The book is intense, encompassing everything from the action sequences to the interpersonal relationships. While intended for a mature audience, Battle Calm captivates with its compelling narrative.
2025 Finalist, Speculative Fiction, Utah Book AwardsBadger is the greatest soldier alive. He knows to never celebrate victories, no matter how hard-won, because the enemy never stops.When Badger succeeded his father, Red Skin, as Keeper Base Leader, he was well prepared, raised to handle anything the enemy threw at him. He was the best killer, and the most respected tactician. He knew Red Skin’s Laws like he wrote them himself. Most importantly, he was always calm, no matter how frenzied the combat. These were only some of the reasons why he still had all his original parts.Trinity would die for…
Two identical twins with contrasting personalities navigate fairy politics while trying to keep the bride, groom, and themselves alive. This creates a lively, entertaining story
World famous twin harpists Camille and Kennerly have only just begun to understand the mystical heritage handed down to them by their great-grandmother. As they struggle to figure out their role as Seers, and what that means, they travel to Ireland to play for a wedding. Upon their arrival, they discover that not all is as it seems. An ancient castle is home to their host and is filled with hidden passages and dark secrets. A brief encounter with the bride-to-be alarms them as the young woman reveals that she believes she will be murdered before the wedding. Camille and…
When Badger led his Keepers to Base Resurrection, he thought it was to a fresh start, a new Base from which to face the enemy. He did not know that the fighting would not end when leaving the trenches. He has to teach Red Skin’s Laws and relearn them himself, as the relentless combat with an enemy that never stops takes its toll, even affecting his closest bonds with Trinity and Korry. Those changes pale when lifelong truths are challenged by the discovery of the Omega Message.They were still Keepers. They fought, they killed, they lived to kill another day,…
It is twenty-five years after the events of Price of Vengeance. Deirdre and her sisters have returned to their home planet of Etrusci after completing their training with the Finnian Shock Forces. Their homecoming plans are disrupted when their mother, High Priestess Celinia, and other leaders of the clergy are taken hostage and their father, Colonel Liam O'Connor, disappears. In their desperate search for their father, they discover that the Rebellion is secretly building weapons that could end civilization as they know it.
Meanwhile, Liam has been befriended by a Rebel war criminal, a woman Deirdre has sworn to kill. Will Deirdre cast herself into the role of judge, jury, and executioner, or will she discover the promise of mercy?
