Welcome to Norse America!In this collection you will find the first four instalments of a grand retelling of history. The beginnings of a glorious saga befitting the Viking age!The Norse settled Greenland in 985AD and reached continental North America not long after - almost five centuries before Columbus - but left.What if they had stayed?Imagine what may have happened, how the world we know might be different…Would the British still have built thei...

What people are saying about The Fall of Ossard:"Really well realised female lead" & "Great take on a magic/religious system" – Trudi Canavan"I stayed up all night" - Sara Douglass"A dark fantasy world that will suck you in" - The Newcastle Herald"Brave... Innovative... Bold..." & "Recommended for readers of Robin Hobb, Sara Douglass & Fiona McIntosh" – Ste...

What if?What if the descendants of the Vikings who settled Greenland and went on to reach North America around the end of the first millennium had stayed?Five hundred years later, would Christopher Columbus have arrived to the south of an eastern seaboard dotted with centuries old settlements and towns hosting devotees to Thor and Odin?Might the Norse have gone on to build a nation as dominant as the United States of our own world?A thousand...

***"Taber delivers a dark, riveting read" - Megg Jensen"Really well realised female lead" & "Great take on a magic/religious system" - Trudi Canavan"I stayed up all night" - Sara Douglass"A dark fantasy world that will suck you in" - The Newcastle Herald"Brave... Innovative... Bold..." & "Recommended for readers of Robin Hobb, Sara Douglass & Fiona McIntosh" - Stefen Brazulaitis, columnist, Australian Bookseller and Publisher Magazine***Ossar...

Two Norse boys, a raft, and some unbroken rules to test.Join Ulfarr and Brandr in the new Norse settlements west of Greenland, as they do what adventurous boys do best; push boundaries.Welcome to the early years of Norse America!***Young Ravens and Hidden Blades is a standalone short story that reads as a boys adventure tale.If you have already discovered Colin Taber's alternate history setting, The United States of Vinland (USV), this short takes pl...

Welcome to a Drowning WorldLong ago, the world offered prosperity and hope for all, but not now. In a new age, after the end of the Dragon Wars, the world is instead scarred and slowly dying. The storms above roll with greater fury, the forests wither, and the seas are ever-rising.Where once great ports sat by the sea, waves now wash over their submerged towers and walls. Once green farms that reliably delivered bounty, are now more and more swamped...

One Thousand years ago Norse explorers reached North America during the Viking Age.What if they had stayed?Join the adventure as we begin rewriting one thousand years of history!*Loki's Rage will continue the Markland Settlement Series first begun in The Landing as rival colonies and bloodlines go head to head.Will Godsland continue to prosper? What of Lakeland, weakened not just by the Uprising, but...

Book One Of The Red Sub-SeriesThe year is 2037AD.Red: Mars is being colonized by the communist Chinese.White: The Moon is Russian, but now, just like great swathes of the Siberian steppe, no longer loyal to the Putinists in Moscow.And Blue: The US is leading a new western renaissance, free finally from the draining trials of the Third Gulf War and decades of economic malaise. The nation, optimistic and resurgent, plans to return to ...

The Dying Lights is the opening short story in a series of occasional short tales.*The world we know has passed, yet there are survivors.In the ruins, in tunnels under the streets, what is left of mankind tries to survive. Amidst the slumped towers, the streets are overrun with packs of wild dogs and other feral vermin, but the true danger is above.In the sky are not just clouds, nor stars and constellations, but the flyers who came here and brought doom.

A Valkyrie of Vinland.Gylla, Bjorn and her crew are marooned on new shores as an early winter closes in fast and fierce.There are friends, foes, and a mysterious treasure, and that's all before the gods intervene!Welcome to the early years of Norse America!***A Valkyrie of Vinland is a standalone short story.If you have already discovered Colin Taber's alternate history setting, ***The United States of Vinland (USV)***, this tale is placed in...

Book One Of The White Sub-SeriesThe year is 2037AD.Red: Mars is being colonized by the communist Chinese.White: The Moon is Russian, but now, just like great swathes of the Siberian steppe, no longer loyal to the Putinists in Moscow.And Blue: The US is leading a new western renaissance, free finally from the draining trials of the Third Gulf War and decades of economic malaise. The nation, optimistic and resurgent, plans to return to space.

Lae Ossard: Three Fates RedThe time for battle has finally come and the city will either stand or fall again.Whatever Ossard's fate will be, there is no doubt it will be bloody.But there are other fates tied to that of the city and the world will never be the same again.Lae Ossard: Three Fates Red is the final instalment of The Ossard Series and follows Lae Ossard: Two Souls Grae.