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OUR AUTHORS
Committed to Inclusive, Diverse Storytelling
RANDI ROYER
YA/NA Fantasy
Randi Royer is a high school Spanish teacher who loves travel and local coffee; she is 6 ft tall and still decides to wear heels every day.
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She published for the first time in her early teens, selling hundreds of copies and going on a book tour to local schools to celebrate never being too young to follow your dreams. She is rebranding the Crescent Trilogy with our publishing house for the fifteen-year anniversary in 2027. In the meantime, the first installment of her new War of Markets trilogy, Bloodkings & Blacksmiths, releases in Spring 2023.
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Connect with her on Instagram @randithewriter
WAR OF MARKETS
The Kingdom City of Oshulle is run by the Five Markets, sects of the Underground that keep the Above and Below at a precarious balance. Kings and bloodkings must toe the line and play nicely, lest a civil war tear the city apart.
Opposite sides of their Kingdom's class system must find a way to ally themselves to the powers of the Above and Below to avoid a Market collapse--or worse, a War of Markets.
Welcome to the City Oshulle.
BLOODKINGS ANDÂ BLACKSMITHS
WAR OF MARKETS BOOK 1
The Kingdom City of Oshulle is run by the Five Markets, sects of the Underground that keep the Above and Below at a precarious balance. Kings and bloodkings must toe the line and play nicely, lest a civil war tear the city apart.
Asher, a blacksmith in the South Market, hides a profitable business in the Below--paralyzing guilt keeps him working to the bone to provide for his injured brother, and establish power and coin to keep everyone he loves safe. But the Markets are unpredictable, and don't take well to its prisoners attempting to be in control.
Prince Cayder has always lived in the shadow of his elder brother, as well as his own mistakes that have left him sickly and burdened by unseemly rumors. To help bolster his title and reputation, the King sends him on a mission in the Below Markets, to find a blacksmith and weapons dealer, so the Below Markets don't cause more political strife in the Above with the other two Kingdoms. Heavy with his own bitterness and grief from a recent loss, at least this gives him an excuse to leave the Sky Palace for a little while.
After a dangerous encounter with a rising bloodking in the West Market, and a siege on the harbor from a Smuggler crew back from exile, the two boys on opposite sides of their Kingdom's class system must find a way to ally themselves to the powers of the Above and Below to avoid a Market collapse--or worse, a War of Markets.
Welcome to the City Oshulle.
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WAR OF MARKETS TRILOGY
The Kingdom City of Oshulle is run by the Five Markets, sects of the Underground that keep the Above and Below at a precarious balance. Kings and bloodkings must toe the line and play nicely, lest a civil war tear the city apart.
Opposite sides of their Kingdom's class system must find a way to ally themselves to the powers of the Above and Below to avoid a Market collapse--or worse, a War of Markets.
Welcome to the City Oshulle.
PROJECT CHOSEN ONE: TITLE TK
Featuring a cast of only villains who plot to get the Chosen One on their side, this upcoming series tackles what we will risk to have control and security, and what it really means to be a villain when we're all the heroes of our own stories.
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Rep: lesbian MC, diverse cast
THE CRESCENT TRILOGY 15-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PUBLICATION
Middle grade fantasy series featuring the struggle of right and wrong through the lens of gods who do not acknowledge morality. There are ruthless players pupeteered by these gods, and Izzy--a high school freshman with ADHD who just wants to pass Spanish--has to decide what she will do to keep her friends and family safe in a game of no right and wrong.
There are also shape-shifters.
Lots of shape-shifters.