No one remembers the day they were born, but after abandonment as an infant, Cirrus grew up in foster care believing he remembered his father’s voice. At age eighteen in a dingy Boston apartment, he collapses and wakes with another clue to his origins: wings. Meliel, the chief enforcer of the government of Heaven, carries the responsibility of executing Cirrus, the only son of Raziel, an exiled former ruler of Heaven and once-powerful archangel. But Hell, which signed a peace treaty with Heaven under the archangels’ rule, threatens war if Cirrus dies. To maintain the peace, Meliel commits high treason by hiding Cirrus in Purgatory, a place where angel and demon outcasts thrive together. War is not easily side-stepped. When Cirrus’s supposed execution comes and goes and Hell does not break the peace treaty as promised, those who wish to dispose of the Governess of Heaven assassinate high-profile angels and demons one by one, undermining the peace within Purgatory and bringing Heaven and Hell closer to violence. Meanwhile, Cirrus struggles to connect with his family through weak, tentative powers that won’t develop fully for a hundred years. Meliel blames himself for the crumbling peace—he took the power away from the archangels and gave it to Lakme, the Governess. He seeks only to correct his error, until he starts to see Cirrus as a son, a son he has no right to keep. Cirrus discovers family in Purgatory, the strangest of places, but to keep it, he must shoulder his heritage and lead a city struggling to survive in the shadow of Heaven. {{Cover photo credits: andreiuc88 / 123RF Stock Photo and irochka / 123RF Stock Photo }} {Content Note: While I don't think the content warrants a maturity warning, there is mild violence.}

Even after a thousand years, I don't know if we did the right thing. Who has the authority to say what the right thing is in the first place? I don't know if we were the followers of a great messiah, or pawns in the most glorious of games. I suppose it's a moot point though. The world that came of it is so beautiful, the cost rarely crosses my age-addled mind anymore. If this is the result, I am glad to have been a pawn. I am glad to have placed my trust in a maniac, a sociopath, and a criminal. A man that had the audacity to look at the world and say "We can do better." ----

The Dragon Oracles THE NEW EPIC FANTASY SAGA A continent on the brink of war. A journey to save a kingdom. Forced onto a path he does not wish to follow, a young man finds himself the focus of ancient powers. When Gialyn accompanies his father on a dangerous trek across their homeland, he attracts the gaze of an ancient dragon. The dragon offers Gialyn power, but the price may prove too much to bear. Meanwhile, Brea, the Dragon Guardian, has plans of her own. With the power of her dragon charges, she summons an ancient warrior to aid in their cause. But will this powerful being help them, or add itself to their growing list of enemies? http://geni.us/B014LXVQP4/

"His mother's screams remained etched in his mind. He promised himself that night he would never again stand by as people he cared for suffered, and he would one day kill Volcseck. He intended to keep those promises." Falcon Hyatt has a problem. For reasons unknown to him he can wield all the elements, not only basics like fire and water, but also those more advanced, like space and poison. And now the chaos element, the same one his parents' killer Shal-Volcseck wields, has awakened within him, with catastrophic results. To complicate matters, the Suteckh Empire has declared war on the capital cities of Va'siel. Now he must venture out into the world with his friends Lao, Faith, and Aya on a mission to stop the Suteckh from taking over Va'siel, and find his parents killer, as all the while he struggles to suppress his newfound abilities. In his quest Falcon is forced to question what he's really fighting for, where his loyalties lie, and his own character. Is he truly a good person, or an even more dangerous menace than the dreaded Shal-Volcseck? Element Wielder is the story of faith, love, and a young man's struggle to continue on his quest, when surrendering to his emotions and giving up is so much easier.