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A wounded dragon.
Two enemies bound by magic.
And a secret bond that shouldn’t exist.

Seraya is an outcast who hunts dragons for her ruthless Reaver gang. Every dragon she kills feels like betraying a piece of herself.

Mikhail is the son of a powerful Citylord. But beneath the wealth and privilege lies the shame of failing to form a Dragonbond.

When a hunt in the Frozen Wilds forces their paths together, they corner a wounded dragon... and discover something impossible.

The dragon responds to their magic—but only when they’re together.

No two riders have ever bonded with the same dragon. Forced into an uneasy alliance, Seraya and Mikhail must unravel the secret behind their connection, all while keeping the dragon alive.

Because if Seraya’s gang discovers what she’s hiding, they won’t stop until the dragon—and everyone protecting it—are dead.

Tropes: dragon rider, enemies to allies, light romance, coming of age

Trigger Warnings: Mild violence

Where to read: https://www.amazon.com/Dragonkindled-Frostwing-Dragon-Rider-Novel-ebook/dp/B0H6F4RH65

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What if saving the world was easier than pleasing your father?

What if the criminal underworld had absolute control over your family?

A superhero sidekick’s and a supervillain henchman’s answers to these questions will decide the fate of the world.

Welcome to Herald City….where legends wear capes, villains never rest, and the fate of the world hangs on every battle.

Switch the Blue Eaglet is the son and teen sidekick of Blue Eagle, one of Herald City’s top superheroes. But being a sidekick isn’t all glory. Switch is tired of living in his father’s shadow, tired of his strict rules, and tired of being told he’ll never be strong enough to stand on his own.

Jasper Clemens is just another faceless villain henchman. All he wants is to get out of the criminal business. But his debts to the mob keep piling up, and he's stuck taking the riskiest jobs in order to protect his family.

When a dangerous supervillain launches her deadliest scheme yet, it’s up to Switch and Jasper to stop her. Can Switch prove to the world he’s more than just a sidekick? Does Jasper have what it takes to be a true hero?

Or is Herald City doomed?

Perfect for fans of coming-of-age superhero tales, this short novel delivers action, heart, and a fresh twist on what it really means to be a hero.

TW: Mild fantasy violence; explicit mob threats against family; family dysfunction

The digital version is available on Kindle Unlimited, and the paperback is available at multiple bookstores large and small. You can also order direct from the distributor. Any way you want to get your hands on these awesome piece of superhero literature, you can get it here.

COVER:

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PITCH:

War, revolution, intrigue, alien contact, and a struggle for survival on Mars 100 years from now!

BLURB:

A hundred years from now a lot has changed and a lot has stayed the same. The United States and the People's Republic of China have taken their geopolitical contest to Mars, facing off against each other and squeezing the planet for resources to keep the billions on a climate-ravaged Earth alive and comfortable. Caught in the middle are the people of the red planet: thirsty, irradiated, and desperate. Mars is ready to burn.

A simple mistake causes the superpowers to start shooting each other in the space over the planet. The fighting lasts only a few minutes, but in those minutes nuclear weapons poison most of the water on the planet. A bad place to live becomes a hell. And in this hell, four people: a teacher, a soldier, a scientist, and a miner must find a way to not only survive, but fight back.  And while the people of Mars suffer and fight, something else is drawn inexorably to the planet, because humanity's hell is someone else's paradise.

Tropes / Themes:

Hard science fiction

Great power politics

Military sci fi

Multiple perspectives

Trigger Warnings:

Explosions

Depictions of combat

Kindle

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5RJBCNC

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A dark comedy about flesh-eating aliens that pour through dimensional portals. The world responds by launching sensitivity training and handing out Cosmic Ally badges while corporations seek to use the situation to their advantage. Predictably, none of it results in anything useful. The main character is a customer service rep named Joe who just wants to keep his head down, take care of his family, and not get eaten or fired. It goes about as well as you'd expect.

Blurb:

What if the monsters weren't the problem — but asking about them was?

When flesh-eating aliens arrive through dimensional portals, America doesn't fight back. It launches sensitivity training. It rebrands "devouring" as a cultural practice. It labels anyone who asks questions a species supremacist.

Joe Average just wants to keep his head down. He's got a wife, a kid, a soul-crushing customer service job, and a grill he fires up on Sundays. He doesn't want to be a hero. He definitely doesn't want to end up on the news.

But when his neighbor gets eaten and the police call it a "cultural event," Joe makes the mistake of saying something. Now he's a national villain, his family is falling apart, and the creatures in charge are getting hungrier.

DEVOURED BY DIVERSITY is savage political satire for readers who suspect the world has lost its mind — and dark comedy for anyone who's ever apologized for an inconvenience they didn't cause.

Tropes: everyman protagonist, dystopian satire, alien invasion, institutional absurdity, reluctant hero, dark humor, social commentary, unreliable institutions, slow-burn societal collapse

TW: violence (not graphic), people being eaten (played for dark comedy rather than horror), political themes

Here's a link to the book!

Fire and Silver is set in a world reminiscent of the late Victorian-era—but darker, bloodier, and stranger than anything you learned in history class.

We're talking:

🙌 A badass protagonist with telekinetic abilities!

🐺 👱‍♀️ 🥷 Werewolves, sexy blonde witches, and ninja assassins!!!

👊🤜 Action scenes that don't pull punches. Except to the face!

This is the kind of book I always wanted to read, gritty, visceral, gaslamp fantasy with real stakes and characters who bleed for victory.

It's out. It's real. And I'm genuinely buzzing.

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In these times of despair, here is a new solarpunk story to mull over - “A New Faith”. 

Available to read online or download (EPUB and PDF) for free at: https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

Alia, a precocious police detective, is feverishly hunting the killer responsible for the first-ever murder in the city of Sequoia located within the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia. The city was, specifically, created for millions of climate refugees in the aftermath of a catastrophic heat wave. Then the second murder happens. Sara, the killer, is willing to go to any lengths to avoid capture. The only similarity between the two victims threatens the very future of Sequoia. As Alia races against time to save the city, she discovers a deadly secret which turns her life upside down. Will she solve the two murders? Will the city survive? 

Comparable novels

• Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”
• Neal Stephenson’s “Termination Shock”
• Kim Stanley Robinson’s “Ministry for the Future”
• Steven Markley’s “The Deluge”
• Jens Liljestrand’s “Even if Everything Ends”
• Amitav Ghosh’s “Gun Island”
• Emily St. John Mandel’s “Station Eleven”

Motivation

A fair bit of global warming is already baked in even if we manage to quickly bring down future GHG emissions. The effects of climate change are being felt in catastrophic ways in many places around the world. How we adapt to those impacts will be a major preoccupation for the rest of our lives and beyond. Adaptation would require efforts to help people survive in their existing homes and/or help people relocate to more habitable environments. In this novel, set in the near future, I explore a world in which a large number of people move away from dangerous places to a safer one. In an era of draconian restrictions on migration, this story attempts to explore several challenging questions - will the climate migrants be allowed to settle down in relatively safer places? How many will be allowed to do so? Who will be allowed? Under what conditions? How will the migrants cope with the massive transition? Will they take the good and bad aspects of their current lives to the new land? Or will they develop new ways of peaceful living? Will the rest of the world allow them to live in peace?

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