Books by C. E. Murphy

It has been twenty years since Eustace Fargo's justice bill was passed. There are new weapons on the streets and vast city blocks rising to the sky, as New York, California and Texas cry out for autonomy. Reeling from news of Chief Justice Fargo's death in service, the nation asks: has it all been worth it?

There is a story of a beast, and a merchant’s daughter, and a curse that must be broken.This is not—quite—that story.Amber Gryce believes in magic the way anyone does: as a thing of the past, marked now only by the long reign of an ancient queen sworn to live until her stolen son is returned to her. Such stories are romantic but distant for Amber, surrounded by family and wealth.But like magic, wealth can disappear. Left destitute, Amber’s family retreats to a forest holding far from their city home, where Amber’s love of roses leads her into the heart of enchantment, and draws her into a retelling of the tale as old as time….