This part below was more or less the first thing I wrote on this book, but took place very late in the book’s chronology, kind of an “All is Lost” moment. By the time I reached this part of the manuscript, writing through the story in mostly chronological order, it became clear that I needed to change a lot of things around. Some character beats and dialogue remain the same in the final version, but this first draft was different enough to where I thought it would be worth sharing now that the book is released. Warning: contains SPOILERS for a key plot twist; I advise against reading this post if you plan to read Hunter Healer King 3 and have not done so yet.
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Book Quotes: Undead Flight
Algomancers, The Psychic Vampires of Hunter Healer King
In the Hunter Healer King trilogy, “monster hunting” doesn’t just mean tracking werewolves and zombies. It means hunting the sorcerers who create them.
Algomancers are humans who bargained with evil forces to receive magical power. In exchange, they became psychic vampires who must feed on the pain and fear of others to survive. They command undead servants, transform people into monsters, and manipulate emotions like weapons. And when you see the words “monster hunting” in the context of this setting, “monster” means the algomancer as much as the creatures they control.
These are not sympathetic people. They target innocent children and animals, anyone beautiful or vulnerable, because innocence amplifies their power. They create suffering for sustenance. They are the reason Dr. Maxim os Storm carries a banishing dagger inscribed with ancient runes, and a revolver full of silver bullets.
Continue reading “Algomancers, The Psychic Vampires of Hunter Healer King”Video Tuesday: Snowy Visions Edition
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Chloe awakens in the snow and tells Maxim about her vision, where she saw him shining like lightning. A moment from Wolf’s Trail, Book 1 of the Hunter Healer King trilogy. Sometimes the most powerful scenes are the quietest ones.
Book Quotes: Wolf’s Trail
The Stormcrows of Hunter Healer King: Ageless Monster Hunters Who Talk to Animals
What if you could live for 150 years, but your entire people were dying out?
Dr. Maxim os Storm looks thirty-five years old. He’s actually seventy. He’ll stay in his physical prime for another thirty years, and won’t show his true age until he’s past a hundred. This longevity is the gift, and the curse, of the Stormcrows, a clan of people descended from those who escaped the fall of Thule three thousand years ago.
But living longer than ordinary humans is only the beginning of what makes the Stormcrows unique.
Continue reading “The Stormcrows of Hunter Healer King: Ageless Monster Hunters Who Talk to Animals”Video Tuesday: Werewolves of Noricum Edition
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Chloe Fortebat faces a werewolf attack, and only Dr. Maxim os Storm can help her. Wolf’s Trail, Book 1 of the Hunter Healer King trilogy. In the Old World, monsters are real…and the people who hunt them are the only thing standing between civilization and darkness.
When a Jaded Monster Hunter Changes His Mind: Maxim’s Journey in the Hunter Healer King Trilogy
What Does It Take to Impress a Monster Hunter Who’s Seen Everything?
Dr. Maxim os Storm hunts all kinds of evil things. He is the other protagonist and POV character in the trilogy, and all three books end with Maxim POV scenes. Maxim looks thirty-something but he’s actually seventy, with the jaded perspective to match. Even the prospect of becoming king of his people fills him with dread rather than excitement.
Continue reading “When a Jaded Monster Hunter Changes His Mind: Maxim’s Journey in the Hunter Healer King Trilogy”Video Tuesday: Book Trilogy Trailer Edition
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Meet Chloe Fortebat and Dr. Maxim os Storm in this trailer for the Hunter Healer King trilogy. She’s a rancher’s daughter facing werewolves in a world of airships and steam power. He’s a monster hunter avoiding his destiny as king. Three books of monster hunting, political intrigue, and slow-burn romance where saving the world takes priority over bedroom scenes. For fans of Patricia Briggs and Lindsay Buroker.
Continue reading “Video Tuesday: Book Trilogy Trailer Edition”From Gaucho Lifestyle to Monster Hunting: Chloe Fortebat’s Journey in the Hunter Healer King Trilogy
What if a rancher’s daughter discovered that monsters were real?
Chloe Fortebat left her father’s ranch in Silberne with nothing but her horses, her knive, and a mysterious inheritance. She expected to find a new life in the Old World. What she found instead were werewolves, necromancers, and a sharp-dressed monster hunter who would change everything. This is the story of how a pragmatic frontier woman became the co-protagonist of the Hunter Healer King trilogy.
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