Millennia before the elves' exodus to Lasniniar, there was only the darkness. Over a year after the demon war, that same darkness stalks Iarion's dreams, haunting him with visions of an unspeakable fate.A tangle of secrecy and guilt surrounds Iarion and his companions as Lasniniar itself unravels around them. Within the festering darkness, an ancient evil has awakened, roused by the call of a new master and the promise of freedom. Nothing less than all...

Kira Brightwell never planned to become a private detective. Or a local hero, for that matter.She only wants to hone her MMA skills. And focus on her own personal need for vengeance and closure. While listening to Nine Inch Nails.But people call Kira a hero for a reason. She never walks away from trouble.And between her wits and her fists, she can take down just about anything that gets thrown her way.Meet...

Valanandir's throat spasms as he tries not to choke.He spits out a salty mouthful of seawater and grips some nearby rigging one-handed as the ship rocks beneath him.Under skies devoid of moon or sun, Valanandir fights for his life alongside his Sea Elf crew. But his ship already burns like a funeral pyre in the middle of the storm-tossed ocean....And far more than he realizes depends on his survival.Lose y...

An unplanned homecoming turns to homicide...Zee never expected to move back to her hometown to live with her parents. (And definitely not at the age of forty.) Then again, she never expected to stumble across a dead body either.She thought when she left Toronto for the quiet, small-town life, she had left her problems behind.But both cats and a killer have other plans...Meet Zee Quinn (only her mother call...

Arinwyn leads the Tribe of Hawk across the vast dunes of the Shifting Sands. A lone elf among humans.The sun beats down on her head scarf like a hammer while the jingle of harnesses fills the dry air. A single shadow falls across the land from overhead in a ripple of movement.A dragon.Arinwyn knows the tribe cannot stand against it. But none of the tribe's warriors want to lose status by fleeing.Arinwy...

Barlo guards a secret. Only his best friend Iarion shares it, along with the rest of the Light Elves.No one else can ever know.Barlo's secret keeps him apart from other dwarves. Even his own family. Memories of another time haunt him. He longs for a way to claim his identity. To be himself.…A hero of Lasniniar, capable of leaving Dwarvenhome to go on adventures. (With Iarion, of course.)But his secret ...

Felara's obsession with Iarion knows no bounds.Barlo knows the Unborn woman would do anything if she thought it in his elf friend's best interest. Absolutely anything. And Barlo can do no less.With Lasniniar in chaos and Iarion named as the culprit, Felara comes to Barlo for help....Little does the dwarf realize just what his aid might cost him.Journey beyond the World of Lasniniar and into the unknown in ...

Half human. Half feline. All warrior.Her very existence a crime, Nofret lives in a hidden refugee village—safe from the magic and might of the Lion Folk who rule the island in the name of their cruel goddess.But Nofret grows tired of hiding. She yearns to do something more. Surely her fighting and tracking skills can serve a greater purpose?Her noble heart can accept nothing less.A stand-alone origin story...

Kira Brightwell stands at a crossroads. Her college days lie behind her, but her future remains a mystery, waiting to be solved.A job already awaits her at her father's office—the easy, parent-approved option. But Kira wants something different. Something more. She needs to get away to figure out what.Except Kira's future hangs in the balance in more ways than one...In the crime-filled adventures of the Kira Brightwell Qui...

Kira Brightwell knows how to bring it—whether facing an opponent in the cage, or chasing down a criminal on a case.Finally, four years after her abduction escape, a tenuous link to the Procurer. A link that leaves her with more questions than answers. Questions that lead to unexpected places.But Kira knows the serial abductor stopped underestimating her a long time ago....And she needs to tread carefully if she wants t...

Felara watches over the Light Elves' wood from above, unseen. She knows Iarion wanders somewhere beneath the ancient trees.Willful, mercurial, and more than a bit fey, some of her Unborn siblings consider her in danger of becoming obsessed with the elf that freed them from the Void.Others might even argue she crossed that line some time ago.None of that matters to Felara. She follows a vision only she can see....

Admon's Bastard. Assassin apprentice. Trained spy.My mother named me Raziel—'Hidden Truth' in the old tongue. Did she know what hidden destiny awaits me in this goddess-forsaken empire of forbidden magic and deadly intrigue?The secrets of her past remain beyond my reach, shared only by Admon himself. Even then, she never trusted him with everything.Surely, she must have known. A spy for a mother. An assassin for a guar...