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Novels
Halcyon Veil
“Oh. You are still here. How strange. I thought you’d have gone by now… Unfortunately, this new story is not a pretty one. You may put the book down at any point and forget about me. I won’t blame you if you do.”
What happens to a hero who survives the end of her adventure? Adrienne Rayne must ask herself such a question after she returns from a life-changing quest, broken and hopeless. Join her as she struggles to recover from one devastating choice in her past and learn how to survive with a new body and mind forged with reality-breaking magic and emotion.
The Red Machine
One century has passed since the beginning of the Madness War. Humanity itself is threatened with extermination. A Crierce shapeshifter, Juno, has been sent from her homeworld, Happi, to investigate the instigator of the war, Echthra, the Illixi Princess. On her way, Juno’s ship, Vanda, is shot down, and she is forced to crash land on the nearest planet, Xindyria. After awakening with retrograde amnesia, Juno is adopted by the brilliant neuroscientist Dr. Adam Graves who informs her of humanity’s impending doom and requests her help in ending the war. Little do either of them realize just how dangerous the mysterious Illixi Princess truly is. Can Juno defeat Echthra and save humanity from extinction? Or will she be mercilessly sacrificed to the Red Machine, or worse?
Short Stories
Ascension From Hell
“We’re supposed to be scary. We’re supposed to be dangerous. We’re supposed to be hateful and cruel. We were and still are a damned race.”
Heaven Woevari is a tiefling; a very beautiful tiefling trapped in a life she doesn’t want. As a child born of the religious cult Damned Executioners, she has spent most of her childhood and adolescence blindly following the chaotic doctrine of her society. Under the dictatorship of Lord Xarnon, leader of the Council of Divine Sinners, Heaven is soon to become one of the esteemed Devil’s Daughters. Much like her older brother Vyrus and her best friend Eterna, she too is expected to play the role of a bloodthirsty demon, a role that her sinful human ancestors thrust upon her. But she does not wish to fall victim to their fate. Secretly studying to become a paladin—a holy knight—she risks everything to abandon her home and seek redemption. Can she escape her sins and make peace with her identity?
Graduation Day
“A hero’s life isn’t made only of magic and love.”
After over a decade of adventuring, Adrienne Rayne hoped to abandon her hero persona and live a quiet life. She succeeded in doing so once she began attending college. Now, it’s graduation day at long last. As she prepares for the ceremony in her apartment bedroom, an old nemesis of hers, now ruined to a ghostly shadow of a man, returns to threaten her fragile peace one last time. He speaks to her of her dead loved ones, her insecurities, and most of all, her endless magical potential, in order to gaslight her into finally standing by his side. Can she overcome his psychological manipulation once and for all and complete the ceremony without falling victim to his threats?
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