Those Who Shatter

Those Who Shatter

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Imagine a world where souls rest on shelves, constantly on the verge of shattering.Every human has a soul, and, in the Orbs Hall, those souls are documented in glass orbs. Only Seers can read them, and Settlers hold the responsibility of protecting the souls by battling the demonic Shades who threaten to destroy them.Guinevere James was trained by her mother to be a Settler from the age of eight years old, traversing the mystical realm of the Orbs Hall while living in the earthly world of the Peripherals. However, battling the dark, demonic forces that threaten the Orbs is hardly easy, especially when the death of her best friend and comrade forces her to move to middle-of-nowhere Tennessee. Now, she's thrust into the world of historical Civil War battles, southern boys who seem to be hiding secrets, and the issue of the Orbs, which are shattering at an alarming rate and causing more human deaths than previously recorded. When Guinevere begins to be held responsible for these deaths and placed under suspicion from the leaders of the Orbs hall, she rushes to put together the clues left behind by her dead comrade that point to the fact that the world of Seers, Settlers, and the Orbs Hall may not be what it claims to be.In order to honor the death of her former partner, Guin struggles to unravel the many mysteries ahead of her before she can be framed for the destruction of all she holds dear.…

Quill of Thieves

Quill of Thieves

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||2022 WATTYS WINNER||A scholar boy who denies the existence of elemental magic. A hidden princess who can control all seven elements. A mystical quill capable of rewriting both of their destinies. In the realm of Rainier where magic should no longer exist, eighteen-year-old Sebastian d'Aximos, a nobody scholar from an insignificant fishing village, finds himself accused by the Salvera Crown for using forgotten elemental magic to murder his own mother. There exists one problem with the Crown's theory, however; magic resides only in the Scribal legends about the Authors of Old, a rare race of humans who controlled the seven elements by weaving elemental threads into storybooks called Monvertas. But the Monvertas are myths; they have never been real. Yet, when Sebastian's soul cries out to the hidden heir of Rainier's Crown, Astrid Salvera, his beliefs in logic and facts are challenged. Because Astrid controls the seven elements, and she and her mother have worked to release magic back to their kingdom since it had been stolen by the enemy lands of Soleita two decades previously. Together, Sebastian and Astrid must work to find a mystical, hidden artifact: the Black Quill. A tool used by the original Author to unlock the Monverta and release its magical secrets. A tool that could redeem the realms of their world and reinstate magic.Ancient myths, prophecies of saviours and villains, and deadly trials by elements awaken to meet both Sebastian and Astrid as they work to unveil the secrets hidden from Rainier and learn the dark truths of each other.**Book 2 OUT NOW!**…

Deceit of Spirits

Deceit of Spirits

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*Sequel to Quill of Thieves* WARNING: SPOILERS FOR BOOK 1 AHEADA SCHOLARLY AUTHOR betrayed by the girl for whom he fell. A CURSED DAUGHTER who desires to free her magically entrapped father.A REALM OF SPIRITS capable of deceiving them both into fracturing their world.After learning of Astrid Salvera's plans to use his soul to free her father from the clutches of Queen Davina's Monverta, Sebastian d'Aximos ends up in the Realm of the Fae as he and Astrid race to retrieve the mystical Black Quill from the dangerous waters of Lake Holalethe. Despite the deadly risks, Sebastian can't help but be drawn to Astrid and the trove of secrets she seems to hold close to her chest. Astrid, still reeling from the truth of her cursed bloodline and her inability to be a saviour in her own story, struggles to allow Sebastian past her defenses and finds herself spiraling towards the fate of the prophesied sinner.Redeemer and sinner can rise Earth or descend; Though only one lives while the other must end.Meanwhile, Abel Venande rushes through Belsynen to the Elvish realm of Galandreal in order to meet up with Sebastian and keep him from Astrid's traitorous grasp. When she gets captured by Elvish Elders, Abel discovers her own heritage and the larger part she has to play to save her kin's realm from the diminishing magic of the elements. But when Captain Matthias Soiree arrives with revelations to share, Abel's loyalties to Sebastian threaten to waver. However, unbeknownst to this unlikely band of heroes, the goddess of Spirit's threads, Gaia, watches their progress and has vengeful plans of her own...…