Predatory Power (Terrestrial Magic Book 3) is Out!

The technology of Rome and the magic of the neighboring legends–working together to uncover the mysteries of basilisks and strixes.

Tired of standing alone against magical attacks, Jordan and her allies finally get a research alliance off the ground, combining science and magic to understand the world they live in after the Boom–the cataclysm that brought dangerous legendary animals into everyone’s lives. Jordan believes it’s exactly what’s needed for human and legend communities alike to survive. But there are dissenting opinions, some of them from powerful enemies.

The research collective barely has a chance to start before an attack sends its members reeling. With the alliance in danger of fragmenting, can Jordan discover who attacked them and hold the collective together? And if this alliance can break apart so easily–is it even worth saving?

Predatory Power is available from all major retailers here.

Why I’m Not on Social Media Anymore and Rarely Blog

I’d made a quick blog post back in 2020 on how I couldn’t bring myself to blog with what was going on in my country (the US) at the time. Since then, I’ve decided I prefer staying off social media like twitter entirely–so many terrible things are always happening in the world, it’s upsetting, and I personally want to react privately rather than publicly. Donating to humanitarian/relief efforts is my go-to way of dealing with a crisis and that feels like the right thing to stick with for now.

Blogging is a little different, since I’ve mostly used it to talk about SFF media. But I’ve realized that I want to spend the time I’d put into my blog towards writing more fiction instead.

So expect sporadic updates on the blog, especially when new projects come out. I won’t be using my twitter at all, but it’ll stay up and I’ll still see DMs.

Short Story Published on Podcastle

My short story, The Elixary of the Evanescent Market, has been published on Podcastle in both written and audio formats! It’s an adventure fantasy about a girl protecting her potion shop, available in full here.

Comes the Crimson Mist: Cover Reveal and Blurb

The sequel to my YA epic fantasy novel Chains Carried on Wings is now available for pre-order. It’ll release on February 21st. So–introducing Comes the Crimson Mist:

Magic and machinations collide as four teenagers race to stop an otherworldly threat…

It was the city of Halfice that had led the attack on Saig’s home of Running Water–so Halfice would be the target of Saig’s infiltration mission. Struggling to stay ahead of the subterfuge pervading the city, she must come into her own to unravel the enemies’ secrets. Meanwhile, Ande must manipulate the players into sabotaging themselves. Both of them are essential to the mission’s success–if they can figure out how to work together.

Trei embarks on an espionage mission of his own, joining the mysterious and dangerous Magsak. He’ll discover how they fit into the plots against Running Water…unless they shape him into a tool for their own use first.

Back home, Auris decides how to guide her city as the new headwoman. But Running Water’s foes won’t stay away just because one assault was repelled. Auris must safeguard her home until the others return with the knowledge they need to fight back.

All of them are running out of time, as their enemies’ well-established plans move towards completion. They can’t afford for a single one of them to fail. Because if they do…Running Water won’t stand a chance.

Available for preorder from all major retailers.

FYI

For those who don’t know, I live in the US. And I can’t bring myself to write my usual blog posts at such a pivotal moment in my country.

I wanted to put up a quick notice that I’ll resume posts when it feels emotionally appropriate to me. If you’d like to see me somewhere on the internet until then, I’m being a little more active than usual in retweeting on twitter, but it’s been mostly to do with the protests and the issues those protests are highlighting.

Free Digital Copies of Terrestrial Magic and Natural Sorcery is Released

Natural Sorcery is now out.

I’ve also been thinking about what to make available for free during the current upheaval–unfortunately, I don’t have a huge back catalog to choose from. So I decided to give away digital ebook copies of Terrestrial Magic (first in the series for Natural Sorcery, not including the bonus content in the retail version) alongside the hundred other books available at the Pages and Potions Giveaway. This giveaway will be active until May 6th.

The almost-final draft of Terrestrial Magic is also available as a web series here. Note that the ebook version has been lightly edited from the original web serial.

Natural Sorcery: First Chapter Preview and Pre-Order

Pre-orders for Natural Sorcery are now up. The book will release on April 23rd as an ebook.

Chapter One

The sun beat down over expansive, even fields that stretched out towards a background of rocky hills. Farmlands were not my thing, so I couldn’t identify the various crops that were laid out in rows before me. Not that I had any business doing so, or even being here. I should have been out in the uncultivated wilds, conducting my research far away from where the food production happened—the legendary animals (called legimals) that I was interested in weren’t exactly a welcome sight here.

Instead, I found myself in the passenger seat of a pick-up as Tony parked it past a gated entrance, in front of a couple of small buildings. The oppressively hot air greeted me when I climbed out of the car, a layer of sweat appearing over my skin almost instantaneously.

Ah, the joys of Mediterranean summers.

Natural Sorcery is Coming: Blurb Reveal

Rome was supposed to be safe–or at least safer than 90% of the planet. That was before the local legends started using their magic to destroy the food supply. 

Considered one of Rome’s experts on legends, mostly because she keeps surviving their assassination attempts, Jordan finds herself racing to find the culprits before they strike again. But legends wield powers that aren’t documented, understood, or predictable. And Jordan isn’t even a soldier. She’s just some scientist unlucky enough to stumble over the local political mess. 

The chances of getting murdered by magic beyond her comprehension is disconcertingly high. But if this unknown legend goes unchecked, Rome won’t survive the next few years…and Jordan doesn’t have it in her to walk away from that.

Cover Reveal for Natural Sorcery, Sequel to Terrestrial Magic

Natural Sorcery, the next book in the Jordan Sanders series, will be up for pre-order soon, and here’s the first of the promotional materials I’ll be making available. Next will be the blurb. And once the pre-order goes live, I’ll post the first chapter as well.

Please note that publication of the print version will be indefinitely delayed–given current circumstances, I’m just not comfortable using the supply chains for that yet.

The ebook version will likely be out near the end of April. I’m putting it on sale for an undetermined amount of time, also because of current circumstances. The price will go up eventually.

More information to come soon.

Chains Carried on Wings is a Semi-finalist in the YA Genre of the 2019 Kindle Book Awards

The 2019 Kindle Book Awards are ongoing, and they’ve just announced their Category Semi-finalists today–with Chains Carried on Wings making the cut in the YA genre.

So that’s pretty cool.

This book was all about being non-standard, from the way that my protagonists fit into their world (or don’t) to the fantasy cultures populating my story. Whether I pulled that off or not is up each reader to decide, but the experience of writing it really meant something to me, and I’m glad it does something for other people as well.