The Stories of the Mortal Lands

Nana's never been one to accept retirement. Anyone can tell you that. But with time comes the creaking of bones, the soreness of backs and that pesky need for a daily medicine, for 'health'. When a grand-niece writes to her about an Apple Festival happening in her hometown, Nana all but jumps at the chance to strike out into the unknown once more.    

  Music is King in the distant city-state of Cincini. Though more social-servically-minded than it was in its earliest days, 'Sin City' still retains its origins in its bones, deep under the city and the boardwalks that make up its streets. When a beloved cabaret singer goes missing after a stellar performance, her accompanying bass players set out to find her and bring her home.  

  The Night of Falling Crowns brought travesty and war to every country in the Mortal Lands; Dr. Anthony Hewitt knows this better than most. Haunted by the dead that perished on his operating table, he leaves the military in search of a life where death is avoidable. But the grief and regret that haunt his every step will not let go of him so easily.  

The Astrovanis: The Ship of Dreams. Comissioned by the last King of Shimshar and said to be the most luxuious ship in the Mortal Lands. Until it vanished into the fog on the Night of Falling Crowns, never to be seen again. Until twenty years later, when wanted pirate Aramis encounters it on his own foggy night. What secrets lie below its decks... and will Aramis return alive?

Piero McCall tended to handle smaller cases; uncovering evidence of infidelity, lost pets, the occasional fraud case; stuff that was too unimportant to bother the Poartlind Police with. It all changes when a young lady comes to him with a request to investigate her brother's murder-A brother who was just found in one of the largest mass graves the Mortal Lands has ever known, right under Poartlind University.   Time to find out if he's in over his head.