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The Cloister Wizard

I just released my second book in the Strings of Empire series. The Cloister Wizard is up on Amazon as an ebook and the paperback and hard copy versions will be released later this week. Here is the amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKJWXL5N/

Here is the blurb:


Quint Tirolo must escape from capture after fleeing his homeland and ends up in a cloister of wizards in a new country. The sanctuary isn’t all it seems. He has attracted new enemies that are anxious to kill or control him, and kill seems to be their major objective. Quint must use what protection he can muster and what allies he can find to survive in a new land and stay alive.

And the cover:

Quint’s adventures continue in a different setting under much different circumstances. He learns more about his possible future and finds that people can find other ways to dislike each other than what he experienced in his home country.

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The Wizard Corps

New Series, New Book. The Wizard Corps, the first book in the Strings of Empire series has just been published and will soon be up on Amazon. Here is the blurb:


Wizards are rare in Racellia. Most are drafted into the country’s armed forces. Quint Tirolo is pressed into service through a betrayal of two acquaintances when he is fifteen, and he finds that his heritage puts him into peril as soon as he enters training. The troubles continue, even as Quint’s magical powers begin to grow with new knowledge. The Wizard Corps is the story of Quint dealing with excruciating bias and his efforts to make a life among a people who see him as an enemy. Luckily, he finds people he can work with despite their feelings, but will it be enough to enable Quint to survive?

I used AI to make the cover and come up with the image of Quint. It can remind you how young he is during the adventures in this first installment. Quint’s world will grow as the series evolves and Quint gains arcane and secular knowledge. Here is the cover:

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Justin Spede Book Five Released!

An Unexpected Villain has just been released to Kindle and Kindle Unlimited. This is the last book in the “Unexpected” story arc. Justin and his friends may return in future books.

Here is the blurb for An Unexpected Villain:

As Justin’s first year at the Wonn Imperial Academy winds down, he thinks he can coast for the last few months and begin early preparation for a busy summer. Life doesn’t want to let Justin Spede slide by. Farah’s family expels her, Zach breaks up with his girlfriend, and there is trouble at his glass operation. Roseguard’s steward quits, and Justin needs a new secretary more than ever, but a sinister villain is creating havoc behind the scenes.

This is the first illustration on one of my covers using AI. I wanted the villain dressed a little weird and the AI accommodated my desire. Look at the knot on the tie! The face is supposed to be blurry, although in the book the blur would be more pronounced. Artistic license, I suppose.

Next Series:

I’ll be starting on a new series about a young teenager who is impressed into the magical corps in an army similar to what the British did to put sailors on their naval ships in the Napoleonic Wars.

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Audiobooks for Song of Sorcery Series

Amazon has created an AI that converts an ebook into an audiobook. I’ve tried it out, publishing the Song of Sorcery series in audio form. It is a beta program, and I haven’t learned how to make some of my locations and names get pronounced correctly, so if you can overlook those, Please check them out. If I get some decent feedback, I’ll get all my books on audio. They will be available at Amazon.com and Audible.com.

The first book in the series is A Sorcerer Rises and is available by clicking here. All the books in the series should be converted by the time you read this.

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An Unexpected Betrayal: Now Released

An Unexpected Betrayal, Book Four in the Justin Spede series has just been released. Here is the blurb:

All of Justin Spede’s endeavors are beginning to overwhelm him. As he hires new people and tries to keep up with school, he needs a secretary to track all his extracurricular activities. The mines are being attacked by bandits, and his group is called upon to investigate. The tasks begin to expand in scope and danger while Justin rushes to keep up without losing it all.

It’s now available on Amazon as a kindle book. Paperback and hardcover are coming soon.

I’ve already started book five as the adventures of Justin Spede continues.

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Book Three in Justin Spede Series Just Released

“An Unexpected Alliance” is now available on Amazon in e-book, trade paperback, and hardcover. Link to Amazon page. If you can’t tell what is on the cover, it is Justin’s “death ray” applied to a circle of thick glass. More inventions, more mayhem.

Here is the blurb:

Justin turns his focus onto Roseguard, Condor Consulting, and returning to school. A lingering antagonism at the Telsian Imperial Academy is eveident when the team returns to Telsia. As Justin begins to get a handle on his new situation, circumstances give him new opportunities, new disappointments, and will put his team back in peril, knocking a smooth second term off kilter.

and the cover:

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An Unexpected Spell

Book Two in the Justin Spede Novels series

An Unexpected Spell was released yesterday to hungry fans worldwide. Here is the blurb:

Justin’s role as the leader of an emerging secret society begins to crumble. It doesn’t take long to figure out that forces are acting to choke the group he has just started before it has really begun. Justin has to balance this impending debacle with the rest of his life as he gets an unexpected messages from beyond the grave (figuratively, not literally.) As Justin makes an amazing discovery, people start going missing, and a powerful nemesis appears who theatens to break apart all his friendships and destroy his life.

This was a fun book to write, as they usually are. This series has more of a political thriller feel to it than my others. You can get it on Amazon.

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An Unexpected Magician Released

Finally, I’ve finished the first book in my latest series. The series name is “The Justin Spede Novels” and the title of the first novel is “An Unexpected Magician. Here is the blurb:

In an empire where magic has lost its savor, Justin Spede is reviled by his family and tolerated by his father. There is no magic in the family, which means Justin has no power. His life becomes worse when his family dies in an accident and he is passed among family members who don’t want him.

An uncle and aunt from a distant town are called to take him away, and so begins the young teenager’s journey. As he recovers from his traumatic upbringing, Justin learns he has magic, and a host of mysteries confront him as he is pulled into a world of guns and power and forces he barely understands. 

And the cover:

I generally don’t have a world where gunpowder exists, but this time I thought it added to the decline of magic in the world. Magic is an inherited trait and the world is losing the magic gene. I’ve also added some political thriller elements to this series. I hope you like it.

To get the story, here is a link to Amazon.