Draco Magus

Jul 6, 2020
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In spite of taking on the family mantle of protecting the dragons in Arkansas' Ouachita mountains, Deanna only had vague memories of the large creatures who lived in a cave on her family's property. Her mother dismissed her grandmother's tales as stories--nothing more. And when Deanna showed aptitude for the trumpet, just like her jazz playing grandfather, her mother quickly whisked her away out of a fear that she would also show the same magical abilities that ran in her family. Deanna has never been a stranger to walking in two worlds. She also has no idea just how that skill will come in handy.

A direct hit from a tornado changes everything. Now Deanna is asked to fully take on the mantle that her grandmother had always intended for her and help launch the dragons into a new phase of existence--one in which they no longer hid.

A young male dragon is ready to go to the new academy, and his very old father is coming home.

With help from an expert with a shady past and friendly neighbors who have no idea what lives not far from their cattle farm, Deanna's forced to navigate through two worlds, that of the magical and the mundane. And perhaps to bond with a dragon who has been waiting for her to come into her own.

Note: This story takes place in the Radio Arcanum world and stands alone.

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Book Cover: Chasing Neptune's Cat
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Nadia and her cat Orains pilot the Lilly Princess around the world in search of sunken magical treasure. She's got a lead on the sunken wreck of the Astrea and its magical cargo. A magical storm conjured by the Samurai, a group of mages with designs of their own on the treasure, pushes them off course. What could have scuttled the entire mission turns fortuitous when they discover the mystical treasure of Neptune's Cat. And once Orains puts on one of the collars, things may never be the same again.

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God Plucked

Jun 1, 2020
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Inheriting her grandmother's flock of Serama chickens--very special chickens she'd been told--had been the most normal thing to ever happen to Marcy. She'd gotten away from the Musigmagium after someone she loved had been killed and she never planned on going back.

The Great Dividing changed everything.

Magic returned even more strongly and the Musimagium's law enforcement arm, Musa Armis, had its hands full as rogue magic users popped up all over. Armis wanted her back. After all, Marcy knew too much about the Musimagium. Know how they acted and how they sacrificed anything and anyone to achieve their goals.

Then Sarge, the Serama rooster, began talking to her, and Marcy realized she was in over her head. Danger lurked just beyond her safe little haven and the only way to save herself, and her grandmother's chickens, is to go back to the very people who quite possibly wanted her dead.

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Hidden

Jun 1, 2020
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Part of the The Hidden Cycle series:

She's going to have to learn to stay and fight if she wants to protect what she believes in.

Studying for a semester in Costa Rica led clarinetist Tory McRains to stay in the country and make her life there. Things were simpler on her little piece of lowland rain forest with her cabin and playing gigs with her band. Then the Great Dividing occurred and magic was unleashed on the world. Secluded in the rain forest, Tory ended up with enhanced musicianship, a sometimes-sarcastic talking bearded dragon, and membership in a secret amateur radio society designed specifically for supernaturals.

When a stranger approaches her one night after her gig, she learns she's not alone and someone is after her. She'll have to learn to use all the tools at her disposal if she wants to save her rain forest home, because this is one battle where she's not allowed to run.

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Of Songs & Horns

Jun 1, 2020
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Part of the Songs & Duty series:

Left for dead when the Great Dividing happened, Olivia Santos retreated to her small southern Ohio acreage and her horses, including her longtime companion, Lady. Her home also hides a magical node, one whose energy supports a small herd of unicorns. As their guardian, she vows to protect them at any cost.

A series of magical attacks on the node come from a rogue group within the Musimagium, one that wants to destroy the node and send the unicorns back to the magical realms from which they come for good.

Olivia refuses to let that happen and when she discovers the group is backed by her old boss—the one who left her for dead—she’s forced back into the world of Armis and the Musimagium. They almost killed her once. Lady fears it will happen again.

But Olivia has no choice and thankfully she’s not alone. Even with help, she knows if she can’t stop the attacks, she won’t live long enough to protect those she loves.

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Roach of the Dead

Jun 1, 2020
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Polite Musimagium society preferred death mages isolate themselves. It wouldn't do any good if word got out that mages exist who could pull the life force from someone, not when the organization's factions made enough bad press for them. And Vera loved her rustic cabin in the Ozark woods with her Madagascar Hissing cockroach, Jin, for a companion. A strange visitor coincides with her skills growing wild, and when two offers arrive to change her world, she's not sure where to turn.

Teach death magic at the academy in Melody? And return to the Order that her mother fled from in fear? Vera really doesn't want to do any of those things, but the lives of mages, and her own, may hang in the balance. Because it's time for death magic to come out of the shadows.

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Songs & Paperwork

Jun 1, 2020
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As the new director of the Akron Auxiliary, Olivia knows she has a lot of work to do. In addition, she's still tasked with protecting the node and the unicorns which call it home. All of this while the attacks continue and she’s stuck behind a desk.

Her job duties may be divided between home and office; her loyalties are not. The threat is growing and she’s tired of being told to wait. But her plan backfires and creates even more dangers for not just the node and unicorns, but also her horses.

She’s tired of the secrets and the machinations of the Musimagium. She needs answers.

Her quest takes her deep within not just the auxiliary office where she works, but the Musimagium itself. It’s up to her to make sure everyone survives, including herself and her mare, Lady.

NOTE: This book follows Of Songs & Horns, but can be read as a standalone.

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Tonic Chords

Jun 1, 2020
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Tory McRains thinks learning how to be a good Musimagia and following their rules would keep her out of trouble. She agrees to teach Alamar how to play the saxophone as a way to atone for her sin of accidentally wiping his mind, and his ability to play music. A local homeless man, Diego, reveals that he's a Mad Bard, which leaves Tory wondering if she has yet one more group of musical magic wielders to worry about, and when the giant anaconda guardian of her rainforest, whom local folklore calls Mother, reveals herself, well Tory realizes she's in deeper than she ever imagined.

Add in increasing magical attacks, the fact that Alamar isn't living in a hostel like she thought, and the fact that the danger stalking the rain forest is now coming from within the Musimagia organization.

Tory knows one thing. She's sick and tired of getting cryptic messages from those who wish to use her power as her own. It's time for her to take a stand, not just for her own life also but for the future of her rainforest home and those closest to her.

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Of Steel and Steam

Jun 1, 2020
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Book Cover: The Pegasus Project
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Once a celebrated concert pianist, Sonia Morales retired to the New Mexico countryside after her RA made it impossible to continue her career. She cared for her special plot of land and some magical equines as best as she could. She never imagined getting close to them or forming a bond until the night a storm knocks down their shelter and the fate of their filly is revealed.
If she doesn’t bond with a human and fly, she’ll die.
Sonia fears her body isn’t up to the task, though her magic and spirit are willing. Discovering the reason for the filly’s fears of humans makes her more determined than ever to protect them. She’s offered the chance of a lifetime and an opportunity to help not just her filly, but all pegasus. Is she strong enough to take it? And can a disabled woman and a pegasus with PTSD bond enough to fly?

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