'A brilliant writer.' Russell Tovey‘Thoroughly entertaining.’ OTEGHA UWAGBA‘Funny and beautifully revealing.’ BELLA MACKIE‘Wise, sharp and naughty.’ THE OBSERVER‘Herein lie the men of Raven Smith. Each of them has left a mark, a memory, a stain, whether they meant to or not. Some hit deep, and I caught feels. Some I discarded like a clip-on neck tie’

’Instagram’s answer to David Sedaris.’ ST STYLE MAGAZINE’Irresistibly readable.’ DOLLY ALDERTON’You’ll laugh. You’ll cry.’ LENA DUNHAMA hilarious, smart and incredibly singular debut from Raven Smith, whose exploration of the minutiae of everyday modern life and culture is totally unique and painfully relatable.Is being tall a social currency? Am I the contents of my fridge? Does yoga matter...

’Instagram’s answer to David Sedaris.’ ST STYLE MAGAZINE’Irresistibly readable’ DOLLY ALDERTON’You’ll laugh. You’ll cry.’ LENA DUNHAMA hilarious, smart and incredibly singular debut from Raven Smith, whose exploration of the minutiae of everyday modern life and culture is totally unique and painfully relatable.Is being tall a social currency? Am I the contents of my fridge? Does yoga matter ...

'A brilliant writer.' Russell Tovey‘Thoroughly entertaining.’ OTEGHA UWAGBA‘Funny and beautifully revealing.’ BELLA MACKIE‘Wise, sharp and naughty.’ THE OBSERVER‘Herein lie the men of Raven Smith. Each of them has left a mark, a memory, a stain, whether they meant to or not. Some hit deep, and I caught feels. Some I discarded like a clip-on neck tie’

Ezra Dantes built his empire on shadows and secrets, a man feared and revered in equal measure. But when the walls of his kingdom begin to crumble, and the ghosts of his past come calling, he faces an impossible choice—damnation or deliverance. Seraphina Vale, the only woman who ever saw beyond his ruthless exterior, stands at the crossroads of his redemption. As passion ignites and enemies close in, Ezra must decide: Will he surrender to the darkness that made him, or risk everything for ...

The first novel in Kim Ravensmith's 9-book series, "Fotheringale," introduces readers to a world of historical fantasy set in the 14th century, where a group of Indo-European explorers has founded a new land in the Far East. After a brutal thirty-year war decimates the male population, the nation falls under the control of a corrupt Ruling Council that enforces a system of oppression, requiring young women to endure forced labor on northern farms starting at age sixteen.

Henry Sarti, field engineer for Ram Magna, is perplexed by some unusual damage he finds on the magna lines south of Bridger, Montana, and he calls his old friend, Captain Bruce McDill of the RAM Magna Police Service to help him investigate. Together with two experienced Indian scouts, they camp near the magna line and in the middle of the night are witness to the crash of an unusual rail car. As the driver of that car escapes from the wreck and flees, one of Bruce's faithful wolf dogs purs...

Captain Parton Fleer returns from the rugged frontier of Farben to lead the Night Guard in Galeia, the capital of Fotheringale (p. 6). Instead of finding peace, he is thrust into a dark investigation (pp. 6, 15). A calculating serial killer is stalking the Flatown quarter, leaving a trail of victims with identical, chilling wounds (pp. 7-8).As the bodies pile up, Parton must hunt the murderer while fighting a silent battle within his own mind (p. 6). He is plagued by a fractured, f...

Bruce McDill leaves a secure job at the hydro-cycle factory in Milwaukee to seek adventure on the magna lines that span the globe and are powered by magnetism. He works as a spanner tech for RAM Magna, tightening the ever-loosening knuckle nuts on the pylons along the rail line and ends up leading a crew of techs along the line in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. The crew adopt the name "The Blue Dragons" from the coat-of-arms of Ingolstadt, a city in Bavaria that is the hometown of the only fe...

As a 'Protector of Fotheringale', Parton Fleer, Captain of the 9th Platoon of the Kellis Corps, roams the streets of Galeia at night searching for a murderer of women.In his daytime sleep he is tortured by nightmares and he recalls his battle experiences in the land of Farben, trying to realize the cause of his misery. Despite his distress, he continues to direct the search for the serial killer, and at the same time trys to work out the difficulties in his relationship with the only woman...

In a land where women are banned from the streets so that men may swordfight at will, a young rich boy loses his dissolute father in such a fight and is raised by his mother on a country estate with a group of orphan girls. When he is seven years of age he is taken to the city to learn the family business under the tutelage of the wise property manager. Eventually, he learns of the abuse of young women that has taken hold in the city due to the atmosphere of oppression that exists there, a...

Marta Frase, cousin of one of the most illustrious commanders of the Kellis Corps of Fotheringale, is serving in the 13th Army in far-away Farben and hoping to prove herself and thus repair a rift that has riven her family. When she is sent to confront bandits in the Goli Swamp, she is injured there in battle,and the trooper she loves disappears. While recovering in the mountain city of Calaria, she chances upon a map of a city far to the east she believes he was taken to, and despite the ...