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The Adventure Concludes!
All the Time in the World
(Book 3 in The Adventures of Mackenzie Mortimer trilogy)
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All the Time in the World: Mac has left Gramps’ diary behind in the future and Victoria Carmichael’s ex-husband, Jeremy Bentaine, has stolen it along with Gramps’ journals. Now, Bentaine Industries seeks to be the sole possessor of time travel technology... and that means eliminating Mackenzie Mortimer before he discovers the pocket watch! But Mac has followed Gramps’ trail to WWII Nazi-occupied Belgium, where he must use his future technology to stay alive, locate Gramps, and unite a pair of star-crossed lovers. The horrors of WWII that Mac encounters will change him forever, but if the Bentaine family has its way, forever will be a very short time for Mackenzie Mortimer!
Also By This Author
The Adventures of Mackenzie Mortimer: The Omnibus Edition
The entire trilogy collected in one huge book!
Published by Amber Book Company
Paperback, ISBN 978-1-935971-32-0.
Mackenzie Mortimer is a typical junior high geek: shy, awkward, late with his homework, and always late for class. He's never got enough time to do everything he needs; after all, there are only 24 hours in a day. But when Mac finds his grandfather's pocket watch hidden in a trunk, he discovers his days have an extra hour. The eccentric inventor's journal reveals the watch can add up to 60 minutes to a single day by freezing time around whomever controls it. When a crisis looms for Mac and his friends, time is running out… but fortunately, Mackenzie Mortimer has a few more minutes than anyone else.
Young Adult, Science Fiction.
Paved with Good Intentions
Book One in the Halos & Horns fantasy saga!
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Paved with Good Intentions: exiled on Earth, naive angel Gabriel and amoral demon Lucifer – in the human guise of Gabe Horn and Lou Cypher – form an unlikely partnership as private investigators in Las Vegas. Their adventures take them across the seven heavenly realms, into the nine levels of Hell, through the dream realm of the Dreamscape, and even through time to Camelot. Along the way, the pair encounter a wickedly funny assortment of angels, demons, witches, warlocks, vampires, and other supernatural creatures.
Darrell has devised some of the most imaginative characters in contemporary fantasy, including an intriguing array of protagonists (Miss Twitch, a Salem witch; Emma, a British schoolgirl and witch-in-training, and Morgan Summers, a Dreamwalker) and antagonists (sadistic witch-hunter Nathaniel Thornhill, a golem, a Paiute Shaman, the corporate vampires of Nosferatu, Inc., trampires, gangsters, and nefarious demons). Some of the vampires include Sharon – she's Jewish, crosses don’t bother her; Pandora – trouble follows her like a shadow; Claude – he’s too claustrophobic to use a coffin; and Artemus – a 10-year-old boy who’s been a vampire for nearly 457 years. But the real stars are the ultimate odd couple, Gabriel and Lucifer, whose comedic banter and improbable escapades will amuse and thrill readers and leave them asking for more.
The Halos & Horns saga continues in Book 2 And a Child Shall Lead Them.
And a Child Shall Lead Them
Book Two in the Halos & Horns fantasy saga!
Available in MOBI and EPUB formats and in paperback (ISBN 978-1-935971-11-5)
And a Child Shall Lead Them: Picking up where Paved with Good Intentions left off, the second installment in the the Halos & Horns fantasy series finds the angel Gabe Horn and demon Lou Cypher facing the Dark Gods in their bid for domination of the multiverse; Lilith, the mother of all succubi; and Armageddon! Ditzy vampire Pandora’s dating a werewolf! Resident witch Samantha gives birth to Alaric, but is his father Lou or the warlock Mordred? All your favorite characters are back, along with some intriguing new arrivals. And meet the kids: Emma the Cockney witchling; Siofra, the Irish changeling; Asabi, the African emere; Kaya, the Japanese hypnalis; and Artemus, the boy vampire. But how long can even these supernatural children survive now that the ancient child-devouring succubus Lilith walks the Earth once more?
The Halos & Horns saga continues in Book 3 To Hell in a Handbasket.
To Hell in a Handbasket
Book Three in the Halos & Horns fantasy saga!
Available in MOBI and EPUB formats and in paperback (ISBN 978-1-935971-12-2)
To Hell in a Handbasket: Picking up where And a Child Shall Lead Them left off, the third installment in the Halos & Horns fantasy series finds the angel Gabe Horn and demon Lou Cypher questioning their roles, as each embarks on a personal journey to discover his humanity.
The cast of characters must adjust to the changes brought about at the conclusion of the previous installment. With the Devil taking charge of Heaven, Gabriel rebels, searching for answers in the most unlikely of places. As Samantha ponders his proposal, Lucifer finds himself a reluctant ruler. Síofra, the Irish changeling, must adjust to life hiding from Alaric in Japan with the ingénue Kaya, unaware of the girl's deadly secret. Cody Fenris is placed on trial for his life by the werewolf clan's Council of Wolves. The shocking secret guarded by Detective Mordecai for a lifetime will change the lives of two characters forever! A familiar figure rises from obscurity to seize the reins of power at Nosferatu, Inc., while Morgana le Fay seeks vengeance for the fate of her son, Mordred, igniting a war between Dark and Light Fae.
The Halos & Horns saga concludes in Book 4 The Witches' Cauldron.
The Witches' Cauldron
Book Four in the Halos & Horns fantasy saga!
Available in MOBI and EPUB formats and in paperback (ISBN 978-1-935971-13-9)
The Witches' Cauldron: Picking up where To Hell in a Handbasket left off, the fourth and final installment in the Halos & Horns fantasy series finds the angel Gabriel and the demon Asmodeus fighting for their lives against Baphomet and his demonic horde; Lucifer brought for judgment before the Eternals for the murder of Cholestra; and Samantha joining forces with her sisters Drusilla and Calliope against the sorceress supreme Morgana le Fay and the Dark Fae. Will Emma regret her decision to stand by Damien? Will Damien find a way to halt his rapid aging? Will Detective Mordecai survive? And if not, will he take the unrevealed secret of his daughters to the grave? An Empusae attack on Nosferatu, Inc.'s Japanese headquarters not only threatens Chiyoko's territory, but will change Kaya's life forever. Meanwhile, one character must journey back in time to 17th century Salem in search of the secret to defeating Morgana. But what other secrets does the Salem coven hold? No one is safe. As the Halos & Horns saga draws to its conclusion, who will survive?
Also By This Author
The Halos & Horns Omnibus Edition
Published by Amber Book Company
Softcover ISBN 978-1-935971-20-7
Hardcover ISBN 978-1-935971-18-4
This deluxe, 904-page Omnibus Edition contains all four volumes in the Halos & Horns fantasy saga, replete with new color illustrations; the comprehensive “Guide to the Halos & Horns Multiverse” detailing each character, place, and object; the author’s previously unpublished essays on the mythos; and the novelette The Pandora Chronicles, a preview of the forthcoming spin-off, Fangs & Fur.
Halos & Horns: The Omnibus Edition reintroduces readers to Gabriel and Lucifer, on the lam from their respective realms, Heaven and Hell, seeking sanctuary on Earth as Las Vegas private eyes; their secretary, Samantha Twitch, a witch; a team of vampires that includes claustrophobic Claude, 10-year-old Artemus, Russian spy Valentina, happy-go-lucky Pandora, and Sharon Mordecai, daughter of the local homicide detective. They meet Síofra, an Irish changeling; Asabi, an African emere who travels between Heaven and Earth; and Kaya, a Japanese girl with a deadly secret. Our heroes face many threats, including the Dark Gods who seek to rule our dimension; demons like the ancient Lilith, mother of all succubi; witch-hunters; and deadly Dark Fae creatures.
Each chapter is a story,
a patch in the fabric of a larger quilt. Now, collected for the first time in a single volume, readers can immerse themselves in the patchwork woven by Keith B. Darrell.
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” - Hamlet (Act 1, Scene 5).
A naïve angel and an amoral demon discover the truth of Shakespeare’s words, when a wager between God and the Devil lands them on Earth. In the guise of Las Vegas private eyes “Gabe Horn” and “Lou Cypher”, the archangel Gabriel and trickster demon Lucifer embark on personal quests of their own in search of their humanity. Their journey is also a physical one, spanning both time and dimensions, through the centuries to Camelot and 17th century Salem, exploring the seven Heavens, the nine levels of Hell, the Dark Dimension of the ancient Dark Gods, the Otherworld of the Fae, Thenesia – an ancient land of swords and sorcery, the somnolent realm of the Dreamscape inhabited by dreamers and their dreams, and the eerie emptiness of Limbo.
Beneath the prosaic veneer of urban life, mortal humans live in blissful ignorance alongside preternatural and supernatural creatures: warlocks and witches, vampires, werewolves, the Fae, kitsune, and creatures whispered of in African, Irish, and Japanese myths. Seers gaze at the Sands of Time as the golden grains tumble through the mystical hourglass, seeking to divine what the Fates have woven. Through these memorable characters and exotic settings, the author explores the nature of good and evil, free will versus predetermination, man’s inhumanity to man, universal versus moral relativism, nature versus nurture, loss of innocence, coming of age, death, love and friendship, the quest for power, individualism, sacrifice, and faith versus doubt, among other literary themes.
Book Five in the Halos & Horns fantasy saga!
Flashbacks
Fangs & Fur story arc, Book One
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Book One in the Fangs & Fur series!
The Vampires and Werewolves You Only Think You Know! Pandora's a carefree party girl who just happens to be a vampire. With her best friend Sharon Mordecai, a hybrid vampire; her boyfriend Cody Fenris, a werewolf; and Cody’s sister Lupe, who transforms into a wolf, they run Nightstalkers Inc., a private detective agency. Pandora and Sharon also belong to Nosferatu, Inc., a worldwide corporation set up to provide relocation services for vampires, who cannot remain in one place indefinitely, lest the “breathers” question why they never age. Other Nosferatu members include 10-year-old Artemus, the boy vampire; ex-KGB operative Valentina Petrovna; the maladroit, claustrophobic vampire Claude Gauthier; the vagrant "trampire" Seamus Callaghan; and the corporation’s international board of directors: Lady Chiyoko in Japan, Callum in Australia, Isra in Dubai, Amadi in Africa, Magda in Hungary, and its CEO, the mysterious human known only as Remick.
First introduced in the Halos & Horns fantasy saga, these vampires and lycanthropes have their own stories to tell. These tales in Flashbacks shed light on their dark pasts while sowing the seeds for the next two books in the Fangs and Fur trilogy. They can be enjoyed as individual vampire and werewolf stories, or read by Halos & Horns fans to learn more about the characters populating that saga, or viewed as the prologue to the story about to unfold in the Fangs & Fur trilogy.
Book Six in the Halos & Horns fantasy saga!
Nightstalkers
Fangs & Fur story arc, Book Two
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The Vampires and Werewolves You Only Think You Know!
Nightstalkers: When a Grigori unwittingly entrusts trouble-prone vampire Pandora with an ancient leather-bound box containing primordial evil, what could possibly go wrong? At least Pandora doesn't know her best friend slept with her boyfriend. Or that her werewolf beau has been targeted for revenge by one of his victims. Her BFF Sharon – the hybrid vampire infused with an angelic life force – has enough to worry about now that a deranged scientist/occultist is creating his own Frankenstein monster and requires an angelic life force to animate it. He's resurrected the spirit of Jack the Ripper to supply the body parts he needs from Las Vegas prostitutes. Should Kennedy be worried to walk the city streets?
After a Valkyrie whisks the Nightstalkers, Inc. team of private eyes – vampires Sharon and Pandora, and lycanthrope siblings Cody and Lupe Fenris – off to the Otherworld dimension of the Fae to recover Thor’s golden gauntlets from the Dark Fae's leader, the Morrigan, the team will be forever changed. And how does that tie in with their new landlord Kitty Bast, an Egyptian cat goddess?
Book Seven in the Halos & Horns fantasy saga!
Nosferatu, Inc.
Fangs & Fur story arc, Book Three
Available in MOBI and EPUB formats and in paperback (ISBN 978-1-935971-29-0)
The Vampires and Werewolves You Only Think You Know!
Nosferatu, Inc.: In this volume, Remick and the shareholders of Nosferatu, Inc. face an array of deadly threats, including Dracula and his Legion of the Undead; the resurrected Malik and his army of demonic vampires, the Empusae; and Romulus and his rogue werewolf clan. Join Artemus the boy vampire, Claude the claustrophobic vampire, ex-KGB vampire Valentina, and corporate directors Lady Chiyoko of Japan, Callum of Australia, Isra of Dubai, Amadi of Africa, Magda of Hungary, and Callaghan as they face their greatest challenges yet!
Also By This Author:
Fangs & Fur: The Omnibus Edition
The entire trilogy collected in one huge book!
Published by Amber Book Company
Paperback, ISBN 978-1-935971-43-6.
The Vampires and Werewolves You Only Think You Know! All three novels in the Fangs & Fur story arc - Flashbacks; Nightstalkers; and Nosferatu, Inc. - collected in one huge omnibus edition. A perfect companion to the Halos & Horns Omnibus, this volume is 7x10 like its predecessor and features brand new cover artwork and an interview with the author. Clocking in at just over 600 pages, the Fangs & Fur Omnibus fills the gap between the previous Halos & Horns story arc and the subsequent The Age of Magic story arc.
First introduced in the Halos and Horns fantasy saga, these vampires and lycanthropes have their own stories to tell.
Book Eight in the Halos & Horns fantasy saga!
Alterverse
The Age of Magic story arc, Book One
Available in MOBI and EPUB formats and in paperback (ISBN 978-1-935971-40-5)
"In a world without hope,
in a land of darkness and despair,
where chaos has replaced order,
one boy leads a ragtag band of rebels against omnipotent forces."
The forces of Chaos have defeated those of Order and recreated reality. The result is a dystopian multiverse ruled by the Dark Gods and policed by vampires who serve as their high priests. Into this Alterverse comes a heavensent African, gender-switching, interdimensional traveler who now finds himself permanently stuck in female form and tasked with the unenviable job of restoring reality. He/She must locate 17-year-old Alaric, son of the imprisoned witch Samantha Twitch and the banished demon Lucifer, and help him form a rebellion. But in this altered reality familiar faces are not who they may seem and some who had died now still live. Pandora and Cody's teenaged children Quinn and Ursula join Alaric's nascent resistance alongside the demon Asmodeus, Grand Duke of Hell Eligos, Nitrate (an emotive from the Dreamscape), Kita the kitsune, and a Kunoichi (Japanese female assassin) against overwhelming odds, as they seek not merely to change the world but the entire multiverse, and overthrow the gods themselves.
Book Nine in the Halos & Horns fantasy saga!
Warriors & Wizards
The Age of Magic story arc, Book Two
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In The Age of Magic, Anything is Possible!
Taking place 15 years after the conclusion of the Halos & Horns story arc, The Age of Magic marks Lucifer's return to the series but much of the story follows the next generation: the c
hildren of Samantha (witch) and Lucifer (demon) Cypher; Pandora (vampire) and Cody (werewolf) Fenris; and Kita (kitsune) and Reggie (mortal) Forster. Alaric Cypher spends his summer before starting college in Japan with the family of the kitsune Kita, where he finds love and danger. Lucifer travels back to the ancient land of Thenesia to aid the barbarian King Caliban and the wizard Balthazar in their fight against the Dark Gods. Bartholomew follows twins Quinn and Ursula Fenris through a dimensional portal to the Otherworld, where the Morrigan is preparing for final battle with Hecate, the goddess of all witches. A traitor is discovered at Nosferatu, Inc., and Asabi returns to Siofra after Alterverse... but in a dramatically different form.