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Izra “Iron Belly” is feared across the sunlit seas, but when her greatest enemy finally corners her, she is heavily pregnant and outmatched. Thrown into the ocean amid fire and blood, Izra believes she has lost everything: her crew, her lover, and the life she fought to build. She should have died.

Instead, Izra awakens far from the sea in Magestone, a city of scholars, healers, and unsettling magic. Watched with suspicion and whispered awe, she must survive in a world that does not know what to make of a fallen pirate captain, while protecting the child she carries and uncovering the force that spared her life. Unseen by Izra, her unborn child walks another path. In a dreamlike realm of beasts, and ancient powers, the child, known only as Little One, is guided by an enigmatic Old Mother toward a destiny that will reshape more than one world.

Iron Belly is a mythic fantasy of survival, transformation, and motherhood. Gritty yet lyrical, it asks what strength becomes when violence is no longer enough and how legends are reborn not through conquest, but through endurance.

Iron Belly

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Simon & the Story Forge

Seven-year-old Simon Smart loves books, imagination, and adventure, but he never expects to enter a story himself. When Simon discovers a mysterious silver book hidden in a desert creek, his life changes forever. The book opens only for him, and when it does, it carries Simon beyond his Arizona home into Paraxnia, a strange and wondrous realm where stories are forged, time is questioned, and legends of mythology walk and talk.

There, Simon meets Old Captain, a roguish old knight with a troubled past and a whimsical nature. Together, alongside Simon’s loyal dog, now a massive and heroic companion, they escape dungeons, outwit guards, and begin a journey that ties Simon’s imagination to the very fabric of Time itself.

Woven through myth, humor, and heart, Simon and the Story Forge is a modern fantasy about courage, friendship, and the power of stories to shape who we are. Perfect for readers young and old, this enchanting tale celebrates curiosity, bravery, and the magic waiting inside every book.

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The Wandering Oak: A Novella

The Wandering Oak is a mythic epic fantasy set in the starving highlands of the Daneburg Mountains. Izra Moonborn, a northern chieftain's daughter is a political prize, until a visiting soothsayer’s touch turns the hall cold with one verdict: she’s pregnant. The accusation detonates Izra’s life: she is punished, labeled a “witch,” and left to freeze in the pillory as her own people prepare to put her to the torch. Serth Treefoot, a hardened thane loyal to her grandfather, spirits her away from injustice, and Izra rides into the wilderness with nothing but borrowed warmth and borrowed time. Her flight becomes something stranger than escape when animals begin to recognize her, and she finds refuge with “Lady Bear,” a bear-being who speaks of primordial powers and hints that Izra carries the scent of something ancient. Reaching the filthy, thriving sprawl of Mead Town, Izra cuts her hair, binds her body, darkens her looks, and vanishes into a new name, Aez working stables by day while war and rumor funnel killers ever closer. When Melkin the Morg finally corners her, Izra’s terror ignites into a force she barely understands, and she fights back with a ferocity that reshapes her from prey to survivor. With blood on her hands and freedom in her sights, she seeks the soothsayer who started it all, only to hear the impossible: her child will grow in her womb far longer than that which is normal, and her journey will stretch beyond a single lifetime. She will trade youth and strength for a mind that may not keep pace with eternity. As dawn breaks on a world that no longer contains “home,” Izra touches her belly, turns toward the sea, and steps into legend.

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