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THE WAY OF THE SWORD AND GUN -- Book 2 of The Malja Chronicles

For the past year, Malja and her companions have traveled the ruined lands of Corlin trying to bring order to the chaos of a world destroyed by magic.  But when Owl, a warrior skilled in the Way of the Sword and Gun, enlists their aid in facing a new threat from the North, everything changes.

Now, Malja must face Queen Salia -- a self-made ruler obsessed with taming the wild magical energies pulsing from a place known as the Library.  Magical energies that could drive her mad and destroy the world once again.

But magic this powerful can do more than destroy.  It could also help Malja unlock a path toward the desires she buries in her heart.  Desires that may tear her from those she cares for the most.

 

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THE WAY OF THE BLACK BEAST -- Book 1 of The Malja Chronicles

"I was hooked from the opening line, blown away by the detail and mesmerized by the characters ... I think I found myself a new favorite author!" -- Brandi Salazar, Fictitious Chronicle

Malja wants answers.  She wants to know why the two most powerful magicians in all of Corlin ripped her from her mother's arms, raised her only to fight, and then tossed her away to die at age ten.  She wants to know why they are trying to recreate the spells which caused the Devastation that wiped out most of the world's population, leaving behind skeletal cities and abandoned technology.  And she wants to kill them.

With Tommy, an orphan bearing the tattoos of a sorcerer, she crosses this shattered land.  Despite the challenges they face -- crazed magicians, guitar-playing assassins, mutated beasts -- Malja pursues her vengeance with a single-mindedness that may destroy all she holds dear, forcing her to make a terrible choice between the family she lost and the one she has built.

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10 Bits of My Brain -- a short story collection

“Stuart’s work defies pigeon-holing ... All of these pieces, though, show a master storyteller at the top of his art.” — from the introduction by David B. Coe.

This collection of ten short stories, including three all-new tales, runs from the tiny life of a fly to the far reaches of space, from an elderly witch in WWII’s Lublin ghetto to a dragon detective in the modern world’s harsh streets, from tattoos and chess games to robberies and betrayals.  These stories are packed with action, drama, and a bit of the weird.

 

 

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