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The Apprentice's Talent
Talents Universe, #1
- Book 1 -
- Talents Universe
2016
EN
Mei Zhen Kelly is a twenty-three year old computer programmer from Belfast working in Dublin for nearly three years. She's talented and very dedicated to her work. People think she'll go far, now that she's had her second major promotion. Only her Chinese mother called her Mei Zhen, her official name. Her parents died while she was at university and now everyone calls her Maisie. Wrapped up in her personal issues, she doesn't pay a huge amount of attention to the news of the alien starship...
Under the Stone of Destiny
Celtic Otherworld, #1
- Book 1 -
- Celtic Otherworld
2016
EN
Four teenagers are trying to end the ruinous war. They are a human, a runaway Elf Princess, a Dryad Mage and a Dwarf Wizard. Or at least that's what Caoimhghín (Kevin), the student Magus thinks they are.Most of the action is on a legendary Celtic Otherworld, in Magh Meall where all the Tuath Dé live. Out of food and close to despair in the mountains they are told to wait for another companion by Corbie, the rook Familiar of Dean David, from the Magi College.The cover is edite...
Goths and Rooks
Celtic Otherworld, #12
- Book 12 -
- Celtic Otherworld
2024
EN
Celtic Otherworld XIIWho is the mysterious Marianne that's started in Upper Sixth form after the Christmas holidays? What killed the two girls last term?The cover is based on "The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich.About 88,500 words excluding extras such as Conla and the Fairy Maiden
The Seven Talismans
Trader's Isle, #1
- Book 1 -
- Trader's Isle
2019
EN
Jorath is hardly adult but hopes to find the Talismans of the High Lords. They must do something to fight the people that want to eradicate their tribe.Set in a mediaeval style fantasy world, with no ship's clocks or black powder, this story is based on a novelization completed in 1992. The sequel was nearly completed in 1996 and now is called 'The White Fire Stones'. Both stories can be read on their own. There are now outlines for two more stories in the series.The cover is...
The Ending of Marion
Celtic Otherworld, #16
- Book 16 -
- Celtic Otherworld
2026
EN
Marion was exonerated by the Tuath Dé trial of the Russians. The mission to investigate Carmán's sons seems to be over, so Marion gets married. The Werewolves need sorted out. Marion is surprised,The cover is based on "At the First Touch of Winter Summer Fades Away" by Valentine Cameron Prinsep.About 60,450 words.
The Wooing of Marion
Celtic Otherworld, #15
- Book 15 -
- Celtic Otherworld
2026
EN
Marion takes a holiday but gets another Aés Sidhe job. Princesses have obligations as well as Balls.Stefan is concerned about the erosion of his Security Department so claims the sons of long dead Carmán are a risk because of the recent death of Anand, the self styled Morrígan.Marion is unsettled and depressed, but Alice has a plan.The cover is based on "Riders of the Sidhe" by John Duncan (1911)About 80,400 words.
Tom Óg and the Firebirds
Celtic Otherworld, #14
- Book 14 -
- Celtic Otherworld
2026
EN
Tom Óg realises he's only clerical staff and overheard; "He's not detective material", but Émer says he could be better than Nossie.Émer points out that Marion hired all orphans because she was an orphan too.Émer wonders where the Firebird feather that Anand dropped had come from. She suggests Anand's hoard is in the Kiranithiaen Mountains. Why doesn't Tom Óg investigate that with their help during the holidays?The cover is based on "Landscape with the Flight into E...
Jewels and Rooks
Celtic Otherworld, #13
- Book 13 -
- Celtic Otherworld
2026
EN
Celtic Otherworld XIIIMarion is concerned about the Detective agency that has opened across the street. Neamhain wasn't always the third member of the Morrígna. Originally the leader was Anand, not Badb. In this case it's not "mór" meaning big, greater or older, but an obsolete Gaelic prefix "mor" meaning terror, so Morrígna means Terror Queens. Morrígan is the singular Terror Queen.The cover is based on "The Valkyrie's Vigil" by Edward Robert Hughes.
The Mission's Talent
Talents Universe, #7
- Book 7 -
- Talents Universe
2024
EN
Talents Universe 7This novel is set about four years after the events of "The Legal Talent." Maisie has just returned from Morglun yet has to assemble an unusual "First Contact" mission to Andromeda with the support of the Arch Chancellor and the Military.The cover image is a photomontage.About 80,100 words
The Journeyman's Talent
Talents Universe, #2
- Book 2 -
- Talents Universe
2016
EN
Talents Universe 2Maisie is no longer an Apprentice, but a Journeyman studying to be a Master, three times over, at the Circle College for Talent, 80,000 light years from Earth, on Caemoria. But on a visit to Laramos city to sign a contract for her full spectrum colour system she narrowly escapes being murdered. Why does she want to own a Flitter? Why was the Mogul of House Funathim assassinated?Summer 2024 versionWhat will she spend her rapidly growing quantity of c...
Carrying the Shining Sword
Celtic Otherworld, #2
- Book 2 -
- Celtic Otherworld
2017
EN
Who has poisoned Megra and her father, the Emperor? Eilis (Alice) accepts she is different and reveals why to her four friends. They learn about Skandi culture and the forbidden Skand magic. They take ship to another continent in search of an antidote and answers.Cover: Edited detail from "The Love Potion" by Evelyn De Morgan.This is the Summer 2024 edition.About 54,350 words.
Dwarves and Rooks
Celtic Otherworld, #11
- Book 11 -
- Celtic Otherworld
2021
EN
Marion gets a contract from the Aés Sidhe to investigate the murder of a Dwarf Chief on the Reservation. Yet though her adoptive mother, Alice, is the Minister responsible, Alice has gone on a horse riding holiday on the Peacestead at Asgard.Obviously the Empress Megra has been told, but generally it must be secret. Alice wasn't expecting Marion to bring her staff.Marion has been practising shape-changing with her new cloak.This is the fourth of six "Marion and the Roo...











