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Fantasy books for adults and children.

The Mennik Thorn Series

Completed series

Shadow of a Dead God, by Patrick Samphire.

Cover for Nectar for the God by Patrick Samphire.

Cover for Strange Cargo, by Patrick Samphire.

Cover for Legacy of a Hated God, by Patrick Samphire. Art by Ömer Burak Önal.

Cover for The Dead Man: A Mennik Thorn prequel novella by Patrick Samphire. Shows the sillhouette of a hooded figure holding a staff with a background that looks like a gigantic, flooded, ruined building in which the figure stands.

Agatos, the White City. Wealthy, diverse, rich in history, and lousy with the power of dead gods.

Mennik (Nik) Thorn is a freelance mage, happy to scrape a living breaking simple curses and hunting ghosts, all the while trying to keep out of the way of the city’s corrupt high mages. But trouble finds Nik like flies find shit, and sometimes all that stands between his city and disaster is one second-rate mage.

A series described by author Juliet E. McKenna as “reinvigorating epic fantasy”.

Book 1: Shadow of a Dead God. Find out more | Add on Goodreads | Buy now!.

Book 2: Nectar for the God. Find out more | Add on Goodreads | Buy now!

Book 3: Strange Cargo. Find out more | Add on Goodreads | Buy now!

Book 4: Legacy of a Hated God. Find out more | Add on Goodreads | Buy now!

Prequel Novella: The Dead Man. Find out more | Add on Goodreads | Buy now!

The Casebook of Harriet George Series

Cover for The Dinosaur Hunters.

Cover for A Spy in the Deep.

Mystery, murder, and adventure on Mars…

Mars in 1815 is a world of wonders, from the hanging ballrooms of Tharsis City to the air forests of Patagonian Mars, and from the depths of the Valles Marineris to the Great Wall of Cyclopia, beyond which dinosaurs still roam.

Join Harriet George and her hapless brother-in-law, Bertrand, as they solve mysteries and try to save their family from ruin.

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Volume 2: A Spy in the Deep. Find out more | Add on Goodreads | Buy now!

At the Gates and Other Stories

Sixteen Stories of Magic and Wonder

Cover for At the Gates and Other Stories, by Patrick Samphire

A man searches for magic in the ruins of an old industrial estate. A prince finds himself in an awkward situation. A soldier discovers a something wondrous in the middle of a world war one battlefield…

“Love has a bitter heart,” Vaidwattie had told him. “That makes its lips all the sweeter.”

“No,” he had said. “Love is war. It glorifies us all.”

At the Gates and Other Stories is a collection of sixteen fantasy stories, including two exclusive to this collection.

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Secrets of the Dragon Tomb Series

Completed series

Secrets of the Dragon Tomb cover

Secrets of the Dragon Tomb UK edition cover

Cover for The Emperor of Mars.

The Emperor of Mars UK cover

Welcome to Regency Mars, a world of high Society, deadly danger, and strange clockwork machines. Pterodactyls glide through the sky, automatic servants hand out sandwiches at elegant garden parties, and in the north, the great dragon tombs hide marvels of Ancient Martian technology.

All twelve-year-old Edward Sullivan wants is to be left in peace to read his favourite magazine, Thrilling Martian Tales. Instead, he will be forced to save his family and the whole of Mars from a terrible plot.

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Book 2: The Emperor of Mars. Find out more | Add on Goodreads | Buy now