Thief’s Covenant: A Widdershins Adventure
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Credits: Sole author.
Cover art by Jason Chan. Notes: Formerly known as Household Gods. Set in a more Renaissance-style setting, rather than the more traditional Medieval fantasy, Thief’s Covenant is also my first foray into Young Adult fiction. That said, I think all my adult readers will find it just as appealing as my others works. Keep up with Widdershins on Facebook. Availability: Or talk about it on Goodreads. Once she was Adrienne Satti. An orphan of Davillon, she had somehow escaped destitution and climbed to the ranks of the city’s aristocracy in a rags-to-riches story straight from an ancient fairy tale. Until one horrid night, when a conspiracy of forces—human and other—stole it all away in a flurry of blood and murder. Today she is Widdershins, a thief making her way through Davillon’s underbelly with a sharp blade, a sharper wit, and the mystical aid of Olgun, a foreign god with no other worshippers but Widdershins herself. It’s not a great life, certainly nothing compared to the one she once had, but it’s hers. But now, in the midst of Davillon’s political turmoil, an array of hands are once again rising up against her, prepared to tear down all that she’s built. The City Guard wants her in prison. Members of her own Guild want her dead. And something horrid, something dark, something ancient is reaching out for her, a past that refuses to let her go. Widdershins and Olgun are going to find answers, and justice, for what happened to her—but only if those who almost destroyed her in those years gone by don’t finish the job first. —————— Since this is my first foray into YA, I thought I’d post a few links to reviewers whose opinions on YA materials carry more weight than mine do. Also, I’m showing off. |
False Covenant: A Widdershins Adventure
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Credits: Sole author.
Cover art by Jason Chan. Notes: Formerly known as Witch Hunt. A sequel to Thief’s Covenant, the first Widdershins adventure, False Covenant continues my (and Pyr’s) foray into Young Adult fantasy. But as with the prior book, I anticipate that this should still appeal to my adult fans as well. Keep up with Widdershins on Facebook. Availability: |
The Goblin Corps
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Credits: Sole author.
Cover art by Lucas Graciano. Sample: Download the prologue and first chapter–about 74-pages worth of text–absolutely free: Click here! Notes: Described by my previous agent as “The Lord of the Rings meets Inglorious Basterds,” The Goblin Corps postulates a traditional epic fantasy of good vs. evil–and then follows the villains, rather than the so-called heroes. Both darker in some ways, and more humorous in others, than my previously published works, The Goblin Corps is a heavily sarcastic, brutally bloody, and exceedingly foulmouthed romp in the footsteps of evil’s minions. E-versions of the book are finally available at Amazon, B&N, and others. Join the Goblin Corps on Facebook! Availability: Or talk about it on Goodreads. Morthûl, the dreaded Charnel King, has failed. Centuries of plotting from the heart of the Iron Keep, deep within the dark lands of Kirol Syrreth—all for naught. Foiled at the last by the bumbling efforts of a laughable band of so-called heroes, brainless and over-muscled cretins without sense enough to recognize a hopeless cause when they take it on. Machinations developed over generations, schemes intended to deliver the world into the Dark Lord’s hands, now devastated beyond salvation. But the so-called forces of Light have paid for their meddling with the life of Princess Amalia, the only child of the royal family of Shauntille. Now, as winter solidifies its icy grip on the passes of the Brimstone Mountains, disturbing news has reached the court of Morthûl. King Dororam, enraged by the murder of his only child—and accompanied by that same group of delusional upstart “heroes”—is assembling all the Allied Kingdoms, fielding an army unlike any seen before. The armies of Kirol Syrreth muster to meet the attack that is sure to come as soon as the snows have melted from the mountain paths, but their numbers are sorely depleted. Still, after uncounted centuries of survival, the Dark Lord isn’t about to go down without a fight, particularly in battle against a mortal! No, the Charnel King still has a few tricks up his putrid and tattered sleeves, and the only thing that can defeat him now… May just be the inhuman soldiers on whom he’s pinned his last hopes. Welcome to the Goblin Corps. May the best man lose. “I can’t remember the last time I so thoroughly enjoyed a thumping great-big-action fantasy novel. …a big, loud, stadium concert of a book. It is unashamed. It is exciting, funny, dramatic, emotional, and utterly readable. It takes fantasy stereotypes, shoves them in your face, and dares you not to be entertained by them. It’s just great fun to read and we all like fun, right?”–James Barclay, author of The Chronicles of the Raven “Marmell has cleverly turned the bad guys into good guys without cleaning up a single drop of blood or amending anyone’s ill manners. The Goblin Corps serves up gore and guile with a side of amusement—a great read for anyone who’s ever wondered what the world looks like from the sinister side!”–Kevin Hearne, author of The Iron Druid Chronicles |
