The Valkyrie
ISBN (first edition) 978-0-692-29628-8
ISBB (second edition) 978-0-9860916-3-6
Everyone must serve. Everyone must sacrifice.
The god-born: Sigrun Caetia, valkyrie of Tyr, born in Nova Germania.
The summoner: Trennus Matrugena, son of a petty king, native of Caledonia
The archmage: Kanmi Eshmunazar, a former wharf-rat of Tyre, Carthage
The godslayer: Adam ben Maor, special forces, of Judea
The prophetess: Sophia, Pythia of Delphi
The truthsayer: Minori Sasaki, scientist and sorcerer, native of Hokkaido
And the man who brings them together in Rome's service: Propraetor Antonius Valerius Livorus.
Together, they pursue a great mystery: Some believe that the world is about to end. Certainly, prophecy indicates so. Some of the gods are making provisions for that day, including reviving the long-prohibited custom of human sacrifice.
How do they stop this, and how deep does the mystery go? Why does a dying man taunt Livorus, asking him if he knows where his gods are?
And why does prophecy suggest that Sigrun will be the sole survivor of Ragnarok?
Novels
Edda-Earth
Fantasy meets alternate history, where magic and science coexist, all the gods are real, and Ragnarok. . . . is coming.
The Goddess Denied
ISBN: 978-0-9860916-0-5
Zeus: Who are you, knave, that defies Olympus?
Titan: You foolish, depraved children masquerading
as gods. You will suffer as you have made
the mortals to suffer. I will take your
playthings from you, petty children. I will
leave nothing but ash. For today, my name
Is my brother’s. I am Prometheus.
And I have come to bring fire to the gods.
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Disbelieve memory. Discard evidence. Deny the truth.
Mysteries deepen as a cursed valkyrie investigates the source of her condition, a young woman goes missing, and monsters are reported in the lands of the north. Lindworms, jotun, and ettin have been seen, along with wolves the size of horses. Surely, this means Ragnarok is at hand.
And yet, it's not just the gods who are making trouble. Groups like Potentia ad Populum and the Carthaginian Liberation Party take radical steps to throw off the yoke of Rome… and bring the power of the gods into every mortal hand.
Rejoin Sigrun Caetia, Adam ben Maor, Trennus Matrugena, Kanmi Eshmunazar, and Minori Sasaki in the world of Edda-Earth. They'll gain new allies, such as the enigmatic dragon, Niðhoggr. Make new enemies. Confront prophecy.
The Goddess Embraced
ISBN: 978-0-9860916-1-2
From sacrifice. . . glory.
Starless skies will swim with smoke
Born of the fire of a fallen earth
Wyrms will writhe over the welkin
The spirits of darkness will swallow whole
Every creature, every spirit, every god.
Yet every end brings new beginnings
New gods arise, and some old are forgiven.
This world will die. But Naglfar will carry us home.
Ragnarok is at hand. The gods fight one another, and while humans are caught in the crossfire, their hands are hardly clean, as nation fights nation for resources and survival.
Sigrun, Trennus, Minori, Adam, Lassair, Saraid, Niðhoggr, and their allies must rely on the words of the Firebringer to try to break the back of prophecy, and avert the end of the world. But questions remain.
Will Adam allow prophecy to consume him, and break all bonds of friendship and kin? Will Sigrun walk her dark road alone, at the end of time? Or can destiny be shattered?
Ave, Caesarion
ISBN-10: 0-9860916-2-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-9860916-2-9
A single event can reshape a world—or shatter it forever.
Fifteen years ago, Caesar escaped assassination, and went on to be crowned Emperor of Rome. His son by Cleopatra, Caesarion, carries the blood of Mars, Venus, Isis, and Osiris in his veins—but will the power that the gods have granted him, be enough to secure his hold on Rome after his father’s death? What of the powers his sister, Eurydice Julia, has begun to manifest, and her puzzling visions that hint at the sacrifices that the gods of both Rome and Egypt will demand of them?
Will they, together, be strong enough to forge a better world than the one their ancestors built?
Return to the world of Edda-Earth, where magic and science coexist and all the gods are real. Join Caesarion, Eurydice, their brother Alexander Julius, and their friends, Tiberius Claudius Nero and Marcus Antonius Antyllus, as they struggle to hold the world that they've inherited.
And remember this truth: The end was only the beginning . . . .
The Rise of Caesarion’s Rome
Two thousand years before Ragnarok, the saga begins with the failed assassination of Julius Caesar. . . and the rise of the children he shared with Cleopatra!
Children of Tiber and Nile
ISBN-10: 0-9860916-4-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-9860916-4-3
Assassins threaten, rebellions rise, as the children of Caesar spread across the world . . . .
To escape the poisonous plots of Livia Drusilla, Caesarion must take his pregnant wife, Eurydice to Egypt, into the very teeth of a rebellion fomented by the mage-priests of Thoth.
There, they must survive a deadly trap and regain control of the bread-basket of the empire, and the source of much of Rome’s current wealth.
In Rome, their brother Alexander spreads his growing net of spies and agents, using artists and poets for information and propaganda. He must survive poison now, as he once survived knives, and turn the weapons of the Julii’s most determined enemies against them--all without ever being implicated.
Selene, their youngest sister, must discover who she is--a difficult task, when the drums of war never cease to beat. She must choose her fate, a decision between two men: Anytllus, the archer son of Marcus Antonius, and grim-faced Tiberius, who has dedicated his life to Pluto.
The sands of Egypt cannot stay their strides!
