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Book One<\/span><\/h1>\n

The world ended on an August Sunday, in a rain of stones from the sky, like something out of Revelations.\u00a0 Marin Astoris saw the end of the world well before it happened, and her visions of the future become a guiding force for a small knot of survivors at her midwestern university. In the weeks after the end of the world, that knot of thirty students and one professor begin to awaken to supernatural gifts they didn’t expect.\u00a0 These newfound talents may mean the difference between life and death–for them and the rest of humanity. Thom Ambrose loves Marin with every fiber of his being, but he can’t accept the prophetic gift they share.\u00a0 If he does, he’ll lose the only thing that’s important to him: her.\u00a0 His ignorance comes at a price. Is it a price he and his friends can afford to pay?<\/p>\n

Now available as an ebook @ Smashwords<\/a>, Amazon (US<\/a>, UK<\/a>, DE<\/a>, FR<\/a>, ES<\/a>, IT<\/a>), and Barnes and Noble.com<\/a>!\u00a0 This is an upgraded version from the web-published version, including a revised prologue, a new chapter, FAQ, and additional added content.<\/p>\n

Book Two: War Drums<\/span><\/h1>\n

The world ended on an August Sunday, and they were what was left…but they’re not alone. Phelan Conrad came to the ruins of a Midwest university campus to help Seers Marin Astoris and Thom Ambrose survive in a wholly changed world.\u00a0 But it seems that his presence may do more harm than good to the knot of Michigan survivors as they face escalating supernatural threats from all sides–including a goddess of Death. Gray Miller and his friends found Aoife O’Credne wandering the Pennsylvania woods and took her in.\u00a0 They didn’t realize that by doing so, they’d be sucked into a supernatural war more than a hundred generations old. Neve Vaughan has carried a heavy burden–a magic sword as old as myth itself–since her return from beyond the pale.\u00a0 When she finally finds the man destined to carry it, she believes that burden has been lifted–until she realizes that keeping the man she’s come to love alive is going to be a far more difficult task than she ever imagined. The forces of darkness gather–is there any hope for heroes in a shattered world?<\/p>\n

War Drums<\/em> is now available wherever ebooks are sold.\u00a0 It is an enhanced, updated version from the online\u00a0original\u00a0including a brand new chapter and the previously unreleased short, “When Teague met Kira.”<\/p>\n

Book Three: Omens and Echoes<\/span><\/h1>\n

When the world ended on an August Sunday, the past\u00a0crashed into the present and lives were changed forever… Thom Ambrose and Marin Astoris already had their hands full trying to make sure they’ll survive a Michigan winter–and now word’s reached them that enemies they didn’t even realize they had are closing in on them, seeking to usurp their power for their own or wreak vengeance upon them.\u00a0 Allies are few and far between–and bring their own problems to the survivors’ doorstep. Cameron MacKenzie was a pilot before an asteroid’s fragments spelled doom for the modern world he knew.\u00a0 Chosen by King Arthur’s legendary sword and safeguarding the woman who once carried it, this reluctant hero makes his way steadily west toward a destination unknown and a future he can’t possibly fathom. The Taliesin has killed a goddess of death, his predecessor may not be as long lost as believed, dying doesn’t mean an end to grudges or\u00a0desires, and it suddenly appears that absolutely nothing is as it seems. Myth collides with reality as the gifted survivors of the apocalypse begin to realize that everything they ever knew or believed may very well have been wrong.<\/p>\n

Book Four: Taliesin<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

The world ended on an August Sunday and nothing will ever be the same.\u00a0 As old enemies become allies and new problems rear their fair heads, winter settles over the survivor’s world.\u00a0 Phelan O’Credne has faced thousands of challenges in his long life, but none has proven to be as hard to face as his current predicament: how to keep the people he’s come to love as his family safe.<\/p>\n

Book Five<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

Their world ended on an August Sunday, but it only meant a new beginning.\u00a0 After a long winter, spring is fighting to arrive, and with the thaw comes more danger for the survivors and their friends.\u00a0 Aoife O’Credne and Gray Miller set out on a journey to lead them to Phelan and his friends, the Wild Hunt finds its new home not far from the Lake Michigan shore, and Matt Astoris carries a secret that could save or doom them all.<\/p>\n

Book Six<\/span><\/h1>\n

Nearly a year after the world ended on an August Sunday, the stakes keep getting higher for the survivors near the shore of Lake Michigan. \u00a0New allies and enemies threaten, old enemies become allies, and the cost of losing a fight has never been more dear. \u00a0Leviathan wants the world–will the survivors stand and fight, or will they yield to his banner?<\/p>\n

Book Seven: Beginning’s End<\/span><\/h1>\n

As the first year draws to a close, the Michigan survivors are faced with the consequences of actions taken by their allies long ago–and must make choices that will echo far into the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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