Oath Keeper

jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:55:17 +0000

In a world that has known only peace, a Warrior-King has arisen. His Gnome army swarms unhindered through the Forest. Refugees scatter. And the Three Avatars of the Dragon have chosen sides in their contest to restore the peace … or to shatter it for all time. In the midst of this chaos stands Tayna, a runaway orphan from the streets of our world, who must make an impossible choice: find the parents she had thought were long dead… …or embrace her destiny and save the freaking world.

Strange Places

jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:48:23 +0000

Unlovable. That’s what they called her. To the Sisters of Good Salvation, girls like Tayna—the ones with minds of their own and the will to stand up—were too unruly to ever be loved. So they were taken out of circulation and put to work, leaving only the more cooperative girls to be shown to the wanna-dads and mommy-bes who could offer them a loving home. And a way out.

But that all changes one winter’s night when a strange little man shows up asking uncomfortable questions, and Tayna quickly discovers that her entire life has been built on a lie. She’s not even an orphan, and her parents—still very much alive, thank you very much—are trapped in a world of magic. So now it’s up to her to rescue them. How ironic is that? All she has to do is escape her nunnish prison, find her way into that secret world, and lead a rescue mission.

Still, compared to being an orphaned kitchen slave? This oughta be a piece of cake.

Short-listed for a Saskatchewan Book Award in 2012.

Methilien on Creativity Hacker

Oath Keeper

Strange Places