NEXT CENTURY tells the same story set in three different eras and locales: 1799 (London), 1999 (Midwest America), and 2099 (the Moon). In each story, a young woman (Claire) seeks vengeance against her father, who has been abusing her mother for years. In each era, Claire is raped by thugs, becomes pregnant, and has to survive in society as a single mother who sent an innocent man to jail.
It is the late 1800s in Central Otago, New Zealand. There is a gold rush on and thousands of people have gathered in search of gold either from the land or from those that work it.
On Thin Ice introduces us to seventeen-year-old Elsie Hayes, the daughter of a prosperous merchant, on the morning she asks her father permission to marry. Courting disaster, both social and literal, she has fallen for a young gold miner. William is a charismatic young man with ambition above his station.
Without the support of her father, Elsie considers making a choice with unknown consequences. What unfolds is beyond anything either of them expected and will change their fates forever.
An enslaved angel. A forsaken demon. A Key with the power to wreak ultimate vengeance.
Malka’s epic quest to protect the Fragment and fight the demonic forces of the Urumi has ended. But life goes on for her and her band as they set off on different paths, linked by time and destiny in this novella of eight short stories, set in the Keepers of the Stone universe:
August 1887 – Malka awakens believing she is in the afterlife. She learns the shocking truth about her Goddess’s identity and the cruel fate that now awaits her.
October 1887 – Alone in a dark cave, a scarred Bozhena is about to end it all. She receives a mysterious note from a total stranger. One that gives her new hope – to begin her final revenge on the Urumi’s demonic Order and the world.
November 1887 – Henry discovers the tragic tale of Natalia’s parents. But it’s what he doesn’t know that could have frightening implications for the fate of Golden Fingers’ camp.
January 1898 – An unknown girl is playing in a ruined castle. She discovers a new supernatural artifact. One entrusted to her by a nobleman caught in a mystic political struggle centuries in the past. Her life is changed forever.
December 1989 – Liza betrays her true nature as a shapeshifter to play a pivotal role in a watershed event of European history. Will she be able to find the courage to confront the horrible consequences and trust again in the human race?
November 2002 – The marooned son of a drug smuggler discovers a supernatural tall ship on a deserted tropical island. A mysterious girl is living on board. Six months later, a shapeshifting cheetah, disgruntled with the realities of urban life, agrees to join their crew of pirates. But can they trust the ship’s enigmatic master?
Their paths will cross in Voyages of Fortune: an action-packed, time-travel adventure of self-discovery, as they search for their place in life, while caught in the throes of a thrilling supernatural political gambit that links a castle in the European Middle Ages with a pirate ship on the high seas of 21st century Asia.
Sometimes our closest allies turn out to be our most threatening enemies.
A head-strong adventurer. A childhood vendetta. A gateway that could unravel history’s future.
Stas, Malka and their gang of unlikely adventurers are finally nearing the Fragment’s destination – with the Urumi’s demonic Order hot on their heels. Stas has always dreamed of returning to the homeland he has never been to. But nothing is going at all like he planned. Does he have what it takes to save his best friend and see the Fragment to safety?
Meanwhile, a series of startling revelations causes Malka to make a terrible mistake that changes everything. Preventing the magical Fragment’s power from being released now could require her to make the ultimate sacrifice. Will she be able to do what it takes in a looming final battle to control the world’s fate?
As the final goal of their quest becomes clear, Stas and Malka must redefine their inner courage to fight for a world that will give them no quarter. All it’s salvation will cost is the highest price either of them can think of….
The Keepers of the Stone fantasy trilogy is a metaphysical, action-packed adventure that will keep you guessing from its middle-of-the-action opening, right up until the end. If you enjoy epic fantasy adventures, don’t miss this trilogy of expansive proportions that tests the limits of our potential.
A doomed princess. A deadly gambit. A Prophecy that could determine history’s fate.
Malka thought she’d finally come up with a plan for keeping the Fragment from the Urumi’s demonic Order. Then it all blew up in her face. She and her snarky protector, Liza, must make their way across the American West in time to stop Shadow Warrior Bozhena’s ploy to wrest the Fragment into the Urumi’s hands – and unleash it’s unbridled chaos upon the world.
The situation seems clear. Then, Malka makes a shocking discovery about her past. One that could alter the Fragment’s destiny and her own. The answers she now seeks may lie in the history of another land she knows nothing about. To get them, they will have to rely on Liza’s most bitter enemy.
In Europe, Stas continues to grieve for his best friend’s loss. Then one night, he learns she might be alive, in great danger – and could hold the key to the Fragment’s fate. Stas knows he has to try and save her. But can he trust the information’s source?
As more about their situation is revealed, Malka, Liza and Stas grapple with their place in an eons-spanning, supernatural power struggle – where the line between good and evil quickly becomes blurred. The slightest misstep could result in the failure of their quest – and the rise of total anarchy.
The most deeply held secrets are always the most damning….
The Keepers of the Stone fantasy trilogy is a soul-searching, action-packed adventure that will keep you guessing from its middle-of-the-action opening, right up until the end. If you enjoy epic fantasy adventures, don’t miss this trilogy of expansive proportions that tests the limits of our potential.
A trained killer. A demonic Order. A jewel that could change the course of history.
An orphan raised by a fanatical Sect of thieves, Malka has already sacrificed the lives of her people to protect the object she carries. Having become its unwitting guardian, she is forced to flee British India for the American West. Her immediate goal? Keep the Urumi’s demonic Order off her trail and avoid being taken into the ranks of its enslaved members. But – even with her superhuman speed and the aid of a mysterious shapeshifter – doing so will prove tougher than she could’ve possibly imagined.
Stas is about to go on a journey of his own. The courageous son of a refugee learns he is being sent home to a continent he has never visited. But, even as he begins to grapple with his new environment, the Order of the Urumi sets it’s own plans in motion for Stas and his closest friend, Nell. They are about to embark on their most dangerous adventure yet….
Trapped in unfamiliar parts the globe and thrust into a fantasy world they do not understand, Stas, Nell and Malka must struggle to find allies. Battle the Urumi. And uncover their path to the stone’s cataclysmic final purpose.
Whether they know it or not, their most epic quest has just begun….
The Keepers of the Stone fantasy trilogy is a soul-searching, action-packed adventure that will keep you guessing from its middle-of-the-action opening, right up until the end. If you enjoy epic fantasy adventures, don’t miss this trilogy of expansive proportions that tests the limits of our potential.
Singer-songwriter Laura Clark is a thoroughly modern woman with an abiding fascination for the Old West. Growing up in Wyoming, Laura has always found one hero particularly intriguing: Tom Russell, the legendary marshal of Horseshoe, Wyoming. After losing her father to cancer and breaking up with her immature, self-absorbed boyfriend, Laura visits her father’s Old West museum and discovers a photograph of Tom Russell that not only captures her heart but also catapults her back in time to 1877 – the marshal’s heyday. Will the real-life man live up to his legend and, more importantly, to the image the starry-eyed Laura has built for him?