One Thousand years ago Norse explorers reached North America during the Viking Age.What if they had stayed?Join the adventure as we begin rewriting one thousand years of history!*Loki's Rage will continue the Markland Settlement Series first begun in The Landing as rival colonies and bloodlines go head to head.Will Godsland continue to prosper? What of Lakeland, weakened not just by the Uprising, but...

Welcome to Norse America!In this collection you will find the first four instalments of a grand retelling of history. The beginnings of a glorious saga befitting the Viking age!The Norse settled Greenland in 985AD and reached continental North America not long after - almost five centuries before Columbus - but left.What if they had stayed?Imagine what may have happened, how the world we know might be different…Would the British still have built thei...

Lae Ossard: Two Souls GraeCan what is fallen rise again?All who have tried to take Ossard from the cultists who claimed the city have failed, but no nation is capable of launching the awesome military campaign the Fifth and Final Dominion of Lae Wair-Rae can.In Yamere, the Horn of Ansilsae has been sounded and the Lae Velsanans are ready to sail to war. They are so certain of victory, they have already declared the name of what will be their newest ...

***"Taber delivers a dark, riveting read" - Megg Jensen"Really well realised female lead" & "Great take on a magic/religious system" - Trudi Canavan"I stayed up all night" - Sara Douglass"A dark fantasy world that will suck you in" - The Newcastle Herald"Brave... Innovative... Bold..." & "Recommended for readers of Robin Hobb, Sara Douglass & Fiona McIntosh" - Stefen Brazulaitis, columnist, Australian Bookseller and Publisher Magazine***Ossar...

Lae Ossard: One White RoseCan what is fallen rise again?All who have tried to take Ossard from the cultists who claimed the city have failed, but no nation is capable of launching the awesome military campaign the Fifth and Final Dominion of Lae Wair-Rae can.In Yamere, the Horn of Ansilsae has been sounded and the Lae Velsanans are ready to sail to war. They are so certain of victory, they have already declared the name of what will be their newest ...

Following on from the third Ossard book, Ossard's Shadow:Juvela and the Prince have reached Ba Er Kaan, a ruined ogre city of the dead, where her truth will be revealed.But they are not alone.Meanwhile, far to the west, Sef and Anton have reached the borders of the Dagruan heartland in Kalraith.Yet they are pursued.And back in the Northcountry, the cultist controlled city of Ossard finally begins to rise anew.

Two Norse boys, a raft, and some unbroken rules to test.Join Ulfarr and Brandr in the new Norse settlements west of Greenland, as they do what adventurous boys do best; push boundaries.Welcome to the early years of Norse America!***Young Ravens and Hidden Blades is a standalone short story that reads as a boys adventure tale.If you have already discovered Colin Taber's alternate history setting, The United States of Vinland (USV), this short takes pl...

What people are saying about The Fall of Ossard:"Really well realised female lead" & "Great take on a magic/religious system" – Trudi Canavan"I stayed up all night" - Sara Douglass"A dark fantasy world that will suck you in" - The Newcastle Herald"Brave... Innovative... Bold..." & "Recommended for readers of Robin Hobb, Sara Douglass & Fiona McIntosh" – Ste...

Welcome to a drowning world.Long ago, the world offered prosperity and hope for all, but not now. In a new age, after the end of the Dragon Wars, the world is instead scarred and slowly dying. The storms above roll with greater fury, the forests wither, and the seas are ever-rising.Where once great ports sat by the sea, waves now wash over their submerged towers and walls. Once green farms that reliably delivered bounty are now more and more swamped and sto...

Welcome to a drowning world.Long ago, the world offered prosperity and hope for all, but not now. In a new age, after the end of the Dragon Wars, the world is instead scarred and slowly dying. The storms above roll with greater fury, the forests wither, and the seas are ever-rising.Where once great ports sat by the sea, waves now wash over their submerged towers and walls. Once green farms that reliably delivered bounty are now more and more swamped and sto...

What if?What if the descendants of the Vikings who settled Greenland and went on to reach North America around the end of the first millennium had stayed?Five hundred years later, would Christopher Columbus have arrived to the south of an eastern seaboard dotted with centuries old settlements and towns hosting devotees to Thor and Odin?Might the Norse have gone on to build a nation as dominant as the United States of our own world?A thousand...

Book One Of The Red Sub-SeriesThe year is 2037AD.Red: Mars is being colonized by the communist Chinese.White: The Moon is Russian, but now, just like great swathes of the Siberian steppe, no longer loyal to the Putinists in Moscow.And Blue: The US is leading a new western renaissance, free finally from the draining trials of the Third Gulf War and decades of economic malaise. The nation, optimistic and resurgent, plans to return to ...