Zervakan

Zervakan
Author: Rob Steiner
Publisher: Quarkfolio Books
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Reason and science gave the Recindian Compact wonders like steam engines, telegraphs, and gunpowder. The world had order. It made sense. Until one night two multi-colored bands of light split the sky, spanning the horizons like rings around the planet. Soon after, unnatural storms assaulted the Compact's cities. Whispers spread of ghoulish creatures haunting Compact forests. And then a message from a legendary race called the Mystics - "ally with us to fight the growing evil, or we all perish." The Compact's desperate leaders turn to disgraced history professor Taran Abraeu. Taran spent years searching in vain for the ancient healing magic of the Mystics to save his dying daughter. His family and colleagues once mocked him. Now his research might save them. When the Compact asks Taran to accompany a secret delegation to the Mystic homeland, he is swept up in an adventure that forces him to fight a horrifying enemy that only he among all his people can comprehend.

Aspect of Pale Night

Aspect of Pale Night
Author: Rob Steiner
Publisher: Quarkfolio Books
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

It's 2005. Blogs are becoming a thing, flip phones are the epitome of texting tech, and AOL still sends out those freebie trial discs. They’re also tough times in Detroit, especially for Hamtramck girl and part-time tech blogger Toni Dzielny. Within days, she’s lost her technical writing job, has to swear off coffee due to her hypertension, and interviews for her dream job as a writer for the Detroit Free Press, only to find she’s competing for the same job with her beautiful nemesis, Kayla Ratcliff. As if that weren’t enough, she learns her ex-boyfriend, Leo Donnelli, was murdered less than two miles from her house. But before he died, he snail-mailed her a mysterious computer disc telling her to “keep it secret, keep it safe.” And the fact the police consider her a “person of interest” in Leo’s murder doesn’t bode well. So when the real murderer threatens Toni, her friends, and her family, she's had enough. Toni enlists the help of her geeky friends to clear her name and learn the contents of the disc before she shares Leo's fate. They discover the disc not only points to why Leo was murdered, but that it holds a secret that could save her sick mother’s life.

Citizen Magus

Citizen Magus
Author: Rob Steiner
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2015-10-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781518792458

Remington Blakes, a magus from a 21st century where magic powers the world, has a big problem. His former mentor, William Ford, stranded him in ancient Rome without a memory as to how or why. Well a guy has to eat, so he's forced to eke out a living as a magus-for-hire among Rome's plebeians. He calls himself "Natta Magus" since his real name sounds too Germanic to the discriminating Romans. So when Natta learns that Ford has conjured daemons to kidnap a senator's young daughter, he jumps at the chance to track Ford down. Natta chases him to Rome's Germanic frontier to not only rescue the child, but learn the terrible secret behind why he left Natta in Rome. CITIZEN MAGUS is the first book in a new fantasy series by the author of the Roman sci-fi/alt-history CODEX ANTONIUS saga.

Muses of Roma

Muses of Roma
Author: Rob Steiner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-04-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In an alternate universe where Rome spawned a galactic empire, a misfit crew fights to free humanity from a ruthless alien intelligence.

Muses of Terra

Muses of Terra
Author: Rob Steiner
Publisher: Codex Antonius
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-09-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Muses of the Republic

Muses of the Republic
Author: Rob Steiner
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-06-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781512332322

Having saved Terra from annihilation, Marcus Antonius Cordus is awarded something he fought his whole life to avoid: the Consulship of the Roman Republic. Cordus's only joy comes from his secret relationship with Aquilina Servilia, his Praetorian Prefect and the woman who coaxed him out of hiding to save Terra. But he worries that her quest for revenge on the factions that murdered her mother, Roma's dictator before Cordus, will upend the delicate political balance he's built to keep Roma from another civil war.So when he learns the sentient alien Muse virus that once infected his family has now infected the Zhonguo Sphere's emperor, Cordus jumps at the chance leave the viper pit of Roman politics. Faced with imminent Zhonguo invasion, he decides to lead a team of Praetorians, rogues, and Zhonguo defectors to the Muse home world to destroy the Muse strains once and for all. But the Muses have plans of their own, and their carefully laid traps ensnare Cordus at every turn. Can he save the Republic when the Muses force him to choose between his duty as Consul, his loyalty to his friends, and his love for Aquilina? MUSES OF THE REPUBLIC is the exciting sequel to the sci-fi/alternate history MUSES OF TERRA and the final chapter in the Codex Antonius series.

Aspect of Pale Night

Aspect of Pale Night
Author: Rob Steiner
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2011-11-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781467929172

2005. Blogs are becoming a thing, flip phones are the epitome of texting tech, and AOL still sends out those freebie trial discs. They're also tough times in Detroit, especially for Hamtramck girl and part-time tech blogger Toni Dzielny. Within days, she's lost her technical writing job, has to swear off coffee due to her hypertension, and interviews for her dream job as a writer for the Detroit Free Press, only to find she's competing for the same job with her beautiful nemesis, Kayla Ratcliff. As if that weren't enough, she learns her ex-boyfriend, Leo Donnelli, was murdered less than two miles from her house. But before he died, he snail-mailed her a mysterious computer disc telling her to "keep it secret, keep it safe." And the fact the police consider her a "person of interest" in Leo's murder doesn't bode well. So when the real murderer threatens Toni, her friends, and her family, she's had enough. Toni enlists the help of her geeky friends to clear her name and learn the contents of the disc before she shares Leo's fate. They discover the disc not only points to why Leo was murdered, but that it holds a secret that could save her sick mother's life.

Shadow Magus

Shadow Magus
Author: Rob Steiner
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2016-08-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781535575492

Natta Magus is getting used to life in Augustan Rome. While it doesn't have twenty-first century perks like baseball or coffee, at least his unique magical skills can help his Aventine Hill friends. But the Roman government has noticed his talents, and they call on him when a religious artifact from Rome's ancient past is stolen. Natta discovers the thief is a magus as powerful as him, which should be impossible in this era. Unlike him, the magus wants Rome to die screaming. Play ball.

Natta Magus

Natta Magus
Author: Rob Steiner
Publisher: Journals of Natta Magus
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-04-25
Genre:
ISBN:

The Last Key

The Last Key
Author: Rob Steiner
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2011-11-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781467946582

The Andean Commonwealth is a land where humans use their Faith to magically shape the world around them. Warrior-priests called dahkshari keep order by serving as judge, jury, and executioner. And "heretics" strike out into the unknown frontier along Andea's borders to escape the overcrowded Great Cities and the strict Faith dogmas of the cleric lords. Raven Byrne is a novice dahkshari about to complete his training. He discovers that a popular Andean war hero named Thallan Brael wants to use an ancient magic called the Reaping Keys to avenge the deaths of his family, who were killed during Andea's recent war with neighboring Loquath. If Brael finds all three Reaping Keys, he could "reap" the souls of every Loquathi man, woman, and child. The guilty and the innocent would pay for the lives of Brael's dead family. With the help of Brael's niece, Seala Mesalek, Raven embarks on a journey across Andea's dangerous frontier to stop Brael from using the Reaping Keys to commit genocide. Can Raven learn to put aside his prejudice against heretics, and his doubts in himself, to become the honorable dahkshari Andea needs?