A dangerous and filthy lie is prevalent throughout the land of Ralium. Nobles and Kings would have their subject believe that the kingdom resting in a time of peace. They say there is no war. No attacks. That there is no death, yet within this supposed peace there is a darkness creeping over the land. Men adorned with gilded snakes for tattoos wander the land in numbers, dragging broken peoples in chains behind them. These men, known as the Venom, serve the Savage King. The leader of Venom and the Royal family were tied by a peace treaty, one that ended a war many years ago. It was how Venom managed to prowl on the land. The people had achieved their peace, while Venom pillaged lesser villages. The people achieved their false peace, while countless lives are ripped from their families. Yes, they achieved their heartless peace, as people were reduced to nothing more than objects. However, the presence of an escaped slave had shattered their peace. By telling them of an emblem that rested on the Savage King's war table. |Book One of the Archives of Ralium trilogy| Special thanks to @pennywithaney for helping me with the blurb and for making the cover!

On the run in a strange world after pirates kill her parents, Elise plows into Dorothy Blainwick, a young and powerful witch with a monster inside her. Like fire and water, the two have to learn to get along as they try to escape the law, ancient magic, and their own prejudices. However, there's something that neither one accounts for. While Elise runs and runs, Dorothy falls, in love. ~ ~ *Wattpad Featured, July 2017* *Wattpad Editors' Pick, December 2020* High Ranks: #3 Steampunk, #6 Epic Fantasy, #5 Transgender, #4 Witch

From the author of The Soaring Spirit, Kolbe, Land of Our Father, The Pitboys, Amoc, The Scribe, War, Belfast, A Tale of Two Winters, Orphans, and Sorting out Charlie, comes a sweeping new novel that spans the turbulent years in Irish history - 1916 to 1923. The 1916 Easter Rising wasn't just a military rising, but a cultural revolution too. The Nationalists tells the story of a doomed love affair between a revolutionary journalist and a headstrong Kerry born Cumann na mBan girl. The story also explores how the catholic church viewed events. A number of different characters appear in the story, both factual and fictional. A powerful tale of tragedy and love. The Nationalists is the first book of a planned trilogy.