Listen to a tale my children... A tale still heard, in the quieter places, far away from the frantic din of the city streets of our own world. An ancient and almost forgotten song, it sings from the lips of a very few. Some say, it is only wishful fantasy, for somewhere in the long misty corridors of time, its o...
Mongrel, half-breed, dirty grub. Nyani's been called all these things, and she's about to earn a few more epithets. Banshee, spy, and liar, for a start. Her people stand on the brink of extinction. Her father and her lover are dead at the hands of her enemy - and her mother has lied to her all her life. If she wants h...
I crafted The Hexer from Salem as a pulp-fiction series in the vein of H.P. Lovecraft. The story takes place primarily in nineteenth century London, following the chilling adventures of The Hexer, Robert Craven and, later on, his son as they encounter the Great Olds – godlike creatures hostile to humans – and their re...
~ENTER THE COLLEGIUM IF YOU DARE~ It sits between dreams and nightmares, reality and fantasy, black and white. It sits upon magic, the magic of Merlin, and the magic that has been successfully kept secret from the world for centuries. It is the Collegium. It is sick. It must be saved. Copyright © 2014 by Jack Paglia...
Eighteen-year-old Rose Davies is a fresher at the prestigious Cambridge University. She dreams of punting on the river, reading Shakespeare in the famous library, and getting to know a town steeped in history. But Trinity College's newest professor, Christian Howard, is a dream of a very different kind - and, imposs...
"This isn't about what you think you see when you look at the night sky. This isn't about what you think you know about what is up there. It is what you don't know. What you don't see. Whether it's guardian angels, the spirits of the dead, or the man on the moon that you think I'm talking about, all you need to rememb...
Long ago stood the kingdom of Requiem, a land of men who could grow wings and scales, breathe fire, and take flight as dragons. Requiem ruled the sky. But Dies Irae, a tyrant leading an army of griffins, hunted Requiem's people, burned their forests, and shattered their temples. Requiem fell. This ancient land now lie...
A thousand years before, lead by the Nines, the armies swept their shadows across the globe, decimating all in their paths right to the very foothills of mount Shagrii. It was there that the armies were obliterated by Shagrii herself, it was there that their reign of terror ended. A thousand years on, evil hides in th...
Sam is the most promising swordsman among this year’s crop of Paladin trainees...and knows it. Brash, cocky, and unbeatable with a sword (well, almost), Sam is the kingdom of Thule’s best hope against the violence wrought by demons. The only problem is that Sam is really Lady Samantha, daughter of the seventeenth Duke...
***Updated on Sundays*** The gods have died and the arkanists have been blamed. Ash and darkness cloak the land, the Evernight, the free folk call it. Daemons rise from the shadows and the nights are long. Alone upon the road, heading to the College at Oldtowne, Hale finds refuge within a book. That book is called, T...
Ever since 17-yr-old Leiv learned she was next in line for the Dragon Throne, her life has turned into an endless cycle of of death and destruction. It seems everyone will do what it takes to get Leiv on their side. But Leiv knows she is no ones pawn and she's out to prove she is a force to be reckoned with. Cover w...
Sequel to Dragon's Treasure. This is only a longer excerpt. Due to copyright issues, the fully edited and final version is only available on Amazon, Nook (B&N), Kobo, iBooks and GooglePlay. It is highly recommended you read Dragon's Treasure first. © by Maya_2011/Maya Starling
"She was the girl who longed for the freedom of the dragon, and he was the dragon who longed to be a man." A heroine reclaiming her fate. A dragon with a secret. A prince on a quest. Olivia flees to the forest seeking freedom from her family's demands. She finds refuge in a cave, only to discover it is a dragon's lair...
[Watty Winner 2012, Fantasy / Teen Fic / Adventure / Romance] Stars. For millennia, humans have stared up at the sky watching them light up the night. Unknown to most, they've been watching back, protecting us and keeping us safe from dangers. However, in the land of Astron, two girls are struggling to keep themselve...
There was a time when the king of the human world raged war between humans and dragonkind, forcing their rulers to seal the portal between both worlds and leave the one thing they loved above all else behind. Now, in a land full of turmoil, one huntress learns of her bloodline and how she alone has the ability to har...