Stranger Trilogy
3 primary works • 4 total works Complete
Book 0.5
The debut of a stunning new talent. A poor, young woman rises to the heights of a crumbling empire, where she must speak hard truth to power in order to save a world from chaos.
Everybody Wants Answers. No One Wants the Truth.
The Arunkel Empire has stood a thousand years, forged by wealth and conquest, but now rebellion is stirring on the borders and treachery brews in the palace halls. Elsewhere, in a remote mountain village, a young mother sells the prophesies of her sister, Amarta, in order to keep them and her infant child from starving. It's a dangerous game when such revelations draw suspicion and mistrust as often as they earn coin.
Yet Amarta's visions are true. And often not at all what the seeker wishes to hear.
Now in a tapestry of loyalty, intrigue, magic, and gold, Amarta has become the key to a ruler's ambitions. But is she nothing beyond a tool? As Amarta comes into her own as a seer, she realizes she must do more than predict the future. She must create it.
Book 1
The sequel to The Seer.
Finally liberated from her captor, Amarta—The Seer of Arunkel—travels south to Perripur, her former hunter—and lover—at her side.
She needs all the help she can get, because more hunters are tracking her, close behind.
As Amarta’s fame spreads across two countries, so does her need to understand herself, and to find others who can also see into the future.
Back in Arunkel, the man who once held Amarta's freedom—the queen's Lord Commander and Royal Consort—plays a deadly game with the aristocratic Houses. He must win if his queen and his child are to survive. He has not forgotten the Seer whom he once hunted, and held captive.
Amarta has not forgotten him, either.
Unmoored—the first book of The Stranger Trilogy—begins new adventures for Amarta, The Seer. Come explore this rich world, follow the court intrigue, and learn the truth about power.
Book 2
The hunted becomes the hunter as Amarta, The Seer, sets out across the land to find others like herself and to understand her own power.
On the way to the most famous predictor of all—the Heart of Seuan—Amarta walks the greatest wonder of the world: The Island Road, a living land mass that forms unpredictably, producing tremendous wealth for a lucky few.
As she travels, Amarta learns to wield her power in ways that even she did not foresee, at a cost that she could not imagine.
Innel, the former Lord Commander, is sold into anonymous slavery. On his way to certain death, he is instead given to a wealthy Perripin merchant. Does the merchant know who he was before?
Though they walk separate paths, Amarta and Innel's questions are one and the same:
Who am I now?
Maelstrom—the second book of The Stranger Trilogy—continues Amarta’s and Innel’s journeys through fantastic lands and powerful magic.
Book 3
The stunning conclusion of the trilogy that follows The Seer.
In the final book of The Stranger Trilogy, Amarta reaches the city-state of Seuan, where the Heart—a man famous for his predictions—awaits her.
As Amarta struggles to understand this extraordinary land full of threats and treasures, she resolves to protect those who cannot protect themselves, even if that means from herself. Step by step, Amarta unwraps secrets within secrets, coming to understand the cost of getting what she wants.
Innel at last gains a chance at redemption for all he has done, but can he pay the price?
The Seer and The Lord Commander's paths come together again, but their paths have changed them.
They meet as strangers.
Landfall—the third and final book of The Stranger Trilogy—brings Amarta’s and Innel’s journeys to a satisfying conclusion that will leave you breathless with wonder and wanting to start the journey all over again.