The Dragon Nimbus
The Glass Dragon
Set in a world where dragons the source of all magic are fading from existence, this is the story of Jaylor, a journeyman wizard, and Brevelan, a young witchwoman. Faced with a seemingly impossible task, Jaylor and Brevelan must find out who is behind the attempt to destroy the dragons before all magic is forever drained from their homeland.
The Perfect Princess
The kingdom of Coronnan, once the serene home of dragons, is faced with the greatest challenge in its history. The dragons have vanished and rogue magic is rampant in the land. Only Prince Darville and his betrothed can restore peace and return the dragons to Coronnan. First, Darville must free his princess from an enchantment it will soon be too late to break.
The Loneliest Magician
Coronnan again faces a dire threat from Lord Krej and the magical coven determined to seize the Dragon Crown. And even as Senior Magician Jaylor and the witchwoman Brevelan struggle against the forces of a dark magic, Jaylor's apprentice must travel a different road, lured by a dragon's promise to help him discover his true identity and unlock the secret to his powers.
The Wizard’s Treasure
The complex fantasy tapestry of the acclaimed series comes to a thrilling climax in this fourth and final novel, as journeymen magicians Marcus and Robb, on a quest to find the missing dragons of Coronnan, become trapped in the workings of an ancient spell.
The Dragon Nimbus History
The Dragon's Touchstone
Three hundred years before the time of The Glass Dragon, the kingdom of Coronnan is at war with itself with magic running wild and magicians serving their own ends. At the height of this age of chaos, the dragons decide to intervene, making their presence known to select mortals. But even dragon magic may not be enough to help these chosen champions defeat the dark forces of blood magic which threatens to destroy their world.
The Last Battlemage
The Great Wars of Disruption have come to an end. Nimbulan, the last Battlemage and the founder of the school for Communal Magic, is desperately seeking to create a permanent protection for the kingdom of Coronnan, a magic border to keep all enemies out. But his relentless search for the key to this magic leads him to a shocking discovery: not only is his long-lost wife still alive, but she and the magical dragons are now in terrible danger.
The Renegade Dragon
The great magical wars have ended. But in bringing peace, Nimbulan, the last Battlemage, has lost his powers. Dragon magic is the only magic legal to practice. And the kingdom's only hope against dangerous technology lies in the one place to which no dragon will fly
The Dragon Nimbus Collections
The Dragon Nimbus Ominbus #1Collecting The Glass Dragon, The Perfect Princess and The Loneilest Magician
The Dragon Nimbus Ominbus #2Collecting The Dragon's Touchstone and The Last Battlemage
The Dragon Nimbus Ominbus #3Collecting The Renegade Dragon and The Wizard's Treasure
Thistledown
Desdemona "Dusty" Carrick had lived in the small town of Skene Falls, Oregon her entire life. And, like many of the local children, she had played with "imaginary" Pixie friends in and around Ten Acre Woods. With each generation, as the children grew up they forgot their Pixie friends. Or most of them did. Others, like Dusty and her brother Dick, never truly forgot. For the Pixies of the Skene Falls were not in the least imaginary. And now their most treasured haven, the Ten Acre Woods, might soon be destroyed – and without the woods, the Pixies themselves would die.
The only hope for the Pixies rested with Thistle Down, exiled from her tribe and trapped in a mortal woman's body. Only if Thistle could adjust to being in a mortal body – minus her wings and most of her magic – and succeed in convinving Dusty and some of the townspeople of the danger they all faced, would she have any chance to save her own people and, perhaps, be allowed to return home...
The only hope for the Pixies rested with Thistle Down, exiled from her tribe and trapped in a mortal woman's body. Only if Thistle could adjust to being in a mortal body – minus her wings and most of her magic – and succeed in convinving Dusty and some of the townspeople of the danger they all faced, would she have any chance to save her own people and, perhaps, be allowed to return home...
The Stargods
The Hidden Dragon
Operating on the wrong side of interstellar law, the O'Hara brothers found themselves in a life-or-death flight. They find what must be a lost or abandoned colony world inhabited by humans who had returned to a hunter-gatherer level of society. Here was a place where technology could make them seem like gods and a land where they would remain trapped unless they could find a way to repair their ship.
The Dragon Circle
Who would emerge as the victor when the Terran Imperial Military Police tracked the O'Hara brothers to their magical hideaway?
The Dragon's Revenge
The exciting conclusion to the Stargods Trilogy.
The O'Hara brothers are caught between the Imperial Military Police and an inhuman foe bent on destruction
and the entire world might pay the price.
Merlin's Descendants
Guardian of the Balance
Wren was the child who should not have been, daughter of Myrddin Emrys The Merlin and Deirdre The Morrigan high priestess of the Druids. For Myrddin, gifted with prophecy from childhood, had been sworn to eternal celibacy in exchange for the Sight. But in an age when the followers of the old ways were fading, both Myrddin and his daughter would have destinies to fulfill.
But even The Merlin could not foresee the power with which Wren had been blessed. Nor did she tell him of the visions which had been given to her alone: images of war to come, of a forbidden passion brought to fruition, and of those whom she loved in peril of being devoured by all-consuming forces of darkness. She only knew she must master the talents she'd been born with, for a time would come when she must be both sword and shield for The Merlin, for Arthur, and for the people who would be put in her charge....
But even The Merlin could not foresee the power with which Wren had been blessed. Nor did she tell him of the visions which had been given to her alone: images of war to come, of a forbidden passion brought to fruition, and of those whom she loved in peril of being devoured by all-consuming forces of darkness. She only knew she must master the talents she'd been born with, for a time would come when she must be both sword and shield for The Merlin, for Arthur, and for the people who would be put in her charge....
Guardian of the Trust
In the second novel of this series, 13th century England is ruled by John Plantagenet, but it is a time of unrest. A champion of darkness, the king's illegitimate half-brother and grandson of the Demon of Chaos, is in the heart of King John's court. It will take all the magical talent Resmiranda Griffin has inherited from Merlin and King Arthur to stand against the demonic menace.
Guardian of the Vision
Twins Griffin and Donovan Kirkwood, descendants of the Pendragon, are bound to protect Elizabethan England. Griffin becomes a priest in France. Roanna Douglas, descended from Nimue and holding a personal grudge against the Kirkwoods, journeys to France to summon Tryblith, the Demon of Chaos. To save England, Donovan must unlock the magic inside him to become the Pendragon.
Guardian of the PromiseThe children from Guardian of the Vision pick up the quest to keep England safe from the monsters and demons that threaten the peaceful reign of Elizabeth I. They must battle the forces swarming around Mary Queen of Scots and her rivalry with Elizabeth for the English Crown, and the religious wars in Europe that spill over to fuel the Spanish Armada. With nightmares of werewolves, Deirdre, the daughter of Father Griffin Kirwood, and her cousin Hal, one of Donovan Kirkwood's twin sons, journey clandestinely to Paris to negate the chaos begun by her mother. But time is running out and the werewolves are coming from unexpected directions.
Guardian of the Freedom
Set in the decades just prior to the American Reveloution,
Georgina 'Georgie' Kirkwood, newly appointed Knight of the Inner Circle of the Pendragon Society and counselor to her brother, Drake, the Pendragon, chafes at the restrictions placed on females. She disguises herself as a mercenary son of an earl and runs off to the Austro-Hungarian border, where she joins the battle against the invading Turks and is sorely wounded. Seven years later, she returns home to find her family being harried by some mysterious person who's trying to take over the society and kill Drake. Finally, blackmailed and forced to leave England, Georgie becomes a spy against the rebellious colonists in America.
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Anthologies My Stories Have Appeared In
Fate Fantastic
Stories of confronting, accepting, denying or escaping the workings of fate.
Treachery and Treason"The Divi"
My short story "The Divi" appears in this Roc anthology, edited by Laura Anne Gilman and Jennifer Heddle. Finding my name on the front cover was quite a pleasant surprise.
Olympus"The Sword of Heracles"
Anthology of short stories revolving around Greek and Roman myths and heroes. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Bruce D. Arthurs. I have a short story in it titled "The Sword of Heracles." This story jumps into the new series Merlin's Descendants. This is my first sale of short fiction and I kind of like the twist I gave it. This should still be available in large bookstores' back list.
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Slipstream
Tales that cross over the edge of reality and into another...genre.
Mixes of SF/F and Westerns, or mysteries, or romances, or something else.
My story: "The Curse of the Pendragon" combines historical, romance and fantasy.
Go back in time to the end of the 13th century and relive the clash between Edward I
of England and the Jewish population and his own Pendragon.
Can be purchased at all major bookstores or directly from DAW
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Little Red Riding Hood In the Big Bad City
Original stories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Tanya Huff, Fiona Patton, Pamela Sargent, ElizaBeth Gilligan, Irene Radford, Jody Lynn Nye, Michelle West, and others.
Seventeen classic fairy tales are made enchantingly modern by some of today's hottest science fiction and fantasy authors, who set these tales in urban surroundings.
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ISBN: 0756402336
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