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After five years at the most exclusive boarding school in Myrcia, it's time for young sorceress Moira Darrow to leave the mundane world behind. Traveling to a hidden mountain retreat, she hopes to continue her esoteric studies, but she'll have to contend with challenges she never imagined, and not all of them are magical. A collection of short stories, A Sorceress Made is the second book in The Moiriad series, following A Sorceress Born, and is perfect for existing fans of the Myrcia world and Moira as a character from The Last Bright Angel, or those new to this world of magic.
Moira Darrow was a little girl having fun in her rural village, until one day after an incident with flying pigs, she discovers she is a sorceress. Whisked away to school to learn about her powers, Moira's adjustment to the larger world is by turns touching, frustrating, and hilarious. A collection of short stories, A Sorceress Born looks at how a hillichmagnar discovers she is, in fact, an angel, and is perfect for existing fans of the Myrcia world and Moira as a character from The Last Bright Angel, or those new to this world of magic.
Just when you think everything is going well and life is perfect, a nasty surprise can come along and ruin your day. Into each life some rain must fall, but it's how we deal with these sudden cold downpours of misfortune that shows who we really are. In this collection of fantasy short stories, see a dilettante prince, a princess and her longsuffering best friend, a lovestruck sorcerer, and an unemployed acrobat deal with reversals of fortune.
What's the worst thing that can happen to a neurotic academic whose classes have just been canceled? A surprise visit from his fiancee and mother-in-law-to-be. This is the fate of Soren, a seminary student and teacher who was betrothed years earlier to a cousin he barely knew. The cousin, Winnie, is an energetic girl, longing for adventure, not the staid life of academia. Soren's only hope is his best friend and classmate, Ollie, who might be more than he—or she—appears. But Ollie has problems of his—or her—own thanks to a busted telescope and her—or his—crush on the best lens maker in town. But what they all must decide is whether love is a matter of contract or something magical written in the stars.
In the midst of a bloody civil war, Sister Morwen just wants to focus on prayer and charity at her convent. Unfortunately, her mother, Duchess Flora Byrne, happens to be the most powerful woman in the country, and she's just switched sides in the war. As an enemy army threatens the convent, led by a brutal warrior who mocks everything Morwen believes in, young Edwin Sigor, the rightful king, struggles to hold together his fragile coalition with Duchess Flora. If only his wayward sister could be more help. And if only his uncle weren't such a terrible general. Change is coming to Morwen and her little cloistered community, but old habits die hard.
Sorcerers, kings, and generals in the moments that changed their lives before their lives changed the world. Prequel stories to The Queen's Tower.
When the emperor dies, the nobility convene to pick his successor, and the most powerful sorcerer in the world has to decide which candidate deserves all his most devious support. It seems quite simple, but soon he finds himself confronting foreign interference, home-grown assassins, and worst of all, the memory of an old flame. Who knew fixing an election could be so hard?
These stories are about hopes and dreams and wishes. They're about characters realizing they've wanted the wrong things all along. They're about characters getting their fondest dream and finding it's not what they expected.They're about wishes that can never be fulfilled. They're about people who achieve their deepest desires, without understanding that it's all slipping away from them. We've got Morwyn Byrne, beautiful and intelligent daughter of a proud noblewoman, who discovers a higher calling. There's Molly Coburn, running out of money and ready to do anything to change her fortune. There's Timothy Woolrich, a promising young man who doesn't yet understand how far down the social ladder he is. There's Penny Ostensen, who only wants to find a school to match her intellect, but instead gets a front row seat to her parents' collapsing marriage. And there's Lawrence Swithin, Earl of Hyrne, who's started a relationship with a woman out of his league, but she's got plans for him that he never sees coming.
Before a happily-ever-after, there are a lot of disappointments. These are stories of people struggling to find their place, but not quite finding it yet. Stories of people who know their place and are scared of losing it. And stories of people who discover themselves, only to find something quite unpleasant. Prequel stories to Reunion Vale.
People and countries all have their turning points...even when no one realizes that is what's happening. See how some of the most powerful men and women in Myrcia and beyond react when they either know, or ought to have known, that one of these moments is upon them. (Includes a preview of Unspeakably Wooed, Reign of the Eagle, Book 3! Coming Fall 2022!)