Book Listing - Series
Heir of Nostalgia- The Valerian Saga
It begins with a boy searching for his father, a father missing these last two and a half years. It continues with a man living his life one day at a time about to marry his best friend and the love of his life. Somewhere along the line the two meet, this boy and this man; what they discover about each other, and who they really are, will change everything.
Frightful signs in the heavens and on earth...
'A Gathering Darkness' is the exciting first book in the Valerian Series, a contemporary urban fantasy where 16th and 21st centuries collide. What comes after will change everything!
Most know me as Kaelynn Carroll, Theo's fiance, curator of the New York Museum of Art. What you don't know, is the darkness that stirs within me, a Pandora's Box of hunger and anger and disease.
What began as a simple trip to Britain to catalog a 16th Century Art collection would soon turn into a nightmare beyond anything I could imagine. For you see, between the darkness beneath the museum, and the return trip home, I lived another's life, another reality. Inadvertently I set something free.
Book Three- Coming Soon!
Spanish Edition-
La vida de Theo, un ingeniero de diseño de éxito, se pone patas arriba cuando conoce a Phillip, un chico de trece años que vive en las calles de Nueva York cuyo único deseo es encontrar a su padre. Juntos se embarcarán en un viaje épico, descubrirán una historia increíble, emprenderán la misión de encontrar una tierra mágica perdida en la historia y se enfrentarán a un enemigo despiadado dispuesto a hacer lo que haga falta para detenerlos.
Portuguese Edition-
Um novo prodígio, enfatiza E. Finlayson de Staffordshire, UK.Este livro pode igualmente ser apreciado tanto como um livro adulto, quanto juvenil. O elenco é fora do comum e o autor constrói o suspense e a atmosfera da história habilidosamente. Assim como outros críticos, eu dificilmente diria que esta história acaba aqui, e eu espero muito pelo Livro 2. Like other reviewers I could hardly put it down until it was finished, and I hope very much for a Book 2.
Italian Edition-
“Per rinascere, una fenice deve morire!”
Se avessi l’opportunità di cambiare la storia, lo faresti?
Immagina di essere un tredicenne solo al mondo, che vive per le strade della contorta e frenetica New York, di non avere alcun luogo per riposare, alcun luogo da chiamare tuo. Immagina che tutto ciò che sapevi essere vero, la storia della tua famiglia, del tuo paese, la ragione stessa della tua esistenza fosse una bugia, qualcosa che nessun altro al mondo conosce.
The Summer People
Leave it to the Serpent people to steal everything, including Jake’s parents. Determined to find them, Jake seeks out his next-door neighbors, the Twin’s Ashley and Elijah. Together with Merwin, a mysterious stranger of the Order of Rasputin, they begin a journey of discovery and fear, of a people called the Summer People, and their age-old enemies the sibilant.
Leave it to the Serpent people to steal everything, including Jake’s parents. Determined to find them, Jake seeks out his next-door neighbors, the Twin’s Ashley and Elijah. Together with Merwin, a mysterious stranger of the Order of Rasputin, they begin a journey of discovery and fear, of a people called the Summer People, and their age-old enemies the sibilant.
Our story continues, as Jake, Ash and Eli find themselves thrown in the midst of conflict between the Summer People, and the Serpent People. An ancient enemy appears, even as Jake finds out what it takes to be a Hero!
In Book Three, Jake and crew find themselves cast into chaos, as their 'just getting away's' get closer and closer to 'being caught's'. Can Jake find the strength to stand against the Serpent People, and free his parents?
Leave it to the Serpent people to steal everything, including Jake’s parents. Determined to find them, Jake seeks out his next-door neighbors, the Twin’s Ashley and Elijah. Together with Merwin, a mysterious stranger of the Order of Rasputin, they begin a journey of discovery and fear, of a people called the Summer People, and their age-old enemies the sibilant. Narrated by the amazing Rachael Sparrow!
Stand-Alone Novels
Horror- Thrillers
If you had one chance to change anything in your life, would you? If you could turn back time, live one more moment with a beloved parent,visit an old friend- or taken a road left untraveled, would you? If you had a second chance to right a terrible wrong, and perhaps remake the world and your soul in the process, would you grab it?
Book Four Bonus!
Chapter One
Sand between his toes, hair tangling in the wind. The sun, warm as a mother’s caress, golden across his skin.
Jake closed his eyes and wondered, ‘How many Once Upon a Times, have started here?’
In the distance, a lonesome seagulls cry.
The air tasted salty, like taffy from a carnival, or a Renaissance Fair.
I wish Mom and Dad were here!
But they weren’t here.
They were close, however. Closer than ever before.
So close I can almost feel them!
To either side stretched shorelines, pencil-thin, coral-colored sands bordered by wrack lines of dark green kelp, and clumps of spindly tall grass-
A shadow falls, crosses his-
“It’s time, isn’t it,” Jake asks, not looking up.
Ash sits down beside him, interlaces her fingers with his. “It is,” she says. “It’s time to go.”
She sounds sad.
Jake rests his head against hers. Her hair is pulled back in a ponytail, and she’s wearing a rough-woven, multi-colored shawl across her shoulders. “I knew it wouldn’t last,” he says. “Nothing like this ever does.”
Life had flown by lately, ever since he found himself in the Lady’s arms next to the Finger and Wall on ‘this’ side-
‘This’ side, with its golden skies, deepest shadows, and endless possibilities. Even now, after all this time, it still sounded so weird to say.
‘This side…’
They were in Landscape, a place Ash, Eli and the ‘Others’ called Pasage, with its radiant skies and fairytale-like lands. Not him though. He called this place, ‘Not Home.’ As in, ‘not my home because I haven’t seen my home for over two weeks, and my parents for three.’
That kind of ‘not home!’
An entire month, he moaned, completely gone! And what do I have to show for it, nothing but these clothes! He was wearing the all-to-common rough-woven tunic and pants, plain brown, as in blah, blah, blah brown.
The very worst kind of brown!
Man, he missed his cowboy hat and boots!
“You’re missing them again,” Ash said, “I can tell.”
“How,” he asked.
“Because your heart sounds sad,” Ash said.
“That’s because my heart IS sad,” Jake replied. “And it’s going to stay that way until we get everyone back home!”
“I know,” she said, watching the waves surge in, only to break and retreat.
“Hey, guys.” It’s Eli, from the dunes behind them. “Mom says ‘we gotta go,’ like now!”
“Okay,” they chorused, sounding exasperated. Groaning, Jake stood, dusted sand from his hands, and helped Ash up.
As she stood, Ash pulled her shawl tighter. Even with the new change in clothes, the wind from the dunes behind them cut, nearly to the bone. “And the ‘Others’,” she asked.
“Just as eager to go,” Eli said, before retreating into the shadows.
Jake turned. Beyond the grass-topped dunes, he could just make out the remaining vardo’s, their multi-colored roofs muted in the fading light. “It feels like we just got here,” Jake said. He loved the beach. “I wish we could stay here forever!”
“Me too,” Ash said. “Maybe after all this is done, we can come back. Wouldn’t that be great?”
“Sure,” Jake said. But deep down inside he knew better, they both did.
Where they were going, there was no coming back!
Breaking News
Update July 2019
Recent Review:
5 out of 5 stars- Visually gripping!
March 15, 2019 Format: Paperback
From page one this book grabs you and refuse to let you loose! The scenic descriptions rival any other. I honestly felt like I was dropped into the world of Jake, Ash and Eli taking part in their adventure. I can’t wait for the next part of this amazing tale!
But wait, there’s more! During the beta trials, etc. I was contacted by no less than (4) audio book narrators to turn this little beauty, into an Audible Book! (And it doesn’t even have any ratings yet- it’s so new to the world.) All this in less than a day of it’s ‘non-official’ eBook release! As such, I am pleased to announce I have signed a contract with the amazingly talented Rachael Sparrow to produce The Summer People- Book One. (Currently, it looks like late March or early April 2019 for the Audible Release!)
Rachael Sparrow is a voice actor whose voice has been heard on a variety of national commercials, video games, educational training videos and podcasts, from Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Xfinity and Google, to the Video Game Fairy, Cross of Redemption. Voicing “The Summer People” will mark her debut, full-length audio book.
As a Platinum member of voices.com, Rachael’s work was recently spotlighted, and she was interviewed as a mentor for new voice artists. Rachael is also the proud director of Sing! Voice Studio, where she trains and coaches young singers and actors. Rachael lives with her husband and two children in Bucks County, PA.
I am honored to have her tackle this project, and cannot wait to hear the final product.
Book Description:
Leave it to the Serpent people to steal everything, including Jake’s parents. Determined to find them, he seeks out his next-door neighbors, the Twin’s Ashley and Elijah. Together with Merwin, a mysterious stranger of the Order of Rasputin, they begin a journey of discovery and fear, of a people called the Summer People and their age-old enemies, the sibilant.
“To create peace the Summer People basically gave up their king,” Ashley said. “put in him shackles and chains, carried him off to the Sibilant homeland, a dark and terrible place with lots of screaming and pain. That’s the only way the Sibilant would stop fighting.” She leaned in then, began whispering. “According to stories, he’s still there today, waiting to be freed. Waiting for a hero to be born.” Eyes narrowing, “Waiting times such as these.”
“Time such as these?” he asked. “What’s so special about these times?”
“You,” Ash replied, eyes narrowing. Grabbing his hand. “It’s you, Jake! He’s been waiting all this time for you!”
About Us
Bestselling author S.M Muse writes, fun, action-packed adventures full of everyday magic, and darker than Mid-night foes. His characters are clever, fearless, and resilient, but in real life, S.M. is afraid of spiders, things that go bump in the night, and roughing it in the great outdoors. Let’s face it. S.M. wouldn’t last ten minutes in one of his books.
S.M Muse is best known for his Heir of Nostalgia fantasy series, and soon to be Urban Contemporary thriller, The Summer People.
Visit him at http://www.heirofnostalgia@gmail.com