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Haley and the Spooky Dungeon: A LitRPG Short Story (Haley and Nana Book 3)

Mon, 02 May 2022 09:36:16 +0300

Fathers' Honor

Sat, 02 May 2020 09:36:26 +0300

THREE HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE

When his favorite student invites him to immigrate to the world of the fabled Eldritch, Armin Palland brings his wife and mother-in-law and all the unresolved issues he's been avoiding. That he arrives to a planet without a university to employ him leaves him stranded with nothing to do but what he does best: turn his psychology degree and analytical powers on the plight of the natives... and one native in particular.

But it was never his intention to get involved with an Eldritch father, much less an Eldritch father AND a middle-aged intransigent Glaseah who won't let him crawl back into his comfortable shell. There's a road between Armin Palland and his life-altering epiphany, and it's going to take him straight through a hospital ward, several weeks of language lessons, and his first attempt at... wargaming?

And they say old dogs can't learn new tricks....

Old friends...

Heartskein

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 15:01:44 +0200

The day is finally here!

For as long as he could remember, Vasiht'h planned on starting a family, a plan that surviving the war only made more urgent. The temple on Anseahla has summoned him at last to pick up his new kits, an errand he decides will be an excellent opportunity to have some alone-time with his partner, Jahir. But his partner is now an imperial prince-consort, and Vasiht'h himself has more responsibilities than he anticipated, and it isn't long before their private getaway turns into a huge production. And that's before the children join the party!

But becoming a father is only one of the changes that Vasiht'h must accept as he moves into this newest phase of his life. For the longest time he's thought of himself as living in an Eldritch shadow. If he wants to thrive—if he wants to lead his contingent of Glaseah to a fuller life themselves—he has to accept that sometimes a supporting role is just an excuse to stay out of...

The Admonishments of Kherishdar

Sat, 02 May 2015 09:36:25 +0300

n Kherishdar, when a person commits a crime, they become their sin....

Suicide. Rape. Child Abuse. Addiction. Twenty-five crimes. Twenty-five stories. Twenty-five narrators... and one minister over them all, to judge, convict and Correct the faulty: the priest who serves Shame.

This companion volume to The Aphorisms of Kherishdar explores the wayward and their journey back to society, offering another glimpse into the Ai-Naidari culture.

A darker, more difficult glimpse—

Without Shame, there is no Civilization.

Thief of Songs

Mon, 04 May 2015 08:51:40 +0300

The lowland conquerers have taken everything from him, or so the composer Amet Emendexte-ilye was taught: prestige, autonomy, wealth, and most importantly, magic. But when one of them steals his fiancee, Amet avenges himself on them all by writing music and giving it away in defiance of the lowland laws. It is a very satisfactory vengeance, or so he thinks, until he discovers the kingdom's royal composer is planning to debut Amet's work—as folk music!

So he's riding east to set the record straight. But he has no idea how compelling a decadent lowland hermaphrodite can be. And before it's over, this thief of songs may be stealing more than his music....

Tiptree Award Long List Book for 2015!

Heat Level: ** (not-explicit, some sensual thoughts)
Relationship: Hermaphrodite/male with poly asexual neuter third
Length: Novel

Haley and the Town of Refuge (Haley and Nana Book 6)

Tue, 02 May 2023 09:36:10 +0300

On Wings of Bone and Glass

Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:01:26 +0200

Evicted from Vigil and faced with the impending descent of demons, Morgan Locke and his companions must unravel all the mysteries that are barring them from the salvation of their country and their world. Can they unbind the curse and free the magic to the hands of their allies before the dead rise again? And in the aftermath of that epic battle, what will become of the world they've always known?

The adventure doesn't end when the last sword is swung. There is a great deal to be done. Join Morgan and his friends in this final book of the Blood Ladders trilogy and see how they conclude their epic journey out of folklore and back into ordinary time.

Sleigh Bells and Starships: A Peltedverse Holiday Collection

Tue, 02 May 2023 09:36:19 +0300

Farmer's Crown

Thu, 02 May 2019 09:36:27 +0300

Sediryl has always yearned for responsibility—and power—and she was convinced she was ready for them... until the events of the Chatcaavan war demonstrated just how immense those responsibilities were, and just how parlous the power necessary to fulfill them. Even so, she's determined to prove herself worthy to her empress and all the Eldritch: the rich, the poor, the disenfranchised and the entrenched. Showing that she can be all things to all people is hard enough without Liolesa's former heir stirring the pot. And that's without Eldritch history casting its long shadow over the proceedings....

She has less than a month to convince the Eldritch that she deserves the heir's coronet, and none of them can afford for her to fail. The road to the future leads through her cropfields, and only Sediryl can lead them to it... if they'll follow.

Farmer's Crown completes the Jubilee Summer duology and sets the stage for the next generation of Peltedverse...

The Godson's Triumph

Thu, 25 Jul 2013 23:21:45 +0300

Mistress Commander Angharad Godkin hates politics... so of course, her ruler the Godson sent her to replace the Governor of barely tamed Shraeven province. She hates religion, so naturally, the native gods began to plague her the moment she arrived. And since she hates both, the gods started playing politics—and the politicians began playing at godhood. In Flight of the Godkin Griffin, Angharad, a creaky old veteran of the Godkindred Kingdom's many wars of conquest, was dragged out of retirement only to discover her newest assignment—to rule a province in peace—might finally be the death of her.

But she wasn't anticipating getting the attention of her own monarch. And she certainly wasn't expecting to face off against him in a battle that will decide now just her own fate, and not just the fate of Shraeven Province... but of the world itself.

The Godson's Triumph returns us to the world of Angharad Godkin and her comrades and...

Black Blossom

Wed, 17 Aug 2016 08:40:40 +0300

The high priest of Shame in Kherishdar is shattering—

—and the only thing between him and his ruin is the gentle Calligrapher, Farren Nai'Sheviet-osulkedi. When they are dispatched by the god of Civilization to Qenain, the House of Flowers, they find it in disorder, having fallen prey to a mysterious influence... an alien influence... a human one. Can one man heal Shame in time to save him and Qenain both? Or will they both fail? And what will happen in—and to—the House of Flowers?

A genteel, conversational fantasy of society, culture... and the perversions that threaten them.

Volume 3 of the Books of Kherishdar (following The Aphorisms of Kherishdar and The Admonishments of Kherishdar). All three books of this series can be read in any order.

Haley and the Miraculous Potion (Haley and Nana Book 5)

Mon, 02 May 2022 09:36:23 +0300

FireBorn's Legacy

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:10:32 +0300

Qora Paunene Zela has never been able to glimpse the future like other Eyes of the Faulfenzair God... but he's always known where he's supposed to be, so powerfully that he never questioned it, even when it took him off-world on the Faulfenza's prototype warship, and from there into captivity and war among aliens. That those aliens should rescue him seemed fair, since they were the ones responsible for the mess they'd made of the galaxy. To a Faulfenzair's way of thinking, anyway.

But the God has called Qora abroad again, and this time even a male who knows he's in the right place at the right time isn't sanguine about the journey. It's one thing to wait on history to unfold... another entirely to follow in the footsteps of one of his people's lost prophets, on the trail of the fourth and final messiah.

A lifetime of trusting the God may not be enough preparation for the revelations awaiting Qora at journey's end....

Fireborn's Legacy ties together...

Pearl in the Void

Sat, 02 May 2015 09:36:30 +0300

When emissaries of the Stone Moon arrive in het Narel, Keshul, the charlatan seer of House Akkadin, is suspicious. Who are these prosperous, well-fed people, and why do they care whether the Houses of het Narel have better wells and healthier crops? It doesn't take long for Keshul to see the breadth of their ambitions and to know they must be fought. But in that battle he discovers that bringing about the downfall of the Stone Moon may undo everything its emperor has planned for the species... including its survival.
Is freedom the price the Jokka must pay to stave off extinction? And what price will Keshul be forced to personally pay to see his mission to its end?
Book 2 of the Stone Moon Trilogy (following The Worth of a Shell). One of the stories of the Jokka.