Novels

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The Unyielding Mosaic (Excerpt)
Two years to become one of the world’s greatest superheroes is a hell of a deadline.  Triumph City University student Hakim barely knows how to use his force-field powers, much less fight crime and save lives.  But when a call is put out for heroes to explore the jungle hellscape left in the wake of the Evolutionary War, Hakim has no choice but to answer—his father has been trapped there for a decade, and this might be his only chance to reach him.

Despite a rocky start, things look good at first for the newly-minted Mosaic—he’s getting his name in the papers, his fellow heroes are starting to work with him, and he’s even found a new boyfriend.  But when a lethal new power-granting drug starts hitting the streets, the stakes suddenly become all too real.

Lives are being lost—some of them even due to his own mistakes.  Villains start to take a personal interest in the city’s newest hero, his grades begin to fall, and the vortex of fear and violence begins to spread even to his friends.  Before it’s over, Hakim is going to have to decide if he’s fighting for his father or for something more—and how much he’s willing to sacrifice along the way.


Descending Frost (Excerpt)
“Check in on our son” sounds like such a simple job.  Spend a week or two in the saddle riding to a neighboring city, talk to the kid and his foster parents, and report back.  Oster Torchsworn has been doing this sort of thing for more than a decade.  A body wracked by cerebral palsy hasn’t stopped him from carrying messages, negotiating trade deals, and carrying out the odd spy mission on his clients’ behalf.

The fact that both cities lie at the bottom of a vast, sunless ocean makes things a little more complicated, but it’s been four hundred years since the last remnants of humanity abandoned the surface to the demons.  Everyone’s had plenty of time to develop the skills and spells they need to stay alive in the Twilight Depths, and Oster has probably spent more time on the back of his sea lion, alone in the dark seas, than he has inside the glowing air shells of humanity’s cities. 

It’s a shame that sometimes things only look simple at first glance.  His employer’s son turns out to be just one of many similar children to have vanished without a trace, and soon Oster will find himself embroiled in a conspiracy that gets worse at every turn.  Alongside an autistic swordswoman and a naïve priest, he’ll face slavers, demagogues, demons, and worse as the walls of humanity’s last refuge begin to crack.