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

Harald watched Marshal climb up to the trapdoor and unbolt it. It swung down and caught against the wall. Marshal pulled himself up into the room.


"You'd better get up here," he called. "You aren't going to believe this."


Harald climbed up next with Rodrigo on his heels. Joan and Suze were behind him. They were in the sparring room. Marriette lay on the table with an old woman praying over her and another woman leaning against the wall. Marriette had a knife in her swollen belly. Harald let himself be consumed by rage. It might easily have been Sarandia. He pushed the emotions away and walked over to the old woman.


"I need your strength if you are willing to give it." The old woman didn't turn around. 


Harald put his hand on her shoulder and the two women staggered away and crumpled to the floor. A force gripped him with harder hands than the binding.


Chapter 58: Ten Of Swords