Isobel is the Steel
In Path of the Spirit Runner, Isobel comes into her own. She conquers her insecurities and becomes a force to be reckoned with. Just ask the Prophet....
Countdown
Countdown to Feb 29… Path of the Spirit Runner publishes on everyone’s favorite magical day of astronomical alignment. What better date for an epic fantasy launch?...
Prisoner
Excerpt from Path of the Spirit Runner, Isobel chapter. Alone in a dark room, Isobel ached from a beating she couldn’t recall. She strained to hear the rushing waters of Glenayre, but the eerie quiet told her she was far from home. Isobel is imprisoned for sorcery after Red...
Spirit Runner Chapter 81 – Ball Game
Yea. Just what you needed. Another history lesson after I’ve been telling you since Chapter 1 that Rootstock Saga is not historical fiction. But the Ball Game reading is just too interesting to pass up. It’s almost surreal, the significance this game had in the cultural context of the...
Spirit Runner Chapter 79 – Chalyn
Synergy. A whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. Having someone with whom you are so thoroughly and completely connected that you are, by every meaningful measure, one. For someone who considers herself an unrepentant individualist, the idea of melding, of sharing my head with someone...
Spirit Runner Chapter 63 – Cattle Drove
Path of the Spirit Runner chronicles the tentative alliance that is growing between the Este and Rhynns. It also follows the coming of age, not only of Lamochatee in Tallu, but of the young Hawks in Rhynn. Riding guard on the grueling Aleron cattle drove is a rite of...
Spirit Runner Chapter 55 – Veridian
Veridian was an indulgence, I admit. Hope you found it as enticing a travel destination as I did. I need to book a vacation there. The glass sculptures described in this chapter came from visiting the amazing Chihuly art exhibition while it was at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in...
Spirit Runner Chapter 46 – Percy
Percy Walmsley’s role in the overall Rootstock Saga storyline is adding a bit more color and depth to the often-referenced Innish trade towns and the Surdisi in Tallu. They needed to be more than just crass cardboard colonials. Purely bad or purely good characters, or cultures, are unrealistic and...
Spirit Runner Chapter 41 – Last Straw
This is one of the pivotal chapters in Rootstock Saga. Seth has finally had enough. The guilt he carries over his part, real or perceived, in the decision to stand down from the fight for Rhynn freedom in Legend of the Storm Hawks hardens into resolve. And he never...
Spirit Runner Chapter 35 – Ayohotulee
The Legend of the Ayohotulee (or Thunder Birds, or Storm Hawks) told by Tybetha is derived from mystical creatures found in Native American mythology, but given a distinctively future-cycle retelling. If you’ve never read stories of the Thunderbirds or the Eagle and Condor, you should peruse a few of...