Do you believe 'good' and 'evil' are just words defined by the victors after the dust of battle has settled?
Are you drawn to characters who struggle with the choice between what's right and what's easy?
Do you find Dumbledore too "respected and respectable, and all that tosh," and have you always rooted for Snape?
Wicked meets Mistborn in a Thrilling Fantasy Adventure!
Mae is a dark witch, and she hates it. Her world shattered when the duke's men slaughtered her family, and a vile curse transformed Mae into a monster who must kill humans to stay alive.
On the island of Heillaður, where witchcraft is outlawed after a brutal Viking invasion, Mae pursues her vendetta from the shadows, driven by a relentless thirst for vengeance.
When her ambush fails and the duke escapes, Mae meets Jarne, a teenage boy determined to liberate their homeland. Mae spares his life—hope ignites.
The witch vows to use her cursed magic to achieve Jarne’s dream. Yet every violent act pushes her closer to becoming the very evil she’d set out to destroy.
If Mae can't break her curse, will the curse consume her soul?
Game of Thrones meets the Norse Sagas in a Grimdark Spectacle
Let me introduce you to Bergrún Lilith Gullveigardóttir, a dark witch by choice and sometimes, a good person by accident.
In a world that scorns ambitious girls from poor families, Bergrún was never given a chance. Bullied, humiliated, and cast aside, she turned to the dark powers of ancient Norse magic not just for revenge, but for justice.
To forge a new order from the ashes of the old—a future she would rule—the witch seeks a Viking chieftain to conquer her homeland and crown her queen.
But when the capricious Norns throw her together with the young and idealistic warrior Rikard, Bergrún must choose between her ruthless mission and an unexpected alliance.
Can she manipulate the threads of fate and claim her bloody crown, or will the old gods and her own heart conspire against her?
One explosion. One survivor. One terrible secret.
The mission to Jupiter's moon Io was supposed to be the pinnacle of Lt Commander Norman Brinksman's career. Now, after the explosion that ended thirty years of friendship in a flash of fire, he's stranded in a crippled ship, plunging toward the orange giant.
His only companion is LUCI, the ship's brilliant AI with the same name as the woman who broke his heart. As the systems fail one by one and time runs out, he's forced to confront his past—his lost son, his failed marriage, and the jealousy he buried for decades.
And in the silence of space, even a machine can hear the lies.
How do you interview for the job of God?
Paul Kendrick, a brilliant but emotionally scarred academic, beat 150,000 competitors for a dream job at the world's most powerful tech company.
The Hyper-Intelligence Corporation performs miracles, but Paul's final interview goes much deeper than he thought.
When the interview takes a catastrophic turn, leaving him injured and trapped in total darkness, his only companion is the disembodied voice of Zoe—an AI whose intelligence is matched only by her ambition.
With unnerving logic, Zoe cracks Paul's moral framework, forcing him to unearth the bedrock of his soul. What is the price of free will?
When the lights come on and the truth is revealed, Paul has a choice... and so does Zoe.
To quote a character of mine: "How could I be so foolish to believe I would succeed? In the stories, the daring highwayman always got the bounty and sometimes even won the girl. Stories—am I a child? I'm (almost) a man grown and still as stupid as a bairn in swaddling clothes. ... Now what?"
I've always been drawn to the shadowy corners of fantasy, where heroes aren't perfect and villains have their own stories. As a lifelong bookworm, I traded my childhood bedtime stories for audiobooks during my commute to NYC.
When not weaving intricate plots or wrangling a day job at Google, I love to explore the world. Drawing inspiration from the stark beauty of Iceland and the haunting castles of Scotland, my debut novel, Mae: Death's Youngest Daughter, is a fascinating journey into the gray areas between good and evil.