**The first three books in the epic fantasy The Necromancer's Key series.A corrupted power stirs from beyond the grave.The Necromancer Queen will rise again.**Seventeen years have passed since the Necromancer Queen was overthrown and slain by a holy order of knights. Raised in the sacred disciplines of the knights Order, Anskar prepares for the brutal initiation trials to become a consecrated knight-sorcerer.But as troubling powers awaken within him, a schism...

Mitchell Hogan, an imaginative new talent, makes his debut with the acclaimed first installment in the epic Sorcery Ascendant Sequence, A Crucible of Souls, a mesmerizing tale of high fantasy that combines magic, malevolence, and mystery**.**When young Caldan’s parents are brutally slain, the boy is raised by monks who initiate him into the arcane mysteries of sorcery.Growing up plagued by questions about his past, Caldan vows to discover who his p...

A novice sorcerer may hold the key to saving his world—or be the instrument of its destruction—by the Aurealis Award-winning author of A Crucible of Souls.Blood of Innocents is the second book in The Sorcery Ascendant Sequence, a mesmerizing saga of high fantasy that combines magic, malevolence, and mystery.Anasoma, jewel of the Mahruse Empire, has fallen.As orphaned, monk-raised Caldan and his companions flee the city, leaving behind...

A young sorcerer must learn to wield his extraordinary powers to defeat two warring empires in the stunning conclusion to the Sorcery Ascendant Sequence.In a battle of armies and sorcerers, empires will fall.After young Caldan's parents were slain, a group of monks raised the boy and initiated him into the arcane mysteries of sorcery. But when the Mahruse Empire was attacked, and the lives of his friends hung in the balance, he was forced to make a d...

This book is a practical guide for preventing occupational exposures to bloodborne and infectious disease in health care. It is a timely and essential resource given that people working in healthcare settings sustain a higher incidence of occupational illness than any other industry sector, and at the time of publication of this book we are in the midst of a global pandemic of COVID-19. While the guide is focused on health care primarily, it would be useful for preventing exposures to esse...

THE LAST ARROW: A Sorcery Ascendant Short StoryHeikir fights against overwhelming odds, but can one lone man turn the tide and decide the fate of all?A poor farmer conscripted into the army, Heikir finds himself one of hundreds of archers defending the fortress of Kascunir from a savage horde. There's no end in sight to the siege, and morale quickly plummets along with their rations. As starvation and disease throttles the defenders strength and will to sur...

This is a standalone novella of 16,500 words set before the events of Revenant Winds.From Mitchell Hogan — Aurealis Award winner and author of the Sorcery Ascendant Sequence.Niklaus, master swordsman, has not aged a day since being chosen by his mercurial goddess. A slave to her will, he moves from one cryptic mission to the next in the hope of ascending to become her equal.But even a man who has lived for centuries can sometimes find himself out of ...

The epic fantasy trilogy that began with Battlemage concludes with fireball-filled battles, killer zombies, and heroically powerful mages.Voechenka is a city under siege. Decimated by the Battlemage War, its dead now walk the city at night, attacking survivors, calling their names and begging the living to join them beyond the grave.Tammy is a watchman sent to the city to investigate, so the ruling powers can deci...

Davian has won a victory for the Augurs, but treachery surrounds him and his allies on all sides in the second book of the acclaimed Licanus Trilogy, in which "fans of Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson will find much to admire." (The Guardian)Following a devastating attack, an amnesty has been declared for all Augurs -- finally allowing them to emerge from hiding and openly oppose the dark forces massing against the land of Andarra.The Augur Davi...

A young man with forbidden magic finds himself drawn into an ancient war against a dangerous enemy in book one of the Licanius Trilogy, the series that fans are heralding as the next Wheel of Time.As destiny calls, a journey begins.It has been twenty years since the godlike Augurs were overthrown and killed. Now, those who once served them -- the Gifted -- are spared only because they have accepted the rebellion's Four Tenets, vastly limiting their powers.

Guardians, spies, assassins, and criminals will clash on the streets in this magic-fueled fantasy adventure by the author of Battlemage .The people of Perizzi have survived the Battlemage War, but their future is looking darker than ever.Byrne is a Guardian of the Peace, investigating a series of murders in which the corpses were drained entirely of life.Fray's expertise with magic is needed to catch the ki...

"I can command storms, summon fire and unmake stone," Balfruss growled. "It's dangerous to meddle with things you don't understand."Balfruss is a battlemage, sworn to fight and die for a country that fears and despises his kind.Vargus is a common soldier -- while mages shoot lightning from the walls of the city, he's down in the front lines getting blood on his blade.Talandra is a princess and spymaster, but the war may force her to risk every...