Epic City

Hanz Waterman of the Seventh Fire Watch House is a firefighter and the chief criminal investigator for his district. Like the great river, Waterman’s life flows smoothly in the Burgevin capital, the City of Bridges, until he is ordered to investigate the murder of a woman attached to the mighty Khalzidi Empire’s embassy. Now, Waterman is caught up in the machinations of the rich and powerful. Will Waterman and his men find the killer before politics and technological change engulf the City of Bridges in a cataclysm of smoke, fire, and blood?

Wounded and alone, Jathen desperately tries to make his way back home to the Tazu Nation. His path is treacherous, as he is pursued by the traitorous Mikkal and the mysterious Sister. However, a Grand Artifact has chosen him as its guardian, and it may have other plans for the wayward moot. Torn once more from everything he's known, Jathen must not only find answers from the Artifact's past, but also learn to use his newfound abilities to save the populace of a city lost to time.

For Londoner Fern King, Annwn is her second home—the dream mirror of London, the city she loves. An astonishing world, a world where Dreamers walk in their slumber, their dreams playing out all around them. And Fern, along with her twin brother Ollie, is a Knight, a trusted guardian and protector of those Dreamers—and every night is spent in Annwn, fulfilling that previously only-imagined destiny to guard those who sleep. But Fern is struggling since the loss of her extraordinary powers.

Ancient grimoires. Deadly shadows. When magic calls, darkness answers... A pulsing blue grimoire hidden in the library stacks was never part of Vesper Ainsley's carefully ordered world. But when her friend Selene dies under mysterious circumstances, the ancient spellbook chooses Vesper as its new wielder, awakening a raw, untamed power within her that threatens to spiral beyond her control. Pursued by grotesque creatures and shadowy figures through London's supernatural underbelly, Vesper's only ally is the enigmatic mage Rafe. Together, they must navigate Nightreach—a shadow city that ...

Echoes of the past. Powers of the present. The deeper the truth, the darker the price. With her Resonant powers no longer a secret, Vesper Ainsley has become a target for every magical faction in Nightreach. But a greater threat lurks within her mind—vivid echoes of her friend Selene's final days, memories that aren't her own yet feel increasingly real. These dangerous visions may hold the key to stopping Lucian D'Arco—a mysterious figure whose dark magic threatens both the mortal and magical worlds. Her path collides with Detective Inspector Blair Calloway, who's investigating the ...

When the Radio City Theatres complex was conceived by New York's Associated Architects in the 1930's, the RKO Roxy Theatre was an important part of the scheme. Later renamed the Center Theatre due to a lawsuit over the use of the name "Roxy" by the owners of S.L. Rothafel's original "cathedral," the brilliantly designed building is the only major portion of Rockefeller Center to ever be destroyed. It fell to the wreckers in 1954 in a time when a full appreciation for its deco and moderne style had not come to fruition. It is a regrettable part of man's destructiveness in the name of ...

When Xavier, the youngest son of the corrupt king from the hidden city, appears in Ophelia's world, she soon realizes that her quest is not going to be as straight-forward as she had hoped.

A long poem in Kerouac’s freewheeling and spontaneous improvisational style, Mexico City Blues is a unique epic of sound, rhythm, and religion. Called superb sensory meditations, the poetry takes in life, death, and spirituality but roams widely across continents and cultures. Memories, fantasies, dreams, and surrealistic free association are all lyrically combined in the loose format inspired by jazz and the blues.

Luna est un jeune elfe argenté qui a grandi au sein d'une meute de loups. Lorsque des guerrières drows déciment sa famille adoptive, elle se réfugie chez son mentor, le Marécageux, qui lui révèle les circonstances de sa naissance. Dans le but de retrouver sa mère, Luna entame un long périple qui la mènera à Rhasgarrok, la cité souterraine des elfes noirs.

A thrill-seeking professor, William Knight, a former recipient of the Nobel Prize in Archeology, from Texas A&M University and two of his graduate assistants, one from Austin, Texas and another from Calgary, Canada, attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a hot air balloon built to support their journey for two weeks. Their mission was to find an island that records from the University Library in College Station, Texas showed the entranceway to a mystical island that would lead to the lost city of Altinova. Would they find the legendary plaque that held the secret to a lost city?

Visionary leader or despotic tyrant? Every day, the citizens of Lantern City ask themselves this of their young leader, Killian Grey, the fourth Grey ruler of the great walled city. But Killian is not the first member of the Grey family to elicit such a response. Rise tells the story of Isaac Foster Grey, the first leader of Lantern City. Isaac's battles through misfortunes and his ultimate quest to save his family intertwine with a burning vengeance against his father's killer and that man's plan for domination over every citizen in the land of Hetra.

Out of the ashes of the First Breaking arose the holy city of Deneth, a beacon of faithfulness that called unto it the wise and progressive. But beneath the veneer of magnificence lay a wicked world that governs without compassion or elegance. Yet as the city finds itself under assault from beyond, a lowly temple servant will upend the balance and set it on a course for salvation or destruction....

Clay ist jetzt Kapitän in der königlichen Armada. Eine tolle Beförderung, das steht fest. Schade nur, dass der Zeitpunkt denkbar ungünstig gewählt ist. Es steht nämlich ein Krieg bevor. Die einzige Hoffnung für Clay und seine Freunde ist die Suche nach einem uralten Schatz in den vergessenen Reichen auf dem Grund des Wolkenmeeres. Aber sie sind nicht die einzigen, die nach der verlorenen Macht suchen.

Fractured magic. Unraveling threads. The more they fight, the more everything falls apart. Vesper Ainsley's Resonant power has become both her greatest weapon and her most dangerous vulnerability. Now she faces her most impossible challenge yet — shadow magic spreads across Nightreach, the Threads are unraveling, and Lucian D’Arco grows ever closer to harnessing the Echo’s devastating power. Joined by Rafe, whose own magical connection grows deeper with each passing moment, and Detective Blair Calloway, whose street-smart determination matches her investigative skills, Vesper must ...

A family of commoners builds, morphs, and strengthens its character in the Ridgelands saga, moving toward its destiny amid hostile and degrading societies. The first building block of this family appears in Franchise as two city-states commit to a mutual iron-making venture. The cities claim moral high ground, fighting slavers and licentious elements, but display their own corruption.

Freja Jensen, contemplating retiring from BeeBop Publishing Group in Austin, Texas, received a brown paper parcel in the mail. She opened the package, and saw that it was from Lucas Hansen, or his pen name, Lucas Pedersen. With the letter was a manuscript. Another note received was from a doctor who asked to remain anonymous. Included in a small teakwood box was an ancient sistrum, an Egyptian musical instrument with magical powers, and had the etching of an ankh on top.

From tundra to desert, from prairies to rainforests, the trade routes of Ganelerdos converge at Sparrenfor, Enelarmos, Larpektis, and Torg-ra-Honne - the Merchant Cities. Fair exchange offers prosperity to the creative and industrious, whether human or elemental, and unearned riches to the ambitious and greedy.

The people of Minnesota believe the twin cities to be Minneapolis and St. Paul, but what they don't realize is the name actually refers to a parallel dimension known as The Realms, where creatures of myth roam freely. Humans stand only a dimensional barrier away from the most terrifying and horrible monsters imaginable, but there are select few who answer the cries for help, who guard the world of mankind and keep it safe from harm.

Astoria was a peaceful kingdom until the day Aegis shattered and their world was destroyed. Lewis and Mia, the brave King and Queen of Astoria, survived the world's destruction. But their peace is threatened by the beautiful yet dangerous Dark Elf, who will stop at nothing to find the elusive Shards of Aegis. With the guidance of the Shards, the Dark Elf is unstoppable. Who will survive her wrath? Can Lewis and Mia protect their people and their treasure, or will they fall victim to the Dark Elf's power?

This story originally appeared in Mindflights Magazine in Sept. 2008.

The City on the Rock is dying. It rests on Salan, Captain of the Tower Guard, to find out why.