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2024 International Firebird Book Award Winner • Honorable Mention: L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future ContestAn outcast loner survives the impossible. Can he survive becoming the proof that no one can deny?Hector Whitehorse did not belong — not here, not anywhere.Born on a New Mexico reservation, but educated in the white-man’s school, Hector was part of two worlds, but at home in neither. It only got worse when his entrapment went from a feeling to a reality: trapped between Earth and someplace else.Hector’s close encounter nearly cost him his life. The repercussions could make him wish that he had not been so lucky.Reviews of Pale Face• Pale Face is "pretty darned good. I lik...

Badger is the greatest soldier alive. He knows to never celebrate victories, no matter how hard-won, because the enemy never stops.When Badger succeeded his father, Red Skin, as Keeper Base Leader, he was well prepared, raised to handle anything the enemy threw at him. He was the best killer and the most respected tactician. He knew Red Skin’s Laws like he wrote them himself. Most importantly, he was always calm, no matter how frenzied the combat. These were only some of the reasons why he still had all his original parts.Trinity would die for him.Korry would follow him without question.They were Keepers. They fought, they killed, they lived to kill another day, even when it meant bugging ...

January 2025 Editor's Choice, BooksShelf.comThe future of Mankind relies on the Guardian of Maarihk. Can Natharr, Ellis the Elder, and the Knights of Ril endure tragedy to stave off Mankind's dark future?The past and present collide, forcing Natharr and the rest of the Rilari to struggle with the consequences of their absence, past choices, and the power of the Usurper’s vizier left unchecked for far too long. The strain proves too much for some, requiring hard decisions to prepare for a dark future racing toward the Guardian of Maarihk, Ellis the Elder, and the Knights of Ril. All that two generations of Guardians have planned from what their Sight revealed is on the brink of failure. The...

November 2023 Editor's Choice, BooksShelf.com • April 2024 Reader's Favorite, BooksShelf.com Cover ContestThe future of Mankind relies on the Guardian of Maarihk. Can he and the Knights of Ril resist forces bent on destroying Mankind's last hope?In the absence of the Guardian of Maarihk, the Usurper’s venom has extended beyond the Gulf of Braag, seeding unrest and hatred for all things Maarihkish. Natharr and the Knights of Ril must overcome malice and the ramifications of Ellis the Elder’s boundless past that even Sight cannot reveal. The Rilari stand alone in a world in turmoil as they discover the tremendous reach of the Usurper’s vizier. Even the endowments of the Daemons of Orde...

2024 The BookFest Award Winner • 2023 International Firebird Book Award Winner • April 2022 Editor's Choice, BooksShelf.com • 2022 Finalist Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book of the Year, OnlineBookClub.orgThe future of Mankind relies on the Guardian of Maarihk. Can an ancient force, lost aeons past, overcome fate?Despite growing power of the forces of chaos, there is a glimmer of hope as Natharr realizes that there are also forces of order in play. It is made plain when he and his comrades escape the faceless realm and Natharr’s Sight is released. It reveals just how strongly the world needs the Guardian of Maarihk and the return of the legendary Knights of Ril to the land where Mankind was create...

Top Book (Rated #1), Amy's Bookshelf Reviews 2024 • 2023 The BookFest Award Winner • 2022 International Firebird Book Award Winner • 2021 Runner-Up Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book of the Year, OnlineBookClub.org • July 2021 Top Pick, BooksShelf.comThe future of Mankind relies on the Guardian of Maarihk. Can a mysterious Order help him repair the damage of choosing happiness over duty?Despite the Guardian of Maarihk being condemned as anathema, and his very existence relegated to legend, Natharr resumes his ancient responsibilities as Mankind's protector. He joins with a mysterious Firstborn companion, Ellis the Elder, to journey into the snow reaches of Biraald, where his Sight promises he will ...

2024 International Impact Book Award Winner • 2023 Finalist, Best Mentor Character, Indie Ink Awards • 2022 The BookFest Award Winner • 2021 International Firebird Book Award Winner • 2020 Runner-Up Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book of the Year, OnlineBookClub.orgThe future of Mankind relies on the Guardian of Maarihk. Will his Sight be true? Or will his impure Firstblood prove the ruin of us all?Natharr is Guardian of Maarihk, one of a long line of protectors dating back to the Firstborn Age, before the Aa Conquest. Natharr's is an ancient role, rooted in his Firstblood, giving him Sight to see what is yet to be. He adheres to his sacred duties even in the centuries since the Firstborn were force...