Epic Fantasy
The Last Wizard Saga
December 2025
February 2026
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"As daughter of Harbin’s leader, the Dragon Head, Tamesan is expected to learn the traditional crafts and behaviours of a good wife because a dragonwarrior will choose her as his partner when she comes of age. But Tam doesn’t want to be a compliant wife. She wants to explore the mountain above her village and learn more about the world. A chance encounter with the Herbal Man, a recluse healer who lives on the mountain, gives Tam an opportunity to follow in his footsteps, against her parents’ wishes.
When the Harbin dragonwarriors sail south on their annual summer pilgrimage to fight dragons, Tam’s older brother travels with them as an initiate, but tragedy strikes, and Tam’s father and brother are lucky to return alive. For Tam, the fateful journey and her relationship with the Herbal Man reveal a dark and terrible secret that lies at the heart of her village’s culture and another secret that is hidden in the mountain, and she must choose whether to expose the lies and tell the truth that will forever change everyone’s lives in Harbin or stay silent and submit to the village's cherished beliefs and traditions." The Last Wizard Saga began as an idea to write a fantasy novel that encouraged girls to look beyond the expectations of their parents and society to greater possibilities and choices, and evolved into a series showing four characters each coming of age as they learn who they are and can be. Book one, Tamesan, is told from the perspective of fourteen/fifteen year old Tamesan who does not want to be pigeon-holed into the traditional life of the wife of a dragonwarrior, especially when she discovers secrets hidden in her home. She is befriended by a hermit who lives on the mountain above her village and he offers her a life path like no other. Book two, Chasse, is related from the perspective of Tamesan's older brother, Chasse, who is training to be a warrior but struggling to understand how he can be a warrior without being a brutal being after he learns the truth of the life of warriors in his village. What he must do is fulfil his destiny which is to be the protector of his family. Book three, Jaysin is told from the perspective of Tamesan's younger brother who is considered strange because he does not play with other children and has no desire to be a warrior. Ambitious, and feeling that he lives in the shadow of his sister and older brother, Jaysin pursues power through magic. Book four, Harmi, is written from the perspective of the growing dragon whose very existence and safety is entrusted to Tamesan, Chasse and Jaysin. When her human family is in danger, Harmi must choose whether she will follow the path of the ancient dragons or forge her own way in a dangerous world. Print copies at $30 each plus postage can be ordered directly from Millswood Books by emailing [email protected]. We will provide an invoice with details for payment and, upon payment, we will send you the books you order. Depending on the printer, the turnaround is usually 2-3 weeks. Read the opening chapter to the first book in the series, Tamesan, by clicking on this line. |
The Dreaming in Amber series
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"‘You are pursued by the shadows of death, girl. The weight you will carry is more than any mortal should bear. But bear it you must.’
Meg Farmer doesn’t believe in magic, and she certainly doesn’t believe that she has inherited the Blessing, despite her mother’s hopes and prayers. But when an ancient sliver of amber reveals the truth, Meg’s life is changed. Forever. After the power of her magic leads Meg to inadvertently slay an enemy of the throne, she is summoned to the Shessian capital by the Queen to be trained as a Seer – against the wishes of men who think that a woman should be kept from such sacred knowledge. The amber takes Meg into unknown territory, especially when she unwittingly opens a portal into the grey dust of Se’Treya, the realm of the ancient Andrakian Dragonlords, because, in there, she finds a trapped soul." The Dreaming in Amber series began with four key ideas or motivations. The first motivation was to create a character who ages over the length of the series, which Meg does, from a teenage girl, through motherhood to old age. The second concept was to draw together the 'histories' and events of my previous fantasy series - Andrakis and Ashua - into this series to create a ten novel saga. The third challenging concept was to introduce Australian landscapes, flora and fauna into a fantasy setting. The final motivation was to give a favourite character from the Andrakis series - A Ahmud Ki - a chance at redemption. The four novels follow the struggles of Meg Farmer to accept her fate, her destiny, in a world that is both rapidly changing and facing doom at the hands of religious fanatics. Initially caught up in events, and unable to control the power she has inherited, she eventually learns what she must do and that she cannot have the 'normal' life she longed for as a mother and a grandmother. Print copies at $30 each plus postage can be ordered directly from Millswood Books by emailing [email protected]. We will provide an invoice with details for payment and, upon payment, we will send you the books you order. Depending on the printer, the turnaround is usually 2-3 weeks. Currently, the four books are also available through Amazon Australia in ebook and print version via the following links: THE AMBER LEGACY A SOLITARY JOURNEY PRISONER OF FATE THE DEMON HORSEMEN Read the opening chapter to the first book in the series, The Amber Legacy, by clicking on this line. |
The Ashuak Chronicles
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"If the Dragonkin take possession of the Genesis Stone, they will be all-powerful, immortal, and nothing will withstand their vengeance against the humans who tormented them in the past - but the Alfyn Old Ones stand between Ashan’e and her Dragonkin because they stole away the Genesis Stone and keep it hidden. The key to the great dragons repossessing their future is the fulfilment of a prophecy, through a cruel bargain with the Ashuak Dragon Priests.
Grandson of a Dragon Priest, and distinguished military general, Sukaal Vekesh is commissioned to take command of Sekesu, the Ashuak Empire’s southern province, a place exploited by Ashuak merchants who build their wealth on enslavement of the local Jaru population. A soldier of honour, Vekesh finds the sordid corruption in Sekesu distasteful, but he painfully learns that greed is more important to people than respect, and the province he inherits is embroiled in a merciless struggle between the rulers and the ruled. Against the tapestry of Jaru rebellion, led by the mysterious Death Tiger, two Jaru warriors, Shana and her brother, Kael, fight for their lives in the arena, for the entertainment of the Ashuak rulers, and become beacons of hope for the oppressed. In the Ashuak capital, Alwyn, a Jaru orphan raised by his adoptive father as a teacher, discovers he has a fascination and capacity for magic, which attracts the attention of the Dragon Priests, who see in him the answer to the Dragonkin’s prophecy. But Alwyn is drawn to his lost Jaru heritage, and begins a quest for identity that has unforeseen consequences." The motivation for the Ashuak Chronicles was a homage to the writer's favourite 'heroes' of the real world - Gandhi, Mandela, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King, Christ - people who resisted tyranny and oppression, not with swords or power but with reason and love. It also looked at how and why people must not tolerate oppressive regimes of any kind. The aim was to create a fantasy story in which the central hero is as much pacifist as possible. The novels follow the core stories of three characters - Shana the gladiatrix, Sukaal the general of the ruling regime, and Alwyn the philosopher who seeks freedom for his oppressed people. Their human scale struggles are played out against a titanic struggle between the dragons released in the time of the Andrakis trilogy and the Alfyn. While the common themes and tropes of fantasy abound in the books - heroism, loyalty, magic, dragons - they are also socio-political explorations of human cruelty and greed for power. There are deliberate reflections on the impact of the Roman Empire and the British Empire on native populations. Print copies at $30 each plus postage can be ordered directly from Millswood Books by emailing [email protected]. We will provide an invoice with details for payment and, upon payment, we will send you the books you order. Depending on the printer, the turnaround is usually 2-3 weeks. Currently, the three books are also available through Amazon Australia in ebook and print version via the following links: BLOOD PASSION FREEDOM Read the opening chapter to the first book in the series, Blood, by clicking on this line. |
The Andrakis Trilogy
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"Possession of the Five Ki of magic is Terin’s obsession, his key to acceptance and honour among the Aelendyell, and he will do anything to obtain them – steal and kill, if necessary. His determination and desperation, even when sent into exile, leads him to the arcane prison of an ancient Dragonlord, where he can’t help but tamper with the magical locks.
In The Vale, far from the kingdom’s world of politics and trade and war, Andra is intent on learning the lore of The Way from the Guardian Master so he can take his place among the Guardians of The Vale to protect his village, but when the King’s elite Haardrishii warriors come to take young men to the capital, to serve in the army in a war against the invading Haagii from the north, Andra has no choice but to go along. The people of Thana, though, have no understanding of the potency of the enemy preparing to sweep down upon them from Uz Erhaag. Circling behind the fates of Terin and Andra is an ancient prophecy concerning the second coming of the dragonlords and the one destined to face and defeat them." The Andrakis trilogy tale follows the fortunes of two central characters:
The novels contain many traditional fantasy tropes - dragons, magical swords and artefacts, different magical races, elf-like Aelendyell, dwarf-like Dwarven and orc-like Haagii - and feature the ethical/moral codes of courage against adversity, loyalty and betrayal, and heroic sacrifice. Print copies at $30 each plus postage can be ordered directly from Millswood Books by emailing [email protected]. We will provide an invoice with details for payment and, upon payment, we will send you the books you order. Depending on the printer, the turnaround is usually 2-3 weeks. Currently, the three books are also available through Amazon Australia in ebook and print version via the following links: GUARDIANS KINGMAKER DRAGONLORDS Read the opening chapter to the first book in the series, Guardians, by clicking on this line. |