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Book Dwarves and Rooks

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray McCarthy
  • Publisher : Corvids Press
  • Release : 2024-05-07
  • ISBN : 1801020809
  • Pages : 245 pages

Download or read book Dwarves and Rooks written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celtic Otherworld XI Marion gets a contract from the Aés Sidhe to investigate the murder of a Dwarf Chief on the Reservation. Yet though her adoptive mother, Alice, is the Minister responsible, Alice has gone on a horse riding holiday on the Peacestead at Asgard. Obviously the Empress Megra has been told, but generally it must be secret. Alice wasn’t expecting Marion to bring her staff. Marion has been practising shape-changing with her new cloak. This is the fourth of six “Marion and the Rooks” books. The cover is based on “The Valkyrie and the Raven” by Fredrick Sandys. This is the corrected Spring 2024 edition. Approximately 50,000 words.

Book The Legal Talent

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray McCarthy
  • Publisher : Corvids Press
  • Release : 2019-12-12
  • ISBN : 1801021368
  • Pages : 252 pages

Download or read book The Legal Talent written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talent Universe Series 6 Maisie finally has to do the Legal training suggested some years earlier. Why is there a sudden urgency? Is it because someone shot at a delegation from Morglun? The start of this story is set almost three years after “The Master’s Talent”. With a nod to Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and also Ursula Le Guin. The photo montage is “Capitol by Night”. Summer 2024 revision. About 53,700 words.

Book The Mission s Talent

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  • Author : Ray McCarthy
  • Publisher : Corvids Press
  • Release : 2024-07-11
  • ISBN : 1801022313
  • Pages : 375 pages

Download or read book The Mission s Talent written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2024-07-11 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talents Universe 7 This novel is set about four years after the events of “The Legal Talent.” Maisie has just returned from Morglun yet has to assemble an unusual “First Contact” mission to Andromeda with the support of the Arch Chancellor and the Military. The cover image is a photomontage. About 80,100 words

Book The Seven Talismans

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  • Author : Ray McCarthy
  • Publisher : Corvids Press
  • Release : 2019-10-19
  • ISBN : 1801021716
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book The Seven Talismans written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2019-10-19 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jorath is hardly adult but hopes to find the Talismans of the High Lords. They must do something to fight the people that want to eradicate their tribe. Set in a mediaeval style fantasy word with no ship’s clocks or black powder, this story is based on a novelization completed in 1992. The sequel was nearly completed in 1996 and now is called ‘The White Fire Stones’. Both stories can be read on their own. The cover is based on ‘Pauvre Fauvette’ (1881) by Jules Bastien-Lepage. About 55,300 words.

Book The Apprentice   s Talent

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray McCarthy
  • Publisher : Corvids Press
  • Release : 2016-06-07
  • ISBN : 1801021317
  • Pages : 678 pages

Download or read book The Apprentice s Talent written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talents Universe 1 Mei Zhen Kelly is a twenty-three year old computer programmer from Belfast working in Dublin for nearly three years. She’s talented and very dedicated to her work. People think she’ll go far, now that she’s had her second major promotion. Only her Chinese mother called her Mei Zhen, her official name. Her parents died while she was at university and now everyone calls her Maisie. Wrapped up in her personal issues, she doesn’t pay a huge amount of attention to the news of the alien starship appearing at the edge of the Solar system. About 160,450 words

Book Conspiracies and Rooks

Download or read book Conspiracies and Rooks written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celtic Otherworld VIII Marion is now a Student Guard. Tony and Sorcha settle into the town house and make friends. Why does the shopkeeper not want the Guards to catch the thieves? This is the second of six “Marion and the Rooks” books. The cover is based on the portrait of May Sartoris by Frederic Leighton. This is the corrected Spring 2024 edition. About 88,900 words.

Book Under the Stone of Destiny

Download or read book Under the Stone of Destiny written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celtic Otherworld I Four teenagers are trying to end the ruinous war. They are a human, a runaway Elf Princess, a Dryad Mage and a Dwarf Wizard. Or at least that’s what Caoimhghín (Kevin), the student Magus thinks they are. Most of the action is on a legendary Celtic Otherworld, in Magh Meall where all the Tuath Dé live. Out of food and close to despair in the mountains they are told to wait for another companion by Corbie, the rook Familiar of Dean David, from the Magi College. The cover is edited from a detail of “Miranda, The Tempest” by John William Waterhouse. Under the Stone of Destiny was originally written during July & August 2015 with parts in 1996. This is the corrected Summer 2024 edition. About 78,200 words.

Book The Black Dwarf

Download or read book The Black Dwarf written by Thomas Jonathan Wooler and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Master   s Talent

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray McCarthy
  • Publisher : Corvids Press
  • Release : 2017-10-12
  • ISBN : 180102135X
  • Pages : 499 pages

Download or read book The Master s Talent written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talents Universe 5 Maisie has returned from her visit to Tellus (Earth). Maisie is reaping the results of her foolishness. How can she teach class and be the Emperor’s Emissary on a “First Contact” Mission? How can she put off any public announcement about her relationship with Olef? Though the last part of the Maisie Trilogy (The Apprentice’s Talent, The Journeyman’s Talent) and book 5 of the “Talent’s Universe”, it’s best read after “The Solar Alliance” and “Starship Chief”. Summer 2024 revision. About 114,850 words.

Book The Journeyman s Talent

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray McCarthy
  • Publisher : Corvids Press
  • Release : 2016-06-05
  • ISBN : 1801021325
  • Pages : 566 pages

Download or read book The Journeyman s Talent written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2016-06-05 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talents Universe 2 Maisie is no longer an Apprentice, but a Journeyman studying to be a Master, three times over, at the Circle College for Talent, 80,000 light years from Earth, on Caemoria. But on a visit to Laramos city to sign a contract for her full spectrum colour system she narrowly escapes being murdered. Why does she want to own a Flitter? Why was the Mogul of House Funathim assassinated? Summer 2024 version What will she spend her rapidly growing quantity of credits on? How has Earth managed to build a fusion powered starship without Talent? Maisie thinks it’s a bad sign that Earth has named them the ‘Valkyrie Class’ and that Russia, China, Europe and USA have all switched their military budgets to co-operate and build Valkyries, all managed by the Solar Alliance. The Wildgrave Plonnis seeks to understand by questioning Maisie while helping her to spend her new found wealth. She’s still the only Tellurian to ever leave the Solar System till the first Valkyrie ‘jumps’ just beyond the Kuiper belt. The cover is a photo-montage by Michael Watterson. About 132,000 words

Book No Silver Lining

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  • Author : Ray McCarthy
  • Publisher : Corvids Press
  • Release : 2018-06-12
  • ISBN : 1801020744
  • Pages : 286 pages

Download or read book No Silver Lining written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celtic Otherworld V Urban fantasy mostly in Limerick. Alice (Eilis) joins the four English teenagers going to the University of Limerick, but senses a Horseman of the Apocalypse. Kate finds that Eilis is a strange friend with many surprises. This is the sequel to “Hero Genesis” and fifth in the Celtic Otherworld series, though the books can be read as pair or even on their own. The first three books of the series are a trilogy covering Alice’s magical development for her most critical three years. “If an in-house system fails, only one bank, or one retailer or one supplier is affected,” insisted Louise. “If everything is outsourced to the Cloud, even if it’s a hundred times more reliable it’s an apocalyptically bad event because you lose everything at once. There are too few cloud providers, who are too similar and too big.” The cover shows a detail of “Apocalypse” by Vasnetsov. This is the corrected Spring 2024 edition. About 65,450 words.

Book The Fay Child

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  • Author : Ray McCarthy
  • Publisher : Corvids Press
  • Release : 2018-07-18
  • ISBN : 1801020787
  • Pages : 277 pages

Download or read book The Fay Child written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celtic Otherworld IX It’s a year since Daniel (Kevin and Órlaith’s child) was born. So now the Fay Godmothers must return, but they too now have children. Why does Morien want her child minded on Hy Brasil and why is Manannán visiting the Queen? The cover is based on “The Fairy Godmother” by Sarah Stilwell Weber. This is the corrected Spring 2024 edition. About 59,350 words.

Book Hero Genesis

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray McCarthy
  • Publisher : Corvids Press
  • Release : 2017-06-13
  • ISBN : 1801020736
  • Pages : 367 pages

Download or read book Hero Genesis written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celtic Otherworld IV Urban fantasy mostly in Worcestershire, also called Wychavon. Four teenagers doing A Levels get sucked into a strange situation with superheroes and aliens. They are rescued by the High Queen of the Aés Sidhe. The cover image is a detail from “Freya” by Doyle. This is the revised Summer 2024 edition. About 80,750 words.

Book Fairy Godmothers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray McCarthy
  • Publisher : Corvids Press
  • Release : 2018-11-20
  • ISBN : 1801020760
  • Pages : 247 pages

Download or read book Fairy Godmothers written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celtic Otherworld VII Alice (Eilis) had previously agreed to be a godmother for Órlaith. Now the baby has quickened and a geas is triggered. You can’t invoke a fay blessing for a baby without invoking a fay curse first! Everything you wanted to know about the Fairy Godmother, the Wicked Witch, Flower Fairies and Fairy doors. This book can be read on its own, though seventh in the Celtic Otherworld series. The events take place during the last parts of “Exiles and Rooks”. The sequel to “Exiles and Rooks” is “Conspiracies and Rooks”. It’s the fifth book with Alice as the main character. The cover is a detail from “Lady of Shalott” by John William Waterhouse. This is the corrected Spring 2024 edition. About 53,130 words.

Book The Solar Alliance

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray McCarthy
  • Publisher : Corvids Press
  • Release : 2017-01-08
  • ISBN : 1801021333
  • Pages : 600 pages

Download or read book The Solar Alliance written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2017-01-08 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talents Universe 3 As a result of the visit of the alien starship, the Intergal One, Earth has diverted all military, aerospace and technical research budgets into building fusion power stations and starships. Major Governments have avoided the UN by creating the Solar Alliance to manage this. Earth has now cracked the problem of fusion power and has the secret of how a Jump drive for a starship works. But what does the shadowy New World Order conspiracy want? Who is controlling the Solar Alliance and will the Valkyries be used to attack Caemoria or kidnap Talents? Summer 2024 revision. All persons are imaginary. The cover is a photo-montage by Michael Watterson. About 136,850 words.

Book Seeking the Flaming Spear

Download or read book Seeking the Flaming Spear written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celtic Otherworld III Megra must decide how to deal with Morien, who is Fay, so she contacts Queen Oonagh of the Aés Sidhe for help by throwing a Ball. Alice (Eilis) decides it’s time to do more matchmaking. Alice (Eilis) meets her adoptive grandmother (Queen Oonagh) and makes some friends in the Otherworld of the true Elves. Alice gets to show off some warrior training that Neamhain formerly of the Morrígna has taught her. She figures how to stop Kevin having a crush on her. The cover is edited from “Morgan Le Fay” by Frederick Sandys. This is the revised Summer 2024 edition. About 88,350 words.

Book Starship Chief

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray McCarthy
  • Publisher : Corvids Press
  • Release : 2017-12-14
  • ISBN : 1801021341
  • Pages : 162 pages

Download or read book Starship Chief written by Ray McCarthy and published by Corvids Press. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talents Universe 4 A prequel to the entire Talent Universe series best read any time before “The Master’s Talent”. It’s set many years before first contact with Earth, perhaps in the 1970s. Three Karnd teenagers are on the way station’s starship to retrieve a valuable hidden artefact on a planet that’s never been contacted. But how many of the crew are really criminals, the next generation from the people that stole the artefact? Juili was one of the three teenage Karnds. Born on the way station, she has never been on a planet. Summer 2024 revision. This is a stand alone story apart from being back story for “The Master’s Talent”. About 33,600 words.