The story follows Mary, a young woman from the city who spends time at her aunt and uncle's farm in rural Pennsylvania. Through Mary’s experiences, readers are introduced to the customs and everyday life of the Pennsylvania Germans, known for their simple, self-sufficient lifestyle and strong community values. As Mary learns the ways of farm life, she gains insight into the practical skills and culinary traditions passed down through generations.Interspersed throughout the book are recipes...

Saving the world is hard. Surviving your own magic is harder.When the city of Loamfurt falls to a greater demon, a forgotten temple alliance reforms to fight back. Bernt's friend, Torvald, is called to arms, pulling Bernt into the chaos just as he manages to reestablish contact with Jori, who has roped Ed into helping her with a personal project in the hells.It's a golden opportunity. The expedition to the Sacral Peaks will skirt the Phoenix Reaches, a touc...

A Duergar army lies hidden in the depths below the city . . . but Bernt is more worried about finding an affordable rental that accepts demon familiars.To make things worse, his day job isn't getting any easier. With the Underkeepers promoted to the city guard, Bernt is now on the first line of defense against the growing incursion. The danger is greater than ever . . . but with more risks come even better rewards.For Jori, his demon familiar, growing in po...

Every mage wants to be an adventurer . . . if they can afford it.Bernt might have graduated from the Mage Academy, but not everyone has the money or connections to launch a prestigious career as a mage.Bernt finds himself working in the city sewers as an Underkeeper among the other rejects of Halfbridge's magery. He may spend more time unclogging pipes than fighting monsters, but hey, it's a stable job, and that's what counts. With the help of his unregiste...

Bernt's adventure continues in book 4 of Underkeeper!

Stormy Bay is a dying town nestled against an eerily placid ocean, and Ray Lilly is trapped in it. He can barely remember his name let alone his mission for the Twenty Palace society. Worse, he realizes that for some time now he's been living as a puppet, his body and mind under the complete domination of an unknown power, and the townsfolk think this puppet is his real identity.And that power can still seize control of Ray's body at any time, forcing him and the people around him ...

The dark unknown beckons.Rune Jenkins has a long-standing infatuation with anything from the supernatural world, and she's trying to hide it. If she doesn't, she angers her reckless twin brother Ryker, and starts feeling like her own sanity is slipping. But the closer she gets to Grey Malteer—an old friend who waves his fascination with fantasy like a flag—the harder it becomes to stifle her own interest.The supernatural suddenly invades their reality when ...

A hooded man, his face marred by a mysterious black brand, walks the Plain of Savlos. Some say he has the power to summon demons. Others say he is the only one who can vanquish them. His name is Konrad, and he has a secret . . .Once an ordinary soldier, his life was forever changed by a fateful meeting with a dying sorcerer. Now he is all that stands between civilization and the creeping evil of the shadow world.

A former friend has betrayed the Raksura and their groundling companions, and now the survivors must race across the Three Worlds to rescue their kidnapped family members. When Moon and Stone are sent ahead to scout, they quickly encounter an unexpected and potentially deadly ally, and decide to disobey the queens and continue the search alone. Following in a wind-ship, Jade and Malachite make an unlikely alliance of their own, until word reaches them that the Fell are massing for an attac...

Ford Atticus Ford, former lead ghost hunter on the hit paranormal reality show Graveyard: Classified, has more than a few regrets—especially after young Chelsea Hopper was attacked by a demon . . . on live television.Assisting police departments by conducting paranormal investigations and uncovering buried clues now provides him with an ounce of redemption, but it will never be enough.What occurred on that long-ago Halloween night was unforgivable, and Ford, chasin...

An engineer finds himself in an alternate reality, Cornwall, in the year 715 A.D. He awakens in the body of a young Baron.James Fletcher continues on his world conquest. He has realized that nothing short of world domination will allow him to live in peace. No matter how he expands the new neighbors will covet his goods and lands.Now it is the Gauls that must be held at bay while he looks at the Moors in Spain.Continue on with this wild ride through the eighth centu...

By the middle of the twenty-first century, the major powers on Earth had fallen into a second Cold War centralized in cyberspace. The US has made considerable strides in artificial intelligence by introducing the first ALICE system to the world. In an effort to catch up, China and Russia pooled their total AI resources, hoping their combined technologies would meet or exceed the American systems.By combining the AI platforms and assigning them duties to improve their associated par...