About The Index Series
It’s never about what’s obvious. It’s never about the world, or the time, or the specific place – it’s always about circumstance, happenstance, and how people react to those things. Especially when your job is to keep planets whole.
It’s not a job you take, unless you choose to live it.
The job?
Keep the universe in order…and all it entails.
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The Revival Arc
Book 1: Mages (hard copy) (kindle) (nook) (smashwords) (read a sample)(shelfari page)(goodreads)
In a post-war universe, after two centuries of cleaning up after villains, restoring worlds, lives, and hearts, and ending wars and resolving conflicts, three young warriors finally say, “It’s time for a break.” However, they end up with more than what they bargained for as they resurface again in 21st Century New York City, with their break at a screeching halt.
As they hit the ground running and fighting, they confront a series of personal concerns that had become difficult to keep out of the work arena. How far will Shourron II go to ensure the job gets done? What made Rena take the original conflict so personally that she would violate the bylaws that she herself had written? Why does Vannara constantly insist that the galaxy’s greatest criminal is innocent?
Break time’s over.
(special thanks to Kaie Driscol for the synopsis)
Book 2: Secrets (hard copy)(kindle)(nook)(smashwords)(read a sample)(shelfari)(goodreads)
After a tentatively peaceful century, it’s time to celebrate – the old-fashioned way. The Mage Ranking Tournament is back and the renewing numbers of Mages are excited to see who of them is the strongest.
In the wake of the excitement, Rena receives an unlikely visitor.
What Emperor Rhyssius, Arriella’s father, doesn’t expect is an equally unlikely letter.
Some secrets simply cannot stay in the closet.
Book 3: Lineage (hard copy)(kindle)(nook)(smashwords)(read a sample)(shelfari)(goodreads)
In 34th Century New York City, a prominent businessman goes missing, following a series of incidents that had never been fully resolved. Suspicions of foul play arise to such a degree that it prompts Alex Kramer to call in some otherworldly help.
Arriella’s sister disappears on the job, and her last location takes Arriella and the Mages right back to Earth. While they are away, Emperor Rhyssius finds out that some ambitions never fully die.
It’s all about connections.
…isn’t it?
Book 4: Revival (Coming May 13, 2012)
If ever there was an unanswered question, it would be how Shourron I had the leech attached to him. An investigation had turned up nothing, and case had gone cold. Shourron I had since been plagued by nightmares that seemed to have no explanation, rhyme, or reason, and kept asking the question of “Who am I?” without an answer…
…until now.
Shourron I’s questions about his own checkered past are finally answered, with the big picture turning out to be more than anyone had ever given thought to, a picture that spans back to Rena’s youth. A friend must be buried, and it is soon time for another battle, to prevent something that, sixty-three thousand years ago, was not.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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The Succession Arc
Book 5: New & Old (Coming June 2013)
Shaken by losses at the Battle of Earth, the Mages come together once again to clean up the destruction that they had caused. However, the universal society around them is much more wary, and in some cases outright hostile to them. How far will some people go to oust those whom they perceive as intruders?
Emperor Rhyssius, gravely injured in his last battle, is faced with his mortality and is forced to make choices that he never thought that he had to make. Emperor of over six hundred years, well-loved by his sector’s citizens, he overcame his enemies and eventually made them into allies.
Some grudges linger longer than others, and the injured Emperor is about to find it out the hard way.
Book 6: Cause & Effect (In Progress)
Arriella and Kataria have to figure out the matter of succession to the throne of Rovillus. Much to their surprise, Morrhia resurfaces to stake a claim in her home world’s future, and takes her twin daughters to court…and she has the law on her side, with a con artist in the background. Who will rule Rovillus following Rhyssius?
Elsewhere, a killer is lurking, waiting for the perfect moment to unseat Arriella from her station as the High Mage. Corwin Jacobs is investigating the case, and finds some evidence that points to the guilt of an old friend long gone.
How strong can evidence get?
Book 7: Action & Reaction (pending)
