“But when all hope seems lost, and the world knows nothing but white, there will come one who will bring green.”

Born without a Gift, Solyana must accept being ordinary amidst the extraordinary. But when blizzards devastate her valley and endanger village life, a prophetic sign emerges, proclaiming Solyana the savior.

Fulfilling the prophecy means leaving the valley and journeying into greater Mothmar--where every previous expedition has led to death.

Unwinding the mysteries of the past and present, Solyana’s choices could spell survival or extinction for those she loves and unknowingly bind her to another…

“One who is all light to stand to the one who is all dark, of which there will be two.”

Pallah, the object of her father’s disdain and overshadowed by her siblings, is desperate for the home she’s never had.

Accepted into a group of elusive zealots under the wrong pretenses, Pallah begins to discover she may be as dangerous to herself as she is portrayed to be to others.

On a night that changes her life forever, Pallah discovers her Gift is forbidden. Between her new group of friends and the persistent voice in her head, Pallah is pushed toward a decision that could send her into irreversible darkness.

Can Solyana find the truth to the prophecy before she is thrust into the awaiting abyss? Can Pallah discover her true purpose before her world collapses in on itself?

A story of friendship, family, and the choices that shape us. Dive into the world of Mothmar and experience magic, animal companionship, and adventure layered through time and dipped in mystery.

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When shapeshifter Toby looked into the Spider Diary, the magical book gave him a choice: he chose the good side, the red dragon army, but Toby has been cursed by the dark forces – darkness chose him long before he was born.

Wizards are filled with evil magical powers and dark deeds, whereas druids are kind and use magic to benefit all.

Toby believes he is a druid, but his grandfather, the darkest of all wizards, holds the only surviving copy of Merlin’s prophecy; it states that before he reaches his fifteenth birthday, Toby will lead the evil dark army and destroy everything. It’s a cruel destiny for someone so young, for someone who believes he will fight for the great red dragon.

To thwart Merlin’s doom-filled prophecy, Toby must go on a perilous quest and trust in a foolish fantasy warrior, and a strong witch heroine who carries the dark secrets of the legendary witch Morgana very close to her heart.

It seems that Toby’s fate is sealed, and victory for the dark side is assured, unless he can unravel the mystery of The Ghost’s Revenge.

Discover Toby’s fate in the first book of the Red Dragon fantasy series, The Ghost’s Revenge, a modern day YA fantasy series for teens and young adults with dragon hearts, and adults with the ageless wisdom of Merlin or Morgana.

The Red Dragon Fantasy Series

#1 The Ghost’s Revenge: a shape-shifter; fantasy curses; an elven time machine and parallel worlds; talking animals; friendship; accidental magic; a prophecy; a mermaid princess and an underwater world; an enchantress; stolen gold; and a deadly trial.

#2 The Firestone: the chosen one; dark forces and dark wizards; magical powers; a dragon’s threat; epic journey; otherwordly realm; King Arthur’s army; and Merlin’s deadly games, and the red dragon. New edition available in the spring of 2024.

#3 The Dragon List: dragon battles, a warrior’s realm, Morgana’s secret; enchanted objects; the harbinger of doom; good vs evil; the search for King Arthur, and the purple dragon. New edition available in the summer of 2024.

#4 The Blood Curse: a secret society, sorcery, a deadly vampire sect, bloodlust; eternal darkness; immortal beings; swords and sorcery; mystical realms; ancient relics; spells. New edition available in the Autumn of 2024.

#5 The White Fury: the Round Table, fantasy world; Excalibur, Mordred’s return; heroes; war; wicked witches; witchcraft; mythical beasts; destiny; sword fights; epic journey of courage; self discovery, and the white dragon. New edition available in December 2024.

1 part Academics + 2 parts Magic + 3 parts Fail = Disaster

They say life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans—they’re right.

My life changed trajectory the day I attacked the creep who stole my thesis and got kicked out of the prestigious University of Sciences in Boston. That sucked, but then the laws of physics betrayed everything I believed in, and I got jumped by a creature out of literal urban fantasy nightmares.

There’s no way it could be real.

There’s no way to explain how it could be real.

Magic? Are you freaking kidding? I’m a science geek. The world I live in is based in factual evidence and mathematical equations. The Scientific Method exists for a reason.

It’s tangible. Explainable. Quantifiable. Until it’s not.

But when I’m attacked by a Harrower and rescued by a guy who turns monsters into dust, there’s no way I can deny it. I live in a world where magic exists. There are madmen that kick off reality-eating storms right in the middle of Boston, and powerful, magic wielding Magi who fight to stop them.

And apparently, I’m one of them.

Armed with only my passion for math, an irritable crow, and a knack for setting things on fire, I’m thrown into a new life I never knew existed. Will I survive becoming a Magi? Will Boston survive me?

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Orphaned and alone, Conor Archer comes back to his hometown to find himself the center of attention. With the help of new friends, Jace the captain of the football team and Beth, his twin sister, along with a strange Labrador Retriever named Troubles, Conor has to discover who he really is and how he is tied to the mystery of the 'Dark Ones'. They are the children the town is protecting from an ancient river demon and a shapeshifter in the nearby Indian Burial mound. Into the midst of Conor's hunt for the truth comes DIOGENE, a biogenetics company with a scientist willing to do anything to unravel the mystery of the 'Dark Ones'. Conor finds himself caught in a web of lies where myth and science war for humanity's soul. In the midst of rising terror and horror, courage and heroism shine out through the darkness in this epic paranormal fantasy.

Lone Star Renegades — A YA Space Adventure!My name is Collin Frost. I’m a fairly unpopular seventeen-year-old high school student. This is my story … one that chronicles how my already dredge-of-a-life went from miserable to totally and irreversibly jacked. I guess I should start at the beginning … right before we were shanghaied-up into that alien spaceship. It all started on the way back from the game. I’m the kicker. We lost. It was because of me. Big surprise. But everything started to really go south when the school bus pulled up at another railroad crossing in just one more hicksville small town in rural Texas. At first, I didn’t see what the bus driver, the cheerleaders, or my teammates were gawking at. And there it was, hovering high up in the sky … a goliath-sized spaceship. I watched as the 6:15 Amtrak commuter train was unceremoniously sucked up into the spaceship’s gaping underbelly aperture. You guessed it, we were abducted. Right into the rank belly of what we later found out was called a sim rover collector ship. Do we survive the ordeal? Most definitely. In fact, our little group of alien abduction survivors go on to kick some major alien ass. At least for a while … But I’m getting ahead of myself here. Just know, sometimes … not often, but sometimes … the skinny kid, possessing no apparent talent, or aptitude for anything useful, does, in fact, rise to the occasion. Hey, maybe he even gets the girl, though the jury’s still out on that one.Author's Note: While the ebook and the paperback versions are Teen/YA friendly vocabulary, the Audiobook has somewhat more explicit adult language.Reviews:

Lone Star Renegades is a Miracle.

What a nice surprise this YA scifi book turned out to be. I love a great adventure space opera, and this one delivers to the nth degree. The author has a way of writing that reels you in. The reader gets to know the multi-dimensional characters. The good guys are flawed but easy to root for, and the bad guys have the depth that almost makes you sympathize with their evil ways.

Very enjoyable read

At first, this seemed like a typical coming-of-age story, this one a teen science fiction space opera adventure, but I found it to be a fun and excellent read that deserves at least 2 follow-up books.- Doc Nova

Lone Star Renegades by Mark Wayne McGinnis / Enjoyable reading

Nice mixture of characters and behaviors reflecting typical teen fluctuations with the added excitement and young adult scifi, space opera, space travel, aliens, and warfare. The development of a cohesive group was optimistic at its best. Teens who provide hope for the protection of Earth. What a wonderful prospect.- Sandra

A SyFy Novel of Suspense, Mystery, Murder, Kidnapping of a Planet

This is a thrilling teen space opera - an excellent YA science fiction book, Mark Wayne McGinnis has written of a society that instead of doing their own mining that finds a planet with a pre-space society and sends the materials via larger transport barges. This time they picked up a Texas High School Football Team. Little did the people who owned the barge know what havoc a Texas Football.- Kindle Customer

Best YA SciFi Space Opera I've Read in a Decade!

Kudos to Mark Wayne McGinnis. I did not know this was a teen scifi book until I started reading it. Turns out it didn't matter. Great writing is great writing. When a group of teenagers in a school bus get abducted (along with the school bus) the great apace opera begins. All the characters from the captain of the football team to the coming-of-age nerd are fleshed out and full of surprises. - Katherine

Lone Star Renegades / Great SCIFI Space Opera.

I've read all of Mark's books from Scrapyard Ship to USS Hamilton to The Fallen Ship...and I'm so happy to have discovered this YA scifi space opera! I also loved Junket Untamed Alien Worlds.- L