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Thursday, July 23, 2026

"The Silence in the Song" by Robb Wallace

Death is not the end. The immortal King and his legion of otherworldly beings have made sure of that.

The immortal King's empire expands southward, consuming everything in its path.

A young nomad, born of prophecy, comes of age, plagued by visions of the King's brutal conquests and the strange etheric beings that consume the souls of the dead left in the King's wake.

This is the story of an uncommon boy who dares to believe that he can be the difference, that he can challenge the immortal King for the freedom of every soul on the planet.

The story is set in a human-like world and has a heroic/epic fantasy feel. A mix of barbarian tales, world-building, magic, spiritual dimensions, philosophical curiosity, ancient myths, psychedelic visions, conspiracies, martial arts and questions about the nature of life, death and reality.

This is an epic fantasy novel with science fiction elements. A firm cross-over between the two disciplines.

Join Arran, "The Silence in the Song" and find out if he has what it takes to kill the King and save his people.


About the Author

Robb Wallace is an author of non-fiction and fiction. His debut fantasy novel The Silence In The Song was published in August 2022.

For all the latest information on Robb’s titles, blogs, news and to sign up to his mailing list head on over to https://www.robbwallace.co.uk


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Wednesday, May 06, 2026

"War of the Four: The Twin Schism" by D. J. Dempsey

Sun. Sea. Sky. Stone.
Four tales, fated for war.

Seven hundred forty-one turns of the solar season ago, a fragment of a celestial star descended upon the Plane. Or so the story was told.

From its crater emerged a storm so devastating that only the bravest of knights, Rondor the Royal, dared venture to its source. What he discovered changed the Plane forever.

Upon contact with the fallen star, the storm ceased—its celestial essence coursed through his body with a pulse, granting him the authority to command all elements of the Plane. Rondor forged the foreign substance into what became known as the Staff of Azil and used its power to bring peace to his fractured homeland.

Generations of inheritance later, however, Rondor’s progeny strayed from his virtue. Rexam’s reign with the staff unleashed the most perilous period the Plane had ever known, subjugating all four regions under his mighty conquest. Only when Rexam’s younger brother, Regnam, rose to lead the rebellion did the devastation finally come to an end.

Wielding this reclaimed power, Regnam chose instead to reforge the Staff of Azil and divide its essence among the Plane’s four great leaders. Thus, the amulons renowned today—the Sunspear, Seatrident, Skybow, and Stonehammer—were created, each capable of conducting one of the four principal elements.

But as these tales of the Plane will tell, peace divided doesn’t always remain that way.

"War of the Four" is a military fantasy / coming of age story by D. J. Dempsey.

 

Saturday, December 13, 2025

"Storm's Rising: The Call" by Jason and Rose Bishop

The heroes of old are disappearing, victims of kidnapping, murder, even falling to their own despair. But their work is not done. The gods call forth the next generation...and a storm is rising.

In a city once hailed as a natural wonder, now corrupted and sullied, the Spring Market has just begun. Elves are bought and sold wholesale, destined for an unholy ceremony: A decrepit king seeks immortality. Among the elves is one of royal blood, carrying an artifact of untold power.

When it falls into the hands of a young rogue, the brooch seems his ticket to a new life, but instead draws him into an insidious web of danger. Pursued by a huntress seeking vengeance for her sister’s kidnapping, and a pair of half-bloods seeking a father gone missing, he soon finds their paths are hopelessly entangled.

Drawn together by amulets handed down through generations, they soon uncover a legacy of betrayal and loss. Along with a cursed mage who walks with the wicked, they must unite the amulets, rescue the elves, and stop the dark priesthood.

If they fail, the High King will rise again, and Urgrithka the Hollow will enter the world of the living. Cyrradon will know an eternity of undeath.

Storm's Rising: The Call is the first book of the Storm’s Rising series, beginning the epic tale of a world created in the image of beauty and balance, and rent asunder by wars among gods and mortals.

 


Below: An Unboxing Video featuring "Storm's Rising: The Call" by Jason and Rose Bishop.

 


 

Monday, November 10, 2025

"The Stonebound Heir" by L. A. Barnitz

Set in an India-inspired world with a large cast of characters, The Stonebound Heir is a bittersweet, coming-of-age story about a boy who wants a better life, a girl who's hiding from the world, a giant who's the last of her kind, and a maharani driven by duty and her own darkness. 

Fourteen-year-old Sid Sol knows nothing about his origins but believes himself destined for better things than living in an isolated cabin with a giant and a girl whose strange appearance causes the locals to shun them. His fellow orphan, sixteen-year-old Lingli Tabaan, only wants a home where she will be safe from those who are convinced she’s from the otherworld.


In this coming-of-age story of secret origins, friendship, and betrayal, the arrival of a mysterious woman provides Sid with the chance to claim a more glorious future, but his departure doesn’t go smoothly, and star-cursed Lingli is forced to undertake a journey she never wanted after their guardian is brutally murdered.


Sid and Lingli meet again in Saatkulom where they serve a mercurial maharani who will risk the realm to secure a new alliance while fighting her own inner demons. One teenager’s fortunes rise while the other’s fall. Will their loyalty to one another survive?

 

 

 

 


Author's Note from L. A. Barnitz

 

I'm tired of funding Bezos and really trying to move readers to my online store, so I'd prefer that link to be advertised, but of course, it is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo and more. *The ebook is also available from libraries via Hoopla.


L.A. Barnitz's website and online store: https://labarnitzbooks.com

Amazon: https://a.co/d/hv6bmHm

Kobo: https://shorturl.at/39GqD

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214678936-the-stonebound-heir