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fantasy in an alternate Renaissance world

August Celebrations

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A Rare Month at Writers Ink Books

August Celebrations are important here at W.Ink. We celebrate our usual book anniversaries. August is a rare month because each of the 3 writers has a major publication.

More importantly, three of these books are significant anniversaries for our writers.

 

A Book Anniversary from our collaborating Edie Roones and M.A. Lee

1st up, a fusion of historical legend and fantasy

Short Stories in the second Wild Sherwood collection ~ Outlaws of Wild Sherwood

All Through August

Five men encounter the Outlaws of Wild Sherwood and the Faeries of British legend.

On the 1st~ ~ ~ “A Twist of Faerie Magic”

A twist of murder. A twist of Faerie magic. And Dav the wrestler caught between.

When Dav is accused of murdering his true love’s husband, will magic reveal the true culprit?

On the 5th~ ~ ~ “A Faerie Song for a Feast”

Masks, Mummers, and a Faerie Song

Alan-a-Dale risks playing a song learned in the land of Faeries to help Robin Hood and his men. Will the song help or hinder the outlaws?

On the 10th~ ~ ~ “Mischief of a Faerie”

A Challenge with Quarterstaves

When his sister names a bearded giant as her newborn’s father, Arthur storms off to force Little John to support them. Yet how can a simple poacher defeat a man taller and stronger than he is?

On the 15th~ ~ ~ “The Green Man”

A Venture with Destiny

Bad luck has plagued Jack Greenleaf for years. Abandoned, evicted, and rejected, he joined the other outcasts in Sherwood Forest. The Green Man of the Faerie may seal his fate.

On the 20th~ ~ ~ “The Prize of a Golden Arrow”

By Hook or Crook or Arrow

Gil vowed never again to take up the long bow. Then he learns the May Day archery contest is a trap to capture Robin Hood. He resolves to foil the Sheriff’s plan.

~ ~ ~

The anthology published on the 9th. We couldn’t wait!

Online Everywhere https://books2read.com/u/4Aj99N

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B92V1PKT

View the trailer https://youtu.be/aCftiZFqq1E

 

The following 3 Novels are the major reason for our August Celebrations!

 

A Significant Book Anniversary for Remi Black

2nd, a Dark Fantasy

Dark Fantasy with Weave a Wizardry Web.

 This epic novel begins the Fae Mark’d Wizard series and launched Remi Black’s writing career, back in 2017.
a wizard travels sharp-bladed roads.
Alstera is the greatest of the young Enclave wizards, granddaughter to the leader of the Enclave. Yet the wizard leaders thwart her wish to fight sorcery.
Desperate to help the fight against sorcery, she explores ways to increase magical power. Her search leads to the Nexus, a forbidden spell once used to enslave wizards.
Additional dangers threaten the very heart of the Enclave. Shape-shifting wyre kill wizards. A sorcerer controls them from inside Enclave walls. And rumors of vile blood spells increase the danger.
*Weave a Wizardry Web* begins the dark fantasy saga of twisted magic against foul sorcery and the dark corruption that people can sink to.
Find it here for Amazon shoppers and 
View the Trailer here:  https://youtu.be/jePz27U2Y6U

Another Significant Book Anniversary, this time from the prolific M.A. Lee

3rd, historical mystery with a dash of romance. The 12th and last book in the Hearts in Hazard series of mystery and suspense with a dash of sweet romance.

A Hazard with Hearts

A very vintage Gothic romantic suspense :: Two wives haunt the castle. Will she be the third to die?

The new bride to the Earl of Sheldrake, Vivienne Northrup claims to be too rational to believe in ghosts.

Yet two wives haunt Sheldrake Hall. Will Vivienne become the third wife to die?

Her husband Max Herrick lost two brides tragically, the first to suicide, the second to an accident. Or were they murdered? Is he a Bluebeard, killing his wives, one after another?

Completing a 12-book series is a great reason for August celebrations.

Amazon shoppers: Fetch it here.

Worldwide, online: here it is.

 

 

 

A Third Significant Book Anniversary, for writer Edie Roones and for Writers Ink

4th and final, classic fantasy and another 1st.

Summer Sieges

the Celebration that Tops all August Celebrations

August Celebrations have to include this novel, our first ever as well as the first for Edie Roones

A classic fantasy, set in an alternate medieval world of mages and sorcerers, fantastic enchantments, and bitter battles.

All of her life, Beren has taken orders to the defend the castlekeep, first from her father and then from Lady Treasach. Then the Watrani Horde with their Gitane Witches came and broke the siege.

To save a magical crystal, Lady Treasach orders Beren to gather a small party and they flee through the under-veil to the mountains.

But the Gitane Witches continue to track them.

With the help of a disenchanted Prica, the warrior Storr, can Beren protect the lady and her magical crystal? Or will she fall to the Gitane and the Watrani?

Still only on Amazon Fetch it here.

This novel not only launched Edie Roones’ writing career but is also the first book published by Writers Ink.

 

Rejoice throughout the month with us. Our August Celebrations are major achievements!

 

Remi Black’s Spells of Earth

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Elemental power. Cold steel. Twisted sorcery. Magical Monsters.

A Trilogy of Novellas in the Fae Mark’d World.

High Fantasy

Spells of Earth: Wizardry burnt out and memory gone, Desora re-built her life in an isolated corner of the Northern Reaches. She only wields the nourishing power of elemental Earth.

She has nothing of Fire, Air, or Water. No fiery bolts, no whirlwinds, no drowning spheres: nothing she can use for defense or attack. Can Desora discover new ways to wield Earth before she becomes prey?

The Wyrded Forest

Shape-shifting wolfen threaten Desora, able to transform out of Moon-turn.

Strangely gory deaths in the High Meadow mean a mysterious monster prowls, looking for life to devour.

Shifters and the eldritch monster kill the defenseless. With death menacing, Desora fears she has no protection except her wards.

The Riven Gate

How will Desora, Captain Brax, and their allies defeat the eldritch monster? Alliance with the Dark Fae Lord Horst offers the only chance.

Yet more than the monster threatens them. Sorcery and magical predators lurk in the forest, waiting to snare them.

Bloody fate balances death on one scale, destruction on the other.

The Mysts of Sorcery

The monster escaped and kills everything in its path. The sorcerer who brought the monster through the portal must also die.

Desora risks losing all she’s regained as she confronts a monster she has no idea how to destroy.

As fierce battles loom, betrayal also rears its ugly head. Will she survive the last battles against the sorcerer, his shapeshifters, and the eldritch monster?

~ Spells of Earth ~

If you like elemental power battling twisted sorcery and cold steel clearing paths through magical monsters, then you will love the adventures in Spells of Earth. 

Paperback or Ebook, at Amazon ~ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4MKLDV9

Wide Distribution https://books2read.com/u/38PPpL

View the trailer at this link: https://youtu.be/jbayhsxJLqA

cover by Deranged Doctor Design

To Wield the Wind ~ glimpse of the first chapter

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Here’s a W.Ink at the opening scene in To Wield the Wind

first novella in the Spells of Air trilogy, all set in the Fae Mark’d World.

Read a portion of the first chapter below.

Cover by Deranged Doctor Design

LINKS for Purchase ::

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RGMLH5Z

https://books2read.com/u/38QLz7

Box Set in ebook and paperback

https://www.amazon.com/Spells-Air-Fae-Markd-World/dp/1737422646/

Trailer https://youtu.be/PqjouEJtbjY

Chapter 1

Orielle guided the dapple-grey gelding along the narrow trail traversing the steep slope of the mountain.

Lights winked in the trees ahead, like the spectrum glints in her mother’s diamond pendant, a gift for the spell she’d worked for the king.

She reined in the horse to watch the dancing lights. On the trek to this height, she’d seen the rainbow-colored lights a few times. The old man who had warned her of the Wilding said that she would see strange things, but this strangeness was beautiful. The lights flitted among the autumn-changed leaves. A cluster darted in and out, winking in unison. Light reflected from sun-glinted water moved randomly. These lights had a fascinating pattern.

Continue reading “To Wield the Wind ~ glimpse of the first chapter” →

Dangers in *To Wield the Wind*

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What is To Wield the Wind?

Here’s a teaser for the fantasy novella >

On a mission for the Wizard Enclave, Orielle ventures into the dangerous Wilding, a strange frontier filled with magical creatures. There she encounters sprites and wraiths, gobbers and wyre.

Cover by Deranged Doctor Design

All view her as prey.

Here are snippet quotations from the novella:

The Wyre

  • After peering around, Orielle lifted a hand. Golden magic limned her fingers, both warning and threat. “Come out and play.”
  • He stood on his toes. Yellow claws extended from his fingers. Wyre. Partially shifted. Real trouble, for wizardry had little defense against a fully shifted wyre.
  • The two wyre jumped. Even fearing them, Orielle admired their grace. They splashed into the water, knees bending to land lightly.
  • Two gobbers tumbled to a stop as the tall figure straightened. He wore hide breeches but no shirt. Golden hair straggled over his bare shoulders. A golden pelt covered his broad chest. Long claws revealed his partial shift. Wyre.

Gobbers, Wraiths and other Terrors

  • Shifting fog caught her eyes. She gasped as the fog lifted from the ground. Misty tendrils rose, a cloudy mass that shaped into a head and thin shoulders, a torso with separating arms, wisps of hands and elongated fingers. Wraith.
  • The silvery glow left the gobber’s round eyes. It yowled. Stubby claws jerked at her skirt. The shifting weight destroyed her balance. Orielle stumbled to her knees.
  • She tugged hard. The icy-fanged wind ripped at her exposed skin. Gritting her teeth, Orielle hauled back with her whole weight. “Let him go!” she flung at the fanged wind.

Dark Fae known as the Kyrgy

  • Bone-white horses threaded through the trees. Snow-white riders wore cloaks of ice blue and storm purple. In their frozen marble faces, black eyes spoke for them. ‘Who? From where? From when? Why?’
  • “Kyrgy deal in bargains, my offer matched to yours. Remember that. You have much to learn of the Wilding,” Lady Bone warned. “I hope you survive to complete our bargain.”

  • The rider swung her sword again, cleaving downward. Volk’s blow shattered Saircuista’s sword.

Her only Ally ~

  • The Rhoghieri had more weapons than the sword he hadn’t used. Knives, including a long belt knife as thin as a poniard. He looked like a man heading for trouble, not just happening upon it.
  • “That’s three questions,” Grim protested. “You could let me answer one question, Orielle, before you jump to the next.”

Buy it here.

View the trailer for the entire trilogy here: