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Friday, October 18, 2024

Fantasy Book Sale, October 16th to 20th

Fantasy Books by Charles Moffat

 Visit amazon.com/author/moffat to get free short stories and huge discounts on fantasy books by Charles Moffat. Sale ends on October 20th.


Thursday, October 10, 2024

"Fieres" by Jendra Berri

ABOUT THE BOOK

Fieres

Everyone always said Grace was weird. An albino abandoned at birth, anti-social, and selectively intelligent, she’s never had a friend. Now at 23, she lives alone and quietly runs a dojo in Toronto. But beneath her stony exterior, somehow she’s always known that something— or someone— was coming for her.

The night she meets the quirky Tomiko, everything changes. As they meet three more women, (Julia, Hope and Paetra), one by one they awaken and uncover memories of Fieres, a breathtaking sentient planet. Not only does it link them together, its free existence hangs in the balance and needs their help.

Grace must now face the truth: about herself, her storied past, who— and what— she really is, and the dangerous risk she poses to them all. Not returning to Fieres is not an option. If they fail to stop the threat, Earth will meet the same terrible fate.



ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jendra Berri is a Canadian author, born and raised in Kingston Ontario, and now living with her husband and son in Toronto.

A former art student turned journalism grad, amateur model maker, sometimes baker, chronic cat lady, and occasional crocheter, her primary love is, and has always been, the written word. Her favourite theme is human nature, wrapped in a package of fantasy, science fiction or a mix of both.

Fieres is her debut novel.

"Pariah's Moon" and "Pariah's War" by Ian Thomas Healy

"Pariah's Moon" and "Pariah's War" are the first two books of Ian Thomas Healy's "The Pariah of Verigo" series.

Pariah's Moon

Branded on his face and exiled following his forbidden affair with the Princess of Aelfland, Elven soldier Giele seeks redemption on the frontier across the ocean, but even fleeing half a world away isn’t far enough to escape the troubles that follow a marked man.

Pariah's War

Giele Pariah settles among the Horks and prepares to become a father, but the former soldier knows peace can only last so long. A young Hork from a distant tribe reaches out to Giele for help. A coal mine has poisoned their water and brought them to the brink of starvation and Giele is the only Elf who can find common ground between Elves and Horks.

 


MORE BOOKS BY IAN THOMAS HEALY

Horde

Orc brothers Paug and Milph are tired of polishing their helmets in their underground kingdom, so they leave in search of fame, fortune, and Pleasures of the Flesh. When they find a treasure map and learn a Human hero is seeking the same magical item, the race is on. They head into the wilderness with their companions, a barbarian, a gambler, and a thief, where death hides behind every tree.

Roast Wyvern (and Other Recipes)

Chef Muffin is no adventurer, but she's going to have to figure out how to become one. She's got to prepare a fantastic dish for a royal wedding, using ingredients she's never heard of, that she'll have to travel the breadth of the world to find. If she fails, she loses her livelihood, but if she succeeds, fame and fortune await. And, if she's lucky, she might even find true love into the bargain.

 



ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ian Thomas Healy is a prolific writer who dabbles in many different speculative genres. His popular superhero fiction series, the Just Cause Universe, is ever-expanding. He is also the creator of the Writing Better Action Through Cinematic Techniques workshop, which helps writers to improve their action scenes.

When not writing, which is rare, he enjoys watching hockey, reading comic books (and serious books, too), and living in the great state of Colorado, which he shares with his wife, children, house-pets, and approximately five million other people.

Find Ian all over the internet at https://linktr.ee/ianthomashealy

 

Thursday, October 03, 2024

"How to Avoid Death on a Daily Basis" by V. Moody


From Book 1:

What if you really were transported to a fantasy world and expected to kill monsters to survive? No special abilities, no OP weapons, no status screen to boost your stats and no cheat mode. Never mind finding the dragon’s treasure or defeating the Demon Lord, you only need to worry about one thing—how to stay alive.

A group of teenagers wake up in a strange, fantastical land with creatures from myth and legend. They are given archaic weapons they don't know how to use and told to do their best.

Convinced it has to be some kind of virtual reality RPG, all the people summoned form parties and set off on their adventures, leaving behind the people nobody wants in their group.

Story of my life, thinks Colin.

'How To Avoid Death On A Daily Basis' is a dark, hilarious fantasy series with 7 volumes.

It looks like a game. It feels like a game. It isn't a game. 

 

THE BOOKS:

Welcome to Probet

Welcome to Fengarad

Welcome to Dargot

Welcome to Monsterland

Welcome to Nekromel

Welcome to Requbar

Welcome to Gorgoth


THE AUTHOR:

V Moody lives in the UK where he writes stories based on the people he knows. Hopefully they never find out.

His stories vary from fantasy to contemporary and all contain a dark strain of humour that is intentional.

V Moody can be found on Twitter @mooderino

Wednesday, October 02, 2024

"The Man from Salem", Weird Westerns by Charles Moffat

The Man from Salem is a series of Weird Western/Historical Fantasy short stories set in Charles Moffat's "Alt-Earth" and feature a gunslinging monster hunter who wanders the United States and Canada, searching for werewolves, vampires, demons and other evil creatures.

Charles Moffat's "Alt-Earth" is an alternative history version of Earth where wizards and witches coexist with vigilantes, superheroes, monster hunters, gunslinging archeologists, powerful ancient artifacts, dragons, sea serpents, cat burglars, assassins and more. It is historical fiction with a twist of alternative history and magic, allowing for the weirdest magical heroes to coexist with realistic stories of more mundane heroes.

The series thus far features...