Author:
Alex McGilvery has been reading since before he can remember, and writing almost that long. He has published 18 books and is author and editor at his imprint Celticfrog Publishing. He lives in Kamloops with his dog and the stories clawing their way out of his head.

Not all devils come from Hell.

Marriette wants to escape her father, accepting an arranged marriage to a cripple, never expecting to find someone she could love.

Zeb is trapped in a weak human body forced to do the will of the mage who summoned him. The cost of his defiance is pain and destruction to all around him.

She sets out to change the Kingdom. If the mage gets his way, Zeb will destroy it.

The Belandria Tarot

The Gap didn't look dangerous. A broad valley meandered through mountain peaks on either side. Flowers filled the fields lining the road with dying colour. 


"Lots of people have tried to settle here." Dedrick waved at the fields. "It would be a profitable place for an inn, but there are too many bandits robbing caravans who go through the Gap." He walked out ahead of the caravan with Harald and Rodrigo. "I didn't have any women with me last time; I paid the toll they demanded and got on my way. I've heard of caravans who argued, or tried to sneak through and were slaughtered to the last man."


"They can't interfere with shipping too much," Harald shaded his eyes to look along the valley, "or the Emperor, or whoever he's put in charge here, would come in and clean it out. They haven't because it would cost more than they would save. I wonder how many rumours they started themselves."


Chapter 43: Page of Swords