The Ascenders A Red Wraith Prequel Novella

A rabble-rouser with burn scars marring his neck and face. A runaway slave who limps and mutters to himself. Another exile, this one riddled with pockmarks and accompanied by a dirty seagull. A dowser who braids her hair in elaborate patterns threaded with blue flowers. What do these outcasts—these reluctant witches and warlocks and shamans—have in common? They're about to find out. And the truth will cause them to love, fight, and kill each other. Please note: - An earlier version of this novella won an Honorable Mention from the Writers of the Future Contest in 2015. - The current iteration doesn't fully resolve on its own—it's meant as a lead-in to The Red Wraith (a full-length novel set in an alternate Early America).

A fate-reading dancer struggles to make her most important vision come true. Everyone in Dzune had always assumed Tay could tell fortunes, that her milky eyes let her see what others couldn't. Villagers brought gifts in exchange for her wisdom and treated it as the ironclad word of the Sun Father. There was only one problem: Tay couldn't actually see the future. Not at all initially, and only a little after her awakening. She'd had a true vision once, though, an image of her—armed and angry—safeguarding a strange man on a green hill. And now that man had come to Dzune. Please note: - The Battle Dancer won an Honorable Mention from the Writers of the Future Contest in 2014. - This novella doesn’t fully resolve on its own—it’s meant as a lead-in to The Red Wraith.

A fate-reading dancer struggles to make her most important vision come true; four outcast shamans are summoned to a green pyramid. Before Saint's Summit contains two novellas: The Battle Dancer and an extended edition of The Ascenders. An earlier version of each won an honorable mention from the Writers of the Future contest. Please note: Neither novella fully resolves on its own—they're meant as lead-ins to The Red Wraith, a historical fantasy set in a magical version of Early America.

A fate-reading dancer struggles to make her most important vision come true; four outcast shamans are summoned to a green pyramid. Before Saint's Summit contains two novellas: The Battle Dancer and an extended edition of The Ascenders. An earlier version of each won an honorable mention from the Writers of the Future contest. Please note: Neither novella fully resolves on its own--they're meant as lead-ins to The Red Wraith, a historical fantasy set in a magical version of Early America.

Magic awakens in Early America. The Red Wraith is born.Cast into exile by his tribe for being spawn of human and spirit, Naysin is lost in a world of change as pale men from the sea arrive to plunder the riches of the New World. Guided only by the devious facets of his spirit father, Naysin has no choice but to master his powers to survive the destruction of his people. But the nature of those talents is both light and dark.And so the legend of the Red Wraith begins.On the island of Bimshire, Naysin inspires a slave rebellion before abandoning it; near his former home, he marches European settlers to their deaths; and in the forests of Edgeland, he ends a battle by massacring both sides. Such acts cause much of the New World to see him as an indigenous monster who delights in butchering white innocents. The infamy is well-earned, but when Naysin encounters a group of fellow magic-users, he realizes he may yet have a chance to set things right.He just has to conquer the only thing that ensures his survival: the dual facets of his father.

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Charles wasn't ready for this. He knew working at a group home for mentally handicapped residents--many of whom have additional diagnoses like Down syndrome, Tourette's, and paranoid schizophrenia--would be hard. The hours would be long, the pay would be low, the food would suck. But he had no idea how much he'd like it. Or how much he'd grow up while he worked there.

Isaura's son has been kidnapped. His kidnappers are taking him to Huancavelica, a Peruvian mercury mine so dangerous it's known as the "Mine of Death." Her only ally is Amadi, a runaway slave haunted by guilt he refuses to explain. Her only choice is to beat the kidnappers to Huancavelica and lay a trap … assuming she can survive the mine herself. The Black Resurrection is a standalone sequel to The Red Wraith, a historical fantasy set in Early America.