Adventure? Check. Magic? Check. Sarcasm? You bet.After years of running down dead-end clues, the rogue Never has nearly given up his quest for answers; his blood is cursed and his true name a mystery, yet no library, no healer, and none who claim to know dark magics have ever been able to help.Until he steals a map to the mysterious Amber Isle, which might just hold the answers he needs.But Never isn't the only one who wants the map - his enemy, Com...

Freedom. Magic. Vengeance.Vilas is a man consumed by anger. Kept prisoner in the city that slaughtered his people, he dreams of the day his magic is unsealed so he can burn everything to ash. When the city's queen asks for his help hunting down rebel cultists, he agrees in exchange for his freedom, his magic, and a night in her bed.Given access to only a fraction of his magic and forced to work alongside a jailor who can seal it entirely, a quick escape is ...

Adventure? Check. Magic? Check. Sarcasm? You bet.After years of running down dead-end clues, the rogue Never has nearly given up his quest for answers; his blood is cursed and his true name a mystery, yet no library, no healer and none who claim to know dark magics have ever been able to help.Until he steals a map to the mysterious Amber Isle, which might just hold the answers he needs.But Never isn't the only one who wants the map - an old enemy, C...

Led by the bitter veteran, Notch, a small team of mercenaries stumble across a foreign noble while attempting to foil a silk-smuggling operation.Instigated by their corrupt king, the crime could be enough to start a war, should the truth be exposed - leaving Notch and his companions scrambling to find way to protect the king they no longer believe in...Prequel to City of Masks (Bone Mask Cycle 1)

Bizarre visions. Bad decisions. And one man's descent into madness…or magic.Paul Fischer is one step away from rock bottom. With his bookstore on its last leg, a pending eviction and a failed relationship, he's at his breaking point. When his ex Rachel calls begging for help, it's only the beginning of the troubles to come.Rachel is missing and no one can reach her. Worse still, his best friend is determined to solve Paul's money problems in the shadiest wa...

Darkness is gathering deep within the land of Vadiya as the Red Seed Cult perform twisted experiments on human flesh.Never has already tangled with the foul creatures and knows no-one else can stop them... but if he charges into enemy territory now, he will have to face old flame Sacha, who has promised to kill him should they meet again.Yet when he learns that she has been captured by the creatures he sets out with unlikely allies on a quest to uncover the...

A divine quest. Bitter odds. And a boy with a hero's heart…but none of a hero's gifts.Kilek dreams of becoming a hero. Which is why when a goddess calls him and his friends to adventure far from their sleepy village, he's ecstatic.But while his friends are turned into adults with weapons, magic and more, Kilek gets nothing.Even so, he isn't deterred. A hoard of giant insects and the agents of rival gods threaten the land, and it's his mission to res...

From Book 1, City of Masks: When a royal conspiracy topples the noble House Falco, Sofia must take up the burden of her father's mantle and assume guardianship of his Greatmask. Yet the sentient bone mask, powerful enough to Compel those around her, will not speak, and Sofia, the first female Protector in a hundred years, is left defenceless.Hunted by the king, she is driven from the palace and must fight for survival, alone in the cold streets of Anaskar. There, s...

The enormous corpse of the Sea Beast has breached the walls and an invasion from across the sea is threatening. Cut off from the mysterious golden egg and bereft of the hope of ever seeing his family again, Ain remains in prison, at the mercy of the new king who obviously wants something from him.Meanwhile, Flir and Luik struggle to contain the illness spreading from the Beast, as Notch and Sofia begin their desperate search for her father.Charged with hunt...

A haunted journal. An inescapable obsession. Will curiosity be the death of her?Riko is staring at rock bottom. Fired from her teaching job and threatened with deportation, her friend takes her on a hike near Mt Fuji to get away from it all. But when she finds an old journal deep in the forest, a malevolent force begins stalking her every step—or so she believes.Plagued by hallucinations and driven to uncover the journal's secrets, Riko is desperate for ans...

Rejoin Never as he searches for his father's legacy and the sister he hadn't known existed.In The Phoenix of Kiymako Never must navigate a secretive new culture ruled by warrior monks. Distrusted and hunted for his blood, he must forge new alliances while following the dark trail his father has left. If Never can survive, it will lead to both his long lost sister and - finally - the truth about his mysterious name.

She thinks she's tracking a beast…but is the beast hunting her?Wildlife ranger Lisa Thomas is no stranger to violence. When an abusive ex comes rolling into town and animal entrails not-so-mysteriously land on her doorstep, she knows full well who the culprit is. But as strange killings and stranger wildlife sightings plague her little Australian town, Lisa herself becomes one of the suspects.Desperate to clear her name and be rid of her ex, Lisa follows th...