Tersias

For the first time, this omnibus brings together all BEACON SAGA SERIAL installments in one special collection. Enjoy this well-reviewed serial from the very beginning, and a bonus "deleted scene", at a better value than purchasing all installments separately! At the end of time, a miracle endangers a vast refugee fleet. They call it the Shroud, and Beacon is the only star that survived its wrath. At this endpoint of existence, humanity lingers on alongside every living species. Vast layers of orbiting ships can provide you everything—except children. So when Mally and Tersias conceive, they are instant celebrities, lavished with accolades and gifts. But their act will carry a high cost, starting with the return of a specter from the past: mankind's most dreaded enemy. And the end will become the beginning, in this sweeping tale of discovery, of intrigue, of war, of love against all odds, in which the only thing more dangerous than the dead of space are a few terrible secrets. A tale of nearly one hundred and sixty thousand words. Try Part I for free, where available. Includes: Beacon (Part I) Beacon - Part II Beacon - Part III Beacon - Part IV Beacon - Part V Beacon - Part VI Beacon - Part VII Beacon - Part VIII Bonus "Deleted Scene"

Magnus Malachi, a magician, is guarding his latest moneyspinner - Tersias, a blind boy who can see into the future. But as Tersias's powers become known, others who seek to use them are drawn from the shadows: Jonah, a teenage highwayman, and his companion in crime Tara; Solomon, a crazed zealot who has bred a new species of giant flesh-eating locusts; and Lord Malpas, a keeper of mysterious powers. They all want Tersias - but is he a force for good or evil? And can he ever rid himself of the dark spirit that torments his soul?

Part VI of the BEACON SAGA SERIAL. Try Part I free, where available. Hope can be the most dangerous force in the universe. Calls to action come as a vast Nomad flotilla assembles in the upper layers. While Nastron strives to keep his fellow shiplords and allies from unleashing their might, Thrat finds himself the most-wanted alien in Beacon's orbit. Caught in the middle of intrigue and interstellar conflict, Mally and Tersias try to protect Faith and each other even as their lives fall apart. Alliances will shatter. New powers will rise. And before it is over, a single voice will promise what seems so lost: a chance. A serial installment of seventeen thousand words. Continue the Saga in Part VII.

Part VII of the BEACON SAGA SERIAL. Try Part I for free, where available. Alliances collapse. War rages. But a child's secret could overshadow it all. Mally, Tersias and Nastron take a ship helmed by a dangerous pilot to a secret meeting in the heart of Beacon's deadliest layer. Thrat suspects a growing plot against Baelick, and finds himself having to make hard choices. An incredible theory comes to light. This, and more, in the last installment before the Beacon Saga's conclusion. A serial installment of seventeen thousand words. Finish the Saga in Part VIII, available now.

Part V of the BEACON SAGA SERIAL. Try Part I for free, where available. A family struggles to reunite in the wake of a surprise attack. Peace slips away as mankind and its allied aliens mobilize their navies. Separated and questioned, Mally confronts the growing power of a militant shiplord, while Thrat and Rurek endure interrogation. Luckily, there are other forces at work in the fleet, and the scouts are not alone. Help will come from the least expected of places. But a different revelation will change Beacon forever. A serial installment of eighteen thousand words. Continue the Saga in Part VI.

Part VIII—and the end—of the BEACON SAGA SERIAL. Out of time and out of options, a desperate alliance will risk everything to stop an interstellar war. The Cholsons, Nastron and the Petack have come together for an audacious experiment that will place them squarely in the crosshairs of the Nomads. In the jungles of Promise, Thrat struggles to evade search teams sent to capture him—or kill him. Aboard the Rigolo, Sarki and Castor plot an escape from the clutches of the fanatical shiplord, Rara, who is marshalling the first layer's remaining strength for a terrible purpose. Secrets long-hidden will be revealed, great powers will hurl their might upon each other, and a force greater than anything the universe has ever seen will be unleashed. A special novella-length concluding serial installment of nearly sixty thousand words-more than three times the length of any previous. Remember to begin at Part I (free, where available) if you've never tried the Saga. Special thanks to my readers, through whose kind words, support, and word of mouth has this all been possible.

Part IV of the BEACON SAGA SERIAL. Try Part I for free, where available. They thought they were safe. Instead, they're targets. What should have been a triumphant homecoming becomes utter chaos. Abandoned by their friends, and assaulted by unknown forces, the scouts must play a dangerous cat and mouse game through Beacon's mysterious third layer. They will uncover many secrets. But the most shocking will be what's happened in orbit while they've been gone. A serial installment of sixteen thousand words. Continue the Saga in Part V.

Part III of the BEACON SAGA SERIAL. Try Part I free, where available. At the edge of space, an unlikely quartet of scouts will be tested in ways they can't imagine. The parasite ship and its crew have dodged the Shroud, and done what so many others died attempting: they have left Beacon's orbit. But jubilation will turn to sudden disaster. A new star will give up its titanic wonders, but not without a high price. And the crew will either forge a bond...or never return home. A serial installment of fourteen thousand words. Continue the Saga in Part IV.

London is in the aftermath of a near-apocalypse—a comet has just missed earth, leaving the city in chaos. in this time of uncertainty, only the blind boy oracle, tersias, can see what the future holds. but awareness of his power is growing, and he is captured by solomon, a false prophet whose minions swarm london. An unlikely alliance of teenage highwaymen and a charlatan magician swear to break down solomon’s Citadel and rescue tersias from the false prophet’s clutches. they wonder if tersias’s power can save them all. but they haven’t realized the source of his second sight, and they aren’t aware of a much darker force that torments his soul. . . .