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Christopher Marlowe the Craftsman
Contributions to this volume explore the idea of Marlowe as a working artist, in keeping with John Addington Symonds' characterization of him as a "sculptor-poet." Throughout the body of his work-including not only the poems and plays, but also his forays into translation and imitation-a distinguished company of established and emerging literary scholars traces how Marlowe conceives an idea, shapes and refines it, then remakes and remodels it, only to refashion it further in his writing process. These essays necessarily overlap with one another in the categories of lives, stage, and page, which signals their interdependent nature regarding questions of authorship, theater and performance his...
Night of Zealotry
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The Hall of the Wood
A chilling warning. A fragile alliance. Impending doom. Jerrick Bur returns to a home he doesn't recognize. The King's Patrol has vanished. Their Hall stands empty. An invading army encroaches upon the fringes of the forest and folk whisper of a sitheri witch brewing evil from the darkest hollows. Once a patroller, always a patroller, and so Jerrick is duty-bound to investigate. He is joined by Kayra Weslin, knight errant, and her chronicler, Holly, who go to answer a plea for help from nearby Homewood. Along with Murik Alon Rin'kres, an eslar sorcerer who harbors a secret purpose all his own, the four embark upon a mission to unravel the mystery of the missing patrollers and somehow stop an ancient force of darkness from consuming them all. KW: epic fantasy, fantasy, action, adventure, sword and sorcery, magic, witchcraft, witches, witch, wizards, ranger, mercenary, soldier, mysticism, symbolism, woods, forest, dryad, fae, faerie, fairy, goblin, gods, goddesses, devils, demons, myths, legends, deities, thriller, mystery, suspense, battle, female lead, ghost, dark fantasy, haunted forest
The Hall of Riddles
A timeless guardian. An unsolvable riddle. An eternity spent trapped. When Master Elsanar sends Aaron into the Underkeep to retrieve a special instrument, Aaron never suspected he’d wind up trapped in a secret dwarven treasure hall. Good thing Shanna is there to keep him company while they wait to die of thirst, hunger, or worse. Their fortunes change when the treasure room’s guardian makes them a deal: solve his riddles, and he’ll set them free. Now, they only need to figure out a series of riddles no one has ever solved before a second guardian—one who doesn’t negotiate—comes to end their lives. KW: epic fantasy, fantasy action adventure, sword and sorcery, magic, elementals, wizards, alchemy, mysticism, symbolism, steampunk, infernal machines, infernal devices, golems, ancient treasure, dwarven treasure, myths, legends, riddles, thriller, mystery, suspense, female lead mc, female leadership, gaslamp, coming of age, mythology, steamfantasy, science fantasy, underground adventure, prequel
Fine Wine
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Engines of Alchemancy
Elemental magic consumes the world and only a sorcerer's apprentice who knows nothing about magic can stop it. The Alchemancer series begins. Chaos erupts in the Barony of Fallmere when a surprise elemental attack destroys Norwynne Keep. Aaron Shepherd and Shanna Bonnerman survive, but Shanna is soon lost in the fallout of the keep's destruction while Aaron is forced to flee for his life. Unbeknownst to Aaron, Shanna becomes a captive of the enemy who destroyed their home. This enemy, a savant who claims to follow the path of science, speaks of ancient, infernal devices and a quest to reclaim the greatest of them all. Certain the savant means to kill her, Shanna is instead surprised when she...
Squallies
Murder and mayhem result from government experiments in producing human-ape hybrid "Super Soldiers" in pre-World War II America in this period mystery thriller by Cryptozoologist/Author, Scott Marlowe
The Assassin's Cunning
Some days it seems like everyone wants you dead. The deadline for the Black Guardsmen to leave Alchester has come and gone, and now it’s up to the Assassin Without a Name to act on his threat. While he’s not above killing every last mercenary for the trouble they’ve caused him, he decides on a different course of action when Gwendolyn Goddard requests a meeting. In exchange for killing a rival, she offers to call off her Black Guard watchdogs. The catch? The mark is Atticus Drake, a trusted friend and ally. Meanwhile, the Warders and Jakaree continue to pursue their dark agendas. For the Warders, frustration leads to more direct action against the Nameless Assassin and his continued in...
The Nullification Engine
The city of Brighton promises new beginnings for Aaron, Serena, and the taciturn eslar, Ensel Rhe. But, upon their arrival, Aaron and Serena are arrested for their role in the Chaos of a week ago, while Ensel Rhe slips away on business of his own. The pair are given the opportunity to plead their case before the earl himself, whereupon they are released and assigned a very special duty, for deep below the palace lies the Nullification Engine, an ancient machine completed hundreds of years ago but never activated. Until now. While Aaron and Serena struggle to unravel the machine's mysteries, Ensel Rhe confronts his past once more when he learns his daughter has come to Brighton, but in the company of one of his greatest enemies. A race against time begins as Aaron comes to realize the Nullification Engine was never turned on for a reason, for once the machine reaches a state of full nullitivity, it will destroy Brighton and everyone in it.
The Goddard Affair
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