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Civil War: Chronicles of Rondure: Book I

I was Culled at age five into the Bastille Military, the World of Rondure’s superpower…
…Having lived on-base for thirteen years, military life taught me two things: Mastery of the Smoke Element and to never apologize about using it on enemies
Now that I’m awaiting a sure life sentence for the crime of exposing Bastille’s true crimes, they’ve left me with no choice. When they try to extradite me, I will call upon my Sword of Smoke and escape this predicament, using every combat technique they taught me against them.
Then, I’ll take it upon myself to finish a mission I started years ago; to unplug the People of Bastille and let them know who the real enemy is: their home nation and its Capital City of Paramount.
As I go rogue, every authority figure with money, power, and influence in the Bastille Empire will want me dead. Thanks to them, I’m one of the most powerful Smoke Masters in the World of Rondure. And I’m ready to break the spell the people of my nation have lived under for over a century.

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The Starving Vulture

It is 1527 AD, steampower fuels the industries of nations while the fire gunpowder and the bite of steel is as prevalent as they have always been. While the Four Empires plot, war and thrive against each other. All the while the rest of the world bears the weight of their consequences.
Malic Thanis is a former Roman Legionnaire and the newest member of the small but feared mercenary company, the Starving Vulture. Operating out of the western continent of Amerigio. This collection of former soldiers of the Roman Empire, service mercantile Trade Guilds, powerful Native Chiefdoms or any entity that can afford their services. So long as the contract is only to Protect and Deliver. But honor is a flimsy shield against cruel ambition. Though bound by stoic professionalism and brotherhood, the dogs of the Starving Vulture will soon realizing that no matter what they do it could be impossible for them to be free from the consequences of the mercenary profession.
Dishonor is for the dead, the dead do not get paid.

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The Sunderland, Volume 2: Solitude

When worlds collide, ignore everyone who doesn’t agree
Years before the Schism shattered society into ideological seclusion, the Solitude tore apart the bonds of trust, leaving the culture shocked and dazed by the viciousness perpetrated in their name. Now, the scattered subcultures of the Sunderland find themselves grappling with a legacy of isolation.
With the ever-present Conduits serving only to validate each group’s self-righteous mission, society is driven into conflict once again. The vast underclass can do nothing but watch as the motivated few each bring about their own understanding of the end…

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The Sunderland, Volume 1: Schism

What makes an entire society break up, and what draws them back together?
Society is fractured. Life for most is a desperate struggle. Natural resources are scarce, and the discovery of a miracle source of new, clean energy only serves to deepen the cracks. As the planet reaches breaking point, the sudden appearance of two mysterious pillars…

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The Omegastar Connection

A thrilling cyberpunk space adventure!
Lance and his android partner, Cee, are fixers, the people that get their hands dirty for the mega-corporations that span across the known universe. When a simple security job escorting the son of an important Hayes Corporation shareholder back to his home from vacation goes sideways, the pair set off to get the boy back. Who ordered the kidnapping, and why? Things are not as they seem, as a conspiracy spanning further than Lance ever could have imagined comes to light.

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Hyperbia

Epic fantasy gets turned on its head and slapped with a wet fish.
Elves are snobby brunch enthusiasts, ogres are pacifistic yoga buffs, and the “hero” is a mild-mannered misfit who prefers strudels to swords. Welcome to Hyperbia.
Tubbart Schepps is a generally nice guy. Thus concludes his positive traits. The tragically named, socially inept, morbidly rotund dreamer gets through life on the comfort of food and imagination. One day, after a mortally embarrassing workplace mishap, Tubbart stumbles as far away as he can get. Which is the nearest bus stop. There, he is unwittingly spirited to the fantastical realm of Hyperbia, where magic larks and absurdity stumbles after. A noble elf prince takes Tubbart under his quiver, and the days are equal parts joyous and bizarre. But not all is sunshine and elfwine. An evil fairy bent on revenge is freshly risen, and seeks nothing less than utter annihilation of the realm.