Books published by Amphibian Press

Saving the world may have doomed them all.Keplan reels in the wake of grief and guilt at the blood on his hands. Outside the city walls, however, winter grows fiercer and droughts longer. Alea reforged the fractured world twenty years before--so why is it withering before his eyes? Then, just as he masters being a monarch, a prophet arrives spouting scripture about a One True God. Keplan's own mother killed the last gods, yet this one matches his description perfectly--and its wrath is about to fall upon Athrolan.Isolated within the same cold, marble walls as Athrolan's murderous king, Rih struggles to plot her rebellion leagues away from everything she has ever known. With an unexpected ally, she may have finally found a way to the Mirikin Hetmir--until tragedy strikes. With religious fanatics at their walls, blight in their fields, and a king floundering from addiction, Athrolan spirals out of control. Now Rih must choose between a mad king's life and her own revolution.

What Happens when you miss someone you've never met?With an alcoholic brother and a complicated friendship with her best friend's boyfriend, twenty-one-year-old Katie Winters has always used photography as an escape. But when a teacher prompts her to explore the very feelings she's been trying to ignore, Katie finds herself painting three mysterious words under an abandoned bridge: I miss you. The feeling is real, but after searching her memory, Katie can't think of whom she could have meant.Then Katie meets Robin, and environmental activist familiar to Katie in a way she can't place. His presence plagues her with the feeling that the last time they met, something went horribly wrong. In pursuit of answers, Katie finds herself caught up in a world of secrets, trouble-makers, barely-legal schemes, and images of a story that was lost long before her birth.

"How to Curse a Kingdom" - Cameron J. QuinnPantheon outcast and god of war, Armon fears more rejection when he's called home to marry the goddess of creation and balance. But Demtrie accepts him--even without the disguise necessary for his former lover. No sooner does he find happiness than he's plagued by the phantom cries of a baby. And the truth may curse the kingdom where he once found solace."How to Curse A Kingdom" takes place within the Starsboro sector of the Starsedge Universe and follows Trent and Zurik's ancestors."The Tempest" - V. S. HolmesBefore Nubon can lead her kingdom she must survive the trial to prove she's worthy--navigate the sea with nothing but her name and the clothes on her back. And between Nubon and the title of warlord lie leviathans, frigid water, and seven other potential heirs willing to kill for the crown."The Tempest" takes place in the world of Reforged, 200 years before the events of Smoke and Rain. "Men of Distant Souls" - R. T. DonlonExhausted and drunk, Levi stumbles out of a bar and into another world--one locked in a generations-old battle. Faced with unimaginable power and the balance of good and evil, Levi must decide if he'll run or take up the mantle for which his soul was made."Red and White" - Ariele SeilingRed and White's world is a cruel magical post-apocalypse where they only people they can trust are each other. When a mysterious dog begins to tail them, the sisters must decide whether trusting him will save their lives--or end them."Red and White" is one of several of Sieling's fairytale retellings.

There's only one person protecting them from The Things That Go Bump in the night… And she just arrested him.Detective Jennifer Morgan is new to Starsboro. When multiple murders drop in her lap she thinks they're fast-tracked to the courts. After all, she has all the evidence she needs to put Zurik D'Vordi away so she can focus on the serial kidnapping of women that's plaguing the town.That is… until her evidence is tampered with. Morgan can't leave Zurik to kill again-despite her captain's orders to let it go. Going rogue to protect her new home might change her life-if she doesn't lose it.Join Morgan and Zurik on the first installment of this paranormal serial! Action-packed and full of laughs, award-winning author, Cameron J Quinn, starts this series off with a bang!

NO ONE FIGHTS DIRTIER THAN AN ARCHAEOLOGISTArchaeologist Nel Bently has her own crew, her own research, and a private patron to fund her passion for dirt. With her trowel barely into the dry earth of Chile's coast, however, Nel learns she and her crew are being watched.Los Pobladores, known to Nel only as vandals and looters, take issue with any archaeologist brave or stubborn enough to set boots on their land. Nel is both and far from willing to give up the site that will make her career. She must keep her crew, her friends, and her life's work safe, but with a benefactor playing chess with their lives, and angry militants who may actually have a point, Nel is ready to fight dirty.X-FILES meets LARA CROFT in this snarky sci-fi about where we came from, and where we're going.

Enter the strange, dark worlds of four science fiction authors in this anthology from Amphibian Press."The Stalk" - Ariele SielingJack is a Digger, dumping dirt into the massive, mysterious Hole day after day. When she is summoned to the Stalk, a looming space elevator, however, she fears the worst. After all, every Digger summoned to the Stalk leaps to their deaths.This short story is a chilling science fiction retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk."How to Abduct an Alien" - Cameron J. QuinnWhen Zurik steps in to help an abductee, he finds an unlikely ally on the spaceship. Back on earth, however, his new friend finds himself on the examination table."How to Abduct an Alien" is set in the Starsboro Chronicles Universe several years before Episode One."Dead-Switch" - Cullen McHaelMax knows the seedy underbelly of espionage like the back of her hand--especially the black market "cannibals" who trade in upgraded human body parts. Now she wants out. But the only woman she can turn to for one last job may be the last person she should trust."Disciples" - V. S. HolmesLin's newest mission turns from glorified babysitting to a web of conspiracies, violence, and complex cultural heritage and she must choose between her brother's order not to get involved and the lives of the archaeologists she has put in danger."Disciples" is set in the Nel Bently Universe and takes place simultaneously with Travelers.

The only person on Earth she trusts ... is in spaceArchaeologist Nel Bently left Chile in the wake of murder, vandalism and UFO sightings. No sooner has the school semester started when cops are at her door. Accused of a murder she's not certain is her fault, Nel has no choice but to go on the run. She starts a game of connect-the-dots across New England following her gut and clues left by her elusive alien-benefactor-turned-almost-girlfriend. Running from the law isn't easy with her field pack and a handful of scorned exes to depend on. Between starvation, untraceable texts, and a harrowing journey through the wilderness, Nel is forced to question everything about the science she loves and the people she trusted.

Some heroes are as broken as the world they must reforgeA mad king's genocide destroyed Alea's home and left her sanity in tatters. Wracked with grief, she now faces a lonely life in a strange city. The war has other plans. Caught in the crossfire between the gods and their creators, Alea's new friend Arman abandons his idyllic jeweler's life-and his humanity-to protect them both from the coming terror.Across enemy lines, bastard lieutenant Brentemir Barrackborn is horrified by the blood on his hands. If he has any hope of redemption-or surviving the war-he must choose between his newfound family and the gods he worships.As Arman and Brentemir's sacrifices grow, Alea realizes that only the darkness inside her can end the bloodshed.¿Smoke and Rain won New Apple Literary's Excellence in Independent Publishing Award in 2015, a Literary Titan Gold in 2020 and became an international bestselling fantasy in 2019

How can they win a war when their greatest enemies are themselves?"Death hurt less than I thought. I wish I could bring that peace back with me. War doesn't scare me now, or this strange city, or life at home continuing without me. When she brought me back from that beautiful peace, my humanity stayed behind.I'm the only thing that terrifies me, now."Blood stains the land. With the gods' desperation, Azirik's mania grows. Away from her newfound family, Alea struggles to control the horrors in her mind and the power in her veins. What she must learn, however, is very different from the lessons the Laen wish to teach. Stuck waiting in a foreign city, Arman wrestles with new, fathomless fury. Coupled with the inertia of battle, his rage shatters friendships and taints alliances. Lives depend on what they learn, but war does not make time for history lessons.Sequel to the award-winning first book, Smoke and Rain .

"I did not appreciate peace until I was rotting in a Banis prison cell. Now I just want to stifle the person crouched in my head. I left looking for wisdom. Instead, I went mad."No one was prepared for the chaos mending the world unleashed. With Alea and Arman gone and the queen dead, Athrolan faces civil war. The kingdom fractures between two heirs-the disinherited and senile Daymir Blackhouse, and the Dhoah' Laen's rumored child. Except Alea's mad son is unaware of the power in his veins. Imprisoned in Ban, which teeters on the edge of its own war, his fragile mind may not survive the week, let alone a battle for the crown. The soldier who found him, however, sees more than an enemy in Athrolan, and uses her inability to speak to burgeon her growing rebellion.Whoever runs from the crown faster-and survives their bloodline's curse-will determine the Athrolani heir