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About the Author
A Goodreads Author.
The ACCIDENTAL ARCHMAGE SERIES and the ARCANUM ASTRAY SERIES.
More on Adar mythos and dark serialized short stories about Adar: https://soloflyte.blog/
Author’s email: emb.iwrite@gmail.com
Fantasy and science fiction have always been my favorites. Especially those from the era of dime novels and genre magazines, the time when both were still deemed fringe. Those stories spark the imagination and bring a reader to worlds and concepts beyond his reality. Though I have to admit, reality is fast catching up with science fiction. Fantasy, on the other hand, is being enriched by today’s gaming and movie technology.
My writing preference is fiction anchored on a familiar fact – be it mythology, historical facts, existing mythos, or even a physical feature. Something one knows exists in the real world. It makes immersion in the grand adventure easier and more enjoyable. A book may be an author’s creation but it doesn’t mean that there couldn’t be a common point of reference between the writer’s story and the reader’s experience. Or even between readers.
Writing started as a hobby. On free serialized novel websites. For the pleasure of writing and sharing one’s stories. Mostly a stress-relief exercise. I was fortunate that other people found them engaging and enjoyable. To my readers, thanks!
I still write on the free websites. But unlike full-length books, readers do have to wait for periodic installments. And I welcome constructive feedback and engage readers in discussions about the mythos as the comments and discussion sections of such serialized stories will show. But I do try to avoid spoilers.
Enjoy the journey.
Favorite reader comments –
– *dun dun dun*
– Norse God of dating?
– Tyler, you were doomed the moment you said that. Even if the author didn’t announce your next book’s title.
As I said, have fun. There are innumerable worlds out there. Explore, let your imagination fly. Unlike our protagonist, there’s no dark Elder god, a tentacled monstrosity, a stabby assassin, or vengeful deity waiting outside your door.
Other Books by the Author:
The Accidental Archmage Series
AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
BOOK ONE
Ragnarok Rising
An epic fantasy on another world. With a modern twist.
What if you fell through a crack in reality? Like those people disappearing in plain sight you have read about.
What if you find yourself in a strangely familiar world? A world full of Earth’s mythological beings, lost civilizations, and people from its primitive and brutal past? Where magical energy still exists.
A place where gods play games among themselves, with the fate of mortal men as pawns. A land where a sword is deadlier than a five-inch thick contract drawn by a hotshot lawyer. Would you survive?
That’s Tyler West. Alone, lost and bewildered, the three moons in the sky made it clear he wasn’t on Earth anymore. It is not a game. It’s real. And there’s no coffee, pizza, fries, or his favorite show on HBO.
BOOK TWO
Gifts of the Greeks
Tyler’s journey continues. A strange land. New misadventures, friends, foes, skills, knowledge. Confused encounters of the female kind.
More deities become aware of Tyler as he continues his quest to survive, reach his potential, and carry out his burden.
The god of wine wants to his friend. The war god Ares and his sons are coming to say hello. What could go wrong?
NEXT IN THE SERIES
COMING 2018
BOOK FOUR
VOID LANDS
Release date to be announced.
An accursed land. A nexus of dimensional portals. A place where even deities fear to tread.
Leaving the bloody Aztecah conflict behind, Tyler pursues a cult of dark Elders responsible for the orgy of blood magic and a war for empire. A chase which lead right into the Void Lands. A vast territory where strange and vicious beings and monsters prowl.
Bordered by powerful empires dominated by new pantheons, the First Mage is again faced with the plots and machinations of gods and men alike. To stop the conflict which threatens to engulf the eastern part of Adar, he has no choice but to try to stop the shadowy overlords of the Aztecah Empire.
But to reach the Void Lands, our mage has to deal with Loki. A deity he suspects of having his own grand play for dominance. And Tyler doesn’t know who is worse. The Norse god of mischief or the dark Elders?
Magic, deception, power, plans within plots, mythological beings, and creatures, dark and evil mages, lost lore, devilish artifacts.
And an Aussie gamer in the mix. A level 62 paladin, though.
COMING 2018
BOOK FIVE
The TARTARUS GAMBIT
COMING 2018
The Chronicles of Adar:
MIGRATION
(A Prequel to the Accidental Archmage Series)
The Great Migration has begun. Magical entities, gods and creatures all escaping from an Earth losing its magical energy. Without magic and man’s belief, even gods will die.
A new world beckons. Full of magic. Of new life. Of novel opportunities. Of war. Of death.
Yet to cross over, a price needed to be paid. Magical energy. In a world fast losing its magic.
This is the story of how the world of Adar came to be. And in the telling, the chronicle of the journey of an obscure war-god to escape to Adar with his people. Against all odds. Against nearly every magical deity.
COMING 2018
STORIES OF ADAR
Tales from the Abyss
Fantasy-Horror.
Before the Elder Archmage arrived on Adar, it was already a world of gods, men, and other beings. Adventures, rogues, mercenaries, mages of every cloth, kings, emperors, and mortals were present in every civilization, tribe, and other gatherings of humans. A barely explored world. With riches, priceless magical artifacts, and raw power enough to found and rule kingdoms and empires. Or at the very least, enable a very comfortable retirement.
These are their stories. Treasure hunts, quests, explorations, and other ventures inspired by human greed and curiosity drove them. They only need to wager their very souls.
(A companion book to the Accidental Archmage series; Stories are not in chronological order and take place in Adar’s past and present)
All Rights Reserved. 2018.
A New Series by the Author:
ARCANUM ASTRAY
ARCANUM ASTRAY
Book One
MAGIC IS DISAPPEARING!
The Remarkable Adventures of
Master Professor Lucius K. Henry, S.M.*
*under appointment to His Imperial Highness, The Emperor of Burgundy
“Albion, stay here. I am going inside. You’re a stampcrab sometimes. Can’t have you ending the world. That’s the job of mad mages. You’re not there yet.”
An alternate history. With fantasy and humor spicing the mix.
A battle won. A Duke victorious. History changed with one missed deadly blow.
Three hundred years after winning the decisive Battle of Nancy, the Royal House of Charles the Bold had turned a dukedom into an Empire.
That’s the world of Master Professor Lucius Henry. High Mage of the Order of the Sacrum Abies. Summus Magister. High Professor-at-Large of the Imperial University of Learning, the elite institution of higher magical education in the Empire of Burgundy.
Magical knowledge had flourished and evolved for more than three hundred years. A tool, for better or for worse. And now it is the cornerstone of civilizations, empires, kingdoms, and humanity’s very way of life.
But something is terribly wrong. Magic is d
isappearing.
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This series is a sequence of magical adventures involving investigations by our imperturbable professor with the slightly stiff upper-lip and his fearless assistant.
Each story will be complete by itself. Language will be a bit archaic due to the milieu.
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