Paul Kearney

A novel that will enchant readers of J.R.R. Tolkein, C.S. Lewis and Philip Pullman. The fanastical appears in the middle of 1920's Oxford, home of Lewis and Tolkein as well as a young refugee looking to escape her grim reality. In 1920's Oxford a little girl called Anna Francis lives in a tall old house with her father and her doll Penelope. She is a refugee, a piece of flotsam washed up in England by the tides of the Great War and the chaos that trailed in its wake. Once upon a time she had a mother and a brother, and they all lived together in the most beautiful city in the world, by the shores of Homer's wine-dark sea. Anna remembers a time when Agamemnon came to tea, and Odysseus sat her upon his knee and told her stories of Troy. But that is all gone now, and only to her doll does she ever speak of it, because her father cannot bear to have it recalled. She sits in the shadows of the tall house and watches the rain on the windows, and creates worlds for herself to fill out the loneliness. The house becomes her own little kingdom, an island full of dreams and half-forgotten memories. And then one winter day, she finds an interloper in the topmost, dustiest attic of the house. A Romany boy named Luca with yellow eyes, who is as alone in the world as she is. In this way she meets the only real friend she will ever know.

The Wolf in the Attic

As the once great Fimbrian nations of the West begin to fall to heathen Murduk hordes, bloody religious fanaticism threatens to consume the land from within, and rogue mariner Richard Hawkwood embarks on an expedition across the Great Western Ocean to find a legendary lost continent and a safe sanctuary for survivors. Original.

Hawkwood's Voyage

1. Tough, gritty fantasy to compete with George R R Martin, Steven Erikson, and David Gemmell 2. By a critically acclaimed and highly praised author 3. The start of a brand new epic series 4. Retelling of the classic Greek history from Xenophon. 5. Supported by targeted marketing, including ARCs, advertising in the genre press and online support. On the world of Kuf, the Macht are a mystery, a seldom-seen people of extraordinary ferocity and discipline whose prowess on the battlefield is the stuff of legend. For centuries they have remained within the remote fastnesses of the Harukush Mountains. In the world beyond, the teeming races and peoples of Kuf have been united within the bounds of the Asurian Empire, which rules the known world, and is invincible. The Great King of Asuria can call up whole nations to the battlefield. His word is law. But now the Great King¹s brother means to take the throne by force, and in order to do so he has sought out the legend. He hires ten thousand mercenary warriors of theMacht, and leads them into the heart of the Empire.

The Ten Thousand

The electrifying conclusion to the Monarchies of God series finds the tentative alliance between the five Ramusian kingdoms severely tested as they prepare for battle against a shapeshifting immortal and his evil army of inhuman warriors. Original.

Ships from the West

When Himerius, a ruthlessly ambitious religious fanatic, gains a powerful and influential position in the religious hierarchy, three of the five Ramusian Kings who oppose him find themselves in a fight to the death in order to preserve their thrones. Original.

The Heretic Kings

Hawkwood's voyage

A Different Kingdom

As Abelyn of Hebrion succumbs to his injuries, leaving his kingdom vulnerable, soldier Corfe Cear-Inaf faces a difficult choice as he rises in rank to his own command, and the evil influence of Aruan, a shapeshifting immortal, begins to seep into the Five Kingdoms. Original.

The Iron Wars

Divided by religious loyalties, the Five Kingdoms of Normannia are unable to unite to battle their common enemy, the barbarian Merduk hordes, but now the people are threatened by political infighting, high-level intrigue, and a new invasion by a vicious race of shapeshifters led by the immortal were-mage Aruan. Original.

The Second Empire

Kings of Morning   [KINGS OF MORNING] [Mass Market Paperback]

The iron wars

When a power-hungry fanatic wins himself a highly influential religious position, threeresistant kings must fight a brutal war merely to maintain their thrones.

the lost island

Primeval

Michael Riven—a successful author and former soldier—has fallen off a mountain. Broken in both body and mind, racked with guilt and loss by the death of his wife Jenny, he withdraws into himself in the rural hospital where he painfully recovers. His readers are desperate to know what will happen next in the fantasy world of his stories, but neither writing, nor living, are of interest to him anymore. But there are others seeking the scribe out. Men of Minginish have begun a quest to rescue their blighted homeland, and have come between worlds. Riven will be asked to travel to a land both familiar and terrifying, which he once thought his own creation. The author must take up the companions of his stories—grim Bicker, fierce Ratagan and sly Murtach—and find a way to mend what was sundered.

The Way to Babylon

"It is twenty-three years since a Macht army fought its way home from the heart of the Asurian Empire. The man who came to lead that army, Rictus, is now a hard-bitten mercenary captain, middle-aged and tired. He wants nothing more than to lay down his spear and become the farmer that his father was. But fate has different ideas. A young warleader has risen to challenge the order of things in the very heartlands of the Macht. A soldier of genius, he takes city after city, and reigns over them as king. What is more, he had heard of the legendary leader of the Ten Thousand. His name is Corvus, and the rumours say that he is not even fully human. He means to make himself absolute ruler of all the Macht. And he wants Rictus to help him."--Publisher information.

Corvus

For the first time in recorded history, the ferocious city-states of the Macht now acknowledge a single man as their overlord. Corvus, the strange, brilliant boy-general, is now High King, having united his people in a fearsome, bloody campaign. He is not yet thirty years old. A generation ago, ten thousand of the Macht marched into the heart of the ancient Asurian Empire, and fought their way back out again, passing into legend. Corvus?s father was one of those who undertook that march, and his most trusted general, Rictus, was leader of those ten thousand. But he intends to do more. The preparations will take years, but when they are complete, Corvus will lead an invasion the like of which the world of Kuf has never seen. Under him, the Macht will undertake nothing less than the overthrow of the Asurian Empire.

Kings of Morning

In a dying world inhabited by humans, another race--one with unimaginable powers--once ruled, and young Rol Cortishane shares their blood in his veins and struggles to come to terms with his heritage.

The Mark of Ran

The world of Kuf, an ancient Assurian Empire, dominant, prestigious and thought to be invincible, is about to be shaken to its very foundations. An exile from the empire, the Great King's brother hires a force of Ten thousand elite mercenaries of a legendary race known as the Macht to take the throne by force. But when their employer is killed, The Ten Thousand find themselves abandoned. This is the story of their fight for freedom.

Paul Kearney

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