Fiction 2
THE CROCODILE'S SON
Stephen BrookeQala, once Queen of the Pirates, had retired, hoping only for a comfortable and peaceful country life for herself and her little demigod son. Any of us might wish for such things!But others had their own plans. The boy’s relatives, an unruly family of deities, felt called upon to meddle in his upbringing — and one might just want him dead. Add to this the politics and intrigues of mortal men and women, and their penchant for falling in love, as well as her old crew who think Qala has hidden treasure somewhere about her estate.Kidnappings and quests, an adventure through the worlds of gods and of mortals, await Qala in Book One of The Crocodile Chronicles, THE CROCODILE’S SON.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-42-4
Stephen BrookeQala, once Queen of the Pirates, had retired, hoping only for a comfortable and peaceful country life for herself and her little demigod son. Any of us might wish for such things!But others had their own plans. The boy’s relatives, an unruly family of deities, felt called upon to meddle in his upbringing — and one might just want him dead. Add to this the politics and intrigues of mortal men and women, and their penchant for falling in love, as well as her old crew who think Qala has hidden treasure somewhere about her estate.Kidnappings and quests, an adventure through the worlds of gods and of mortals, await Qala in Book One of The Crocodile Chronicles, THE CROCODILE’S SON.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-42-4
ARROWS OF HEAVEN
Stephen BrookeThe end of every epic is the beginning of another.Who was Teme? A noble girl, sister to the High King of all the Mora, and of an age to marry appropriately? Yes, she was this, but also a renowned archer, acclaimed by her people as a hero of the recent civil war, named in the epics bards sang across the land.Warrior or woman? Was it possible to be both? Through intrigues and adventures in the realm of the Mora and beyond, Teme has one quest above all others — to learn who she truly is.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-44-8
Stephen BrookeThe end of every epic is the beginning of another.Who was Teme? A noble girl, sister to the High King of all the Mora, and of an age to marry appropriately? Yes, she was this, but also a renowned archer, acclaimed by her people as a hero of the recent civil war, named in the epics bards sang across the land.Warrior or woman? Was it possible to be both? Through intrigues and adventures in the realm of the Mora and beyond, Teme has one quest above all others — to learn who she truly is.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-44-8
THE WAYS OF WIZARDRY
Stephen BrookeFor two of those born to Hirstel, that lost city of sorcerers, it became a place to leave behind as they explored other worlds. Young Im, the least powerful but most ambitious sorcerer in Hirstel. Na, the woman who had spent a century being second-best to the powerful Prince-Sorcerer.Guiding them, the enigmatic trickster god, Xido. Guarding them, the amoral demon, Qu’orthseth. Pursuing them, demon policemen and bounty hunters, gods of evil, jealous wizards.Another city, distant and mysterious Tesra, called to them. Would they safely reach the Southern Sea and the ship that might bear them to their destiny?Sorcery and romance, and a journey of discovery await Na and Im along The Ways of Wizardry.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-48-6
Stephen BrookeFor two of those born to Hirstel, that lost city of sorcerers, it became a place to leave behind as they explored other worlds. Young Im, the least powerful but most ambitious sorcerer in Hirstel. Na, the woman who had spent a century being second-best to the powerful Prince-Sorcerer.Guiding them, the enigmatic trickster god, Xido. Guarding them, the amoral demon, Qu’orthseth. Pursuing them, demon policemen and bounty hunters, gods of evil, jealous wizards.Another city, distant and mysterious Tesra, called to them. Would they safely reach the Southern Sea and the ship that might bear them to their destiny?Sorcery and romance, and a journey of discovery await Na and Im along The Ways of Wizardry.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-48-6
WOMAN OF THE SKY
Stephen BrookeA long journey it had been for Rahiniti. Born a Kohari peasant, trained from childhood as a dancer in the great Temple of Mihasa, she had followed the Mora warrior Hito over the mountains to a new life, a life as a noblewoman, adopted by the powerful Lord Temani'itu.A life that turns to a new journey when her friend Demba passes, leaving a grieving husband and a young daughter with hidden powers. There are those who mean harm to Lord Gordie, who hope to manipulate him to further their own ambitions. How can one small 'woman of the sky' oppose them?The journey that began in 'God of Rain' and continued through 'Arrows of Heaven' comes at last to a conclusion here, as Rahiniti finds her true place in the realm of the Mora, in the third and final novel of the Mora Trilogy, 'Woman of the Sky,' by Stephen Brooke.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-50-9
Stephen BrookeA long journey it had been for Rahiniti. Born a Kohari peasant, trained from childhood as a dancer in the great Temple of Mihasa, she had followed the Mora warrior Hito over the mountains to a new life, a life as a noblewoman, adopted by the powerful Lord Temani'itu.A life that turns to a new journey when her friend Demba passes, leaving a grieving husband and a young daughter with hidden powers. There are those who mean harm to Lord Gordie, who hope to manipulate him to further their own ambitions. How can one small 'woman of the sky' oppose them?The journey that began in 'God of Rain' and continued through 'Arrows of Heaven' comes at last to a conclusion here, as Rahiniti finds her true place in the realm of the Mora, in the third and final novel of the Mora Trilogy, 'Woman of the Sky,' by Stephen Brooke.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-50-9
TSAR OF THE EMPTY LANDS
Stephen BrookeNineteen Thirty-Five, Soviet Russia. Josef Dobrov is only a soldier and wants it to stay that way, to be someone nobody notices. Some of his friends have been noticed and it did not end well for them. One of them is on the train of gulag-bound prisoners he is guarding.Not his affair, says Josef. He has no intention of getting into trouble. But high in the Urals, fate throws the young soldier into not only trouble but an whole new world, a world of savagery and beauty, danger and wonder.A world he adopts as his own, only to find it besieged by forces from without, and the woman he loves endangered and ensorcelled by those forces. Can he and the ancient and powerful sorcerer, Hurasu, stop them? Jokingly named ‘Tsar’ by his fellows, Josef becomes a man willing to step forward at last, to be seen as leader, as hero, in Tsar of the Empty Lands, a fantasy novel by Stephen Brooke.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-54-7
Stephen BrookeNineteen Thirty-Five, Soviet Russia. Josef Dobrov is only a soldier and wants it to stay that way, to be someone nobody notices. Some of his friends have been noticed and it did not end well for them. One of them is on the train of gulag-bound prisoners he is guarding.Not his affair, says Josef. He has no intention of getting into trouble. But high in the Urals, fate throws the young soldier into not only trouble but an whole new world, a world of savagery and beauty, danger and wonder.A world he adopts as his own, only to find it besieged by forces from without, and the woman he loves endangered and ensorcelled by those forces. Can he and the ancient and powerful sorcerer, Hurasu, stop them? Jokingly named ‘Tsar’ by his fellows, Josef becomes a man willing to step forward at last, to be seen as leader, as hero, in Tsar of the Empty Lands, a fantasy novel by Stephen Brooke.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-54-7
THE JEWELS OF THE ELEMENTS
Stephen BrookeNewly wed Marana and Saj thought they had put all adventure and magic behind them. It was time to start a new life in the south as colonists on the Isle of Lorj, their only concerns business and family. Yes, Saj had powers of foreseeing. Yes, they still had the Eyes of the Wind, those four mystical jewels, carefully hidden away. The couple would just as soon forget all that!But others had not. The priests of Munu still coveted the stones, and the followers of the evil god Asak. On the other side of the world, the mighty Wizard-Lord had been alerted to their presence and sent forth agents, wielding dark magic. Only their own wits and abilities, and the ancient wizard Im — with his amoral demon servant — stand between them and their enemies, in the sequel to ‘The Eyes of the Wind’ and the Second Book of the Sajam Saga, ‘The Jewels of the Elements.’PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-58-5
Stephen BrookeNewly wed Marana and Saj thought they had put all adventure and magic behind them. It was time to start a new life in the south as colonists on the Isle of Lorj, their only concerns business and family. Yes, Saj had powers of foreseeing. Yes, they still had the Eyes of the Wind, those four mystical jewels, carefully hidden away. The couple would just as soon forget all that!But others had not. The priests of Munu still coveted the stones, and the followers of the evil god Asak. On the other side of the world, the mighty Wizard-Lord had been alerted to their presence and sent forth agents, wielding dark magic. Only their own wits and abilities, and the ancient wizard Im — with his amoral demon servant — stand between them and their enemies, in the sequel to ‘The Eyes of the Wind’ and the Second Book of the Sajam Saga, ‘The Jewels of the Elements.’PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-58-5
THE DICTATOR'S CHILDREN
Stephen BrookeRaoul Guzman was dead. Not so the plots that had swirled around the former dictator. Three children he left behind, and a young widow. Were any of them involved in the whirlwind of intrigue that pulled John Wilkins into their world? From glittering, corrupt Havana and Miami Beach, to the violent jungles of Central America, Wilk seeks answers while dodging Marxist rebels, Nazi fugitives, and shadowy American criminals.A novel of adventure and espionage by Stephen Brooke, THE DICTATOR’S CHILDRENPRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-60-8
Stephen BrookeRaoul Guzman was dead. Not so the plots that had swirled around the former dictator. Three children he left behind, and a young widow. Were any of them involved in the whirlwind of intrigue that pulled John Wilkins into their world? From glittering, corrupt Havana and Miami Beach, to the violent jungles of Central America, Wilk seeks answers while dodging Marxist rebels, Nazi fugitives, and shadowy American criminals.A novel of adventure and espionage by Stephen Brooke, THE DICTATOR’S CHILDRENPRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-60-8
ALIENESE
Oliver Davis PikeDave Ladd, has-been musician, didn’t mind being abducted by aliens. Especially when those aliens had plenty of cash to compensate him. Let them keep whatever secret they seemed to have learned about Earth.So he thought when he was returned to his home in rural Alabama. But he was already too involved in that secret — a secret that involved the survival of humanity — and soon was on the run with an alien girlfriend, first on Earth and then ‘out there.’ A solution must be found by the motley band of humans and aliens thrown together in ALIENESE, a science fiction novel by Oliver Davis Pike.PRINT ISBN: 978-1-937745-62-2
Oliver Davis PikeDave Ladd, has-been musician, didn’t mind being abducted by aliens. Especially when those aliens had plenty of cash to compensate him. Let them keep whatever secret they seemed to have learned about Earth.So he thought when he was returned to his home in rural Alabama. But he was already too involved in that secret — a secret that involved the survival of humanity — and soon was on the run with an alien girlfriend, first on Earth and then ‘out there.’ A solution must be found by the motley band of humans and aliens thrown together in ALIENESE, a science fiction novel by Oliver Davis Pike.PRINT ISBN: 978-1-937745-62-2
THE CROCODILE GOD
Stephen BrookeCaring for her estate and her two-year-old son was quite enough for Qala, once Queen of Pirates. Gladly had she left the excitement of her former life behind. So what if she had never found the love she had once been promised?Now the boy was beginning to show his heritage as child of the Crocodile God, disappearing to visit other worlds and bringing home little monster playmates. There were important political negotiations going on practically on her doorstep, negotiations involving kings and empires, pirates and wizards, and try though she might, Qala was going to be swept up in them.Then Zedos’s father shows up and the gods get involved. Would Qala ever be able to live the simple life she desired and maybe, just maybe, find love? Join her as she searches in The Crocodile God, a fantasy adventure by Stephen Brooke.PRINT ISBN: 978-1-937745-64-6
Stephen BrookeCaring for her estate and her two-year-old son was quite enough for Qala, once Queen of Pirates. Gladly had she left the excitement of her former life behind. So what if she had never found the love she had once been promised?Now the boy was beginning to show his heritage as child of the Crocodile God, disappearing to visit other worlds and bringing home little monster playmates. There were important political negotiations going on practically on her doorstep, negotiations involving kings and empires, pirates and wizards, and try though she might, Qala was going to be swept up in them.Then Zedos’s father shows up and the gods get involved. Would Qala ever be able to live the simple life she desired and maybe, just maybe, find love? Join her as she searches in The Crocodile God, a fantasy adventure by Stephen Brooke.PRINT ISBN: 978-1-937745-64-6
SMOKE
Stephen BrookeA dry Florida spring. Wildfires burn across the state, blanketing it with smoke. In sleepy Cully Beach, the sands reveal a long-buried body—the body of a woman Ted ‘Shaper’ Carrol knew in another life. Soon, he is involved in puzzling out what happened to her and how it ties into an unsolved jewel heist of a decade previous. The clues she left him carry Ted to danger at the smoke-wreathed Florida Folk Festival and back again to the beaches of home, while both police and criminals shadow his moves.Ted would much rather be busy preparing for his wedding through these slow months leading into the summer, but crime has once again reared its inconvenient head in the third Cully Beach mystery from Stephen Brooke, SMOKE.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-66-0
Stephen BrookeA dry Florida spring. Wildfires burn across the state, blanketing it with smoke. In sleepy Cully Beach, the sands reveal a long-buried body—the body of a woman Ted ‘Shaper’ Carrol knew in another life. Soon, he is involved in puzzling out what happened to her and how it ties into an unsolved jewel heist of a decade previous. The clues she left him carry Ted to danger at the smoke-wreathed Florida Folk Festival and back again to the beaches of home, while both police and criminals shadow his moves.Ted would much rather be busy preparing for his wedding through these slow months leading into the summer, but crime has once again reared its inconvenient head in the third Cully Beach mystery from Stephen Brooke, SMOKE.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-66-0
WARRIOR OF THE MOON
Stephen BrookeSince he was small, Maratoa had held one desire above all others: to become a warrior as great as his heroic father. Yes, he knew he had inherited sorcerous powers and, yes, he been trained in their use. But there was no place for a man with such abilities in Mora society, in the Land of the Sleeping Sky.Now the greatest of all wizards had traveled across the ocean, on a mission that might decide the fate of their world. Does the fate of Maratoa also hang in the balance? A voyage into the unknown brings answers but asks new questions.Headhunters, lost aviators, a secret submarine, sea monsters—all these Maratoa encounters on his quest in WARRIOR OF THE MOON, a fantasy novel by Stephen Brooke.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-68-4
Stephen BrookeSince he was small, Maratoa had held one desire above all others: to become a warrior as great as his heroic father. Yes, he knew he had inherited sorcerous powers and, yes, he been trained in their use. But there was no place for a man with such abilities in Mora society, in the Land of the Sleeping Sky.Now the greatest of all wizards had traveled across the ocean, on a mission that might decide the fate of their world. Does the fate of Maratoa also hang in the balance? A voyage into the unknown brings answers but asks new questions.Headhunters, lost aviators, a secret submarine, sea monsters—all these Maratoa encounters on his quest in WARRIOR OF THE MOON, a fantasy novel by Stephen Brooke.PRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-68-4
WILK
Stephen BrookeA connecting flight—as the aging Wilk returns to his native Poland he reminisces how, in the aftermath of the Great War, a young Jan Patrowski finds himself adrift. From the Russian Revolution to a China torn apart by factions and warlords, he strives to learn who he is. The decorated war hero and pilot? The clever mechanic and engineer? Or maybe a man in love who would throw away the rest of the world and lose himself in the heart of Asia.Join him as he travels across a continent in a novel of adventure and a journey of discovery by Stephen Brooke, WILKPRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-71-4
Stephen BrookeA connecting flight—as the aging Wilk returns to his native Poland he reminisces how, in the aftermath of the Great War, a young Jan Patrowski finds himself adrift. From the Russian Revolution to a China torn apart by factions and warlords, he strives to learn who he is. The decorated war hero and pilot? The clever mechanic and engineer? Or maybe a man in love who would throw away the rest of the world and lose himself in the heart of Asia.Join him as he travels across a continent in a novel of adventure and a journey of discovery by Stephen Brooke, WILKPRINT ISBN 978-1-937745-71-4
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