city of Astar shines as a lone beacon of peace, free from the constant warring of the inhuman, gemeng tribes of the Plains. Aerlid, a man neither human nor gemeng, tricks his way into Astar with his charge, a young gemeng named Riley. In the human city, she experiences a type of fear and oppression foreign to her, and longs for the freedom of the world beyond the city walls.

Unbeknownst to her, the world is changing. To the north, another human city is discovered, where the people do not constantly fear invasion by the gemengs, while in the western city of Coastside, a young man begins speaking to the fishpeople, gemengs that dwell within the ocean.
But something far worse is coming. The ancestors of the gemengs, creatures far more powerful than either gemeng or human have faced in centuries, are returning. Unaware of the danger, Riley abandons the safety of Astar, while the people of the city remain sure in the strength of their walls…

Published: 18/08/2014

Ebook version available for free from Smashwords until 1/09/14, after which it will cost $2.99. Available from Amazon for $2.99.

Reeling from the news of the destruction of the mountain, Vann flees a victorious Coastside with the fish people. Meanwhile, Karesh and Aerlid must find a way to survive outside the safety of the mountain while the ehlkrid become ever more vicious.
The people of Astar remain safe behind their shields, but as the months pass things begin to worsen. While the city itself is safe, the ehlkrid begin to attack supply lines, and food becomes a pressing concern.

The ehlkrid continue their assault on the world, becoming hungrier and more desperate as the world outside Astar and Coastside becomes an emptier place. Those few survivors must band together, or let history repeat itself…