Cirrus@Austlit

''The stories claim I was born from a union of a demon and nun...well, least they got half of it right.'

'Eldon Blaise, magician and misfit, has arrived at Gwaed Lyn to turn Rosa's life upside down. Not only is he claiming to be the lost son of Eli Vane and his human wife Deryn, Rosa's ancestor, but that he also used to be none other than Merlin Wylt, the magician of legend who fought by King Arthur's side.

'The curse the Autumn Queen has placed over the Aos Si is breaking, but she isn't prepared to go down without a fight, and releases the one person that brought the great Merlin to his knees...Nimue.

'Her spirit broken from a lifetime imprisoned by the Autumn Queen, Nimue must convince the Vanes to trust her. She wants to be free of the Queen forever, but winning over Merlin is going to be no easy task. She broke his heart, and being together again will bring back a life of pain and passion that neither of them can fight.

'To defeat the Autumn Queen and protect Gwaed Lyn, Merlin will have to stop running and become the powerful man he used to be...that includes having the fearless and formidable Nimue by his side.' (Publication summary)

'Rosa Wylt's life plans are disrupted when she is summoned back to Gwaed Lyn, an ancient estate in the Lake District.

'Struggling with childhood memories overshadowed by the wealthy Vane Family, Rosa is determined to learn of the ties that have kept the Wylt's bound to their benefactors for centuries.

'Rosa finds more than her own family's history when she uncovers the passionate, doomed love affair of a Vane ancestor... an ancestor that bears an uncanny resemblance to Balthasar, the only Vane that she can't help being drawn to.

'Nothing in the estate is as it seems and as Gwaed Lyn and the immortal Vane Family start revealing their mysteries, Rosa realises that it's called The Blood Lake for a reason...

'A modern gothic romance inspired by Celtic mythology'  (Publication summary)

'Shaman. Gate Keeper. Rogue.

'Anya's magic is keeping Russia safe but not without a price. Her mind broken from the last battle with the dark magician Ladislav, Anya is trapped in the Land of Dreams and is fighting like hell to get back to her body.

'Branded as Rogues and hunted by the supernatural world Anya's friends take her unconscious body to Budapest, a place of new allies where they will be safe. They begin the search for Yanka, Anya's ancestor and the only person in history with enough power to change the tide of the brewing war.

'But something stronger than all of them is prowling the streets of Budapest, something not quite human and trained to kill.' (Publication summary)

'What would you do with a key that could open anything?

'In the spirit of "The Princess Bride," "Stardust" and "Howl's Moving Castle" comes a story of adventure, redemption, magic and the ever perilous True Love.

'After a hasty wish on the Evening Star, pensioner Martha Brown finds a key with the power to open the heart of all that it touches. When the Eagle Key opens a door to Faerie Martha is spurred to action. Fuelled by her anger at growing old without any adventures at all, Martha packs her bags and heads into Faerie determined to find one.

'Saved from a carnivorous rose bush by Greyfeather, a wanted criminal, blatant flirt and scoundrel, Martha agrees to give him the use of the Eagle Key in exchange for helping her navigate her way through the pitfalls of Faerie.

'The thrice cursed Greyfeather has secret motivations of his own and his past is swiftly catching up to him. Hell hath no fury like a sorceress scorned and Lady Highwater is desperate to see him hang. Only Greyfeather's questionable integrity stands in her way of becoming Queen and plunging the Summerlands into a bloody war.

'In a world of bar fights, jail breaks, angry trolls and royal revenge plots, Martha must rely on her wits to keep herself alive and Greyfeather away from the noose, but can she trust such a scoundrel when he's so close to breaking his curse?' (Publication summary)

In the tradition of Sergei Lukyanenko’s Nightwatch, ‘Cry of the Firebird’ draws on the dark, bloody fairy tales of Russia and the wild magic of the Kalevala.

'After her grandfather’s gruesome murder, Anya is visited by Tuoni, the Finnish God of the Underworld, who tells her that for centuries her family has protected the gates to Skazki, the Russian Otherworld. If Anya doesn’t sober up and awaken the dormant magic inside of her she will be dead within the year, the power of the gates seized by ancient enemies seeking to unleash the horrors of the Otherworld into modern day Russia.

'Drawn unwillingly into a deadly battle, the only person Anya can trust is the mysterious Yvan, a Skazki Prince who is forced to share his body with a powerful firebird.

'Hunted through perilous Skazki Anya tries to control her unstable magic as black magic users, ancient cannibalistic witches and horrific beasts seek to destroy her.

'Can Anya harness the magic inside of her in time to protect the gates? Or will her new allies betray her for a place in the new world?

'Finnish-Australian writer Amy Kuivalainen debuts an urban fantasy novel that draws you into a world of reinvented myths, potent magic and fighting the darkness that lingers in us all. ' (Publication summary)