Gaslamp fantasy. Dueling Starships. Jane Austen IN SPACE.
Jaglion Press publishes adventure fiction by Mel Dunay: stories where the characters fight tyrants, fall in love, escape murder charges, and occasionally save civilization, without losing their sense of humor.
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Pride & Planetoids — The Stars By Degrees, Book 1.
William Darcy, commander of Albion’s most powerful warship, keeps crossing Elizabeth’s path. His manners are cold, his judgment unerring, and he’s Mrs. DeBourgh’s nephew. Elizabeth isn’t sure which one is his worst trait, but she is sure that they are all unforgivable…
The Jaiya Metaseries (fantasy adventure and romance)
An adventurous family saga that spans two series: Jaiya and The Ancestors of Jaiya. Journey to a land where humans ride trains and carry cell phones, but they share their streets with insect people and trollfolk, and stranger things hide in the shadows. Cedar Sanderson, author of the Witchward series, called it “just as readable as action-adventure as it is romance” and binged all three in a week.
Read the complete Jaiya series → · Lore, outtakes and worldbuilding
Hunter Healer King (gaslamp fantasy)
Chloe Fortebat left her father’s ranch to come to the Old World, a place of airships, steampower, and monsters nobody talks about. Now she’s dodging werewolves and the only person who can help her is Dr. Maxim os Storm: a sharp-dressed monster hunter who’s trying to avoid his destiny as King of the Stormcrows.
Read the complete trilogy → · Lore, outtakes and worldbuilding
Star Master (space opera)
Living as a slave on a star freighter, Jetay dreams of freeing himself and his brother, and of wielding his powers openly. A secret mission for the Partisan Alliance might give him a chance to use his powers for good. But it might also put his brother in grave danger. If he can’t find a way to save them both, the battle against evil may be over before it begins…
Read the complete series → · Lore, outtakes and worldbuilding
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