The Eternal Muse — High Fantasy
A minstrel and a priestess, caught in a web of heretical magic. A priesthood who use that same magic to destroy any who oppose them.
Piper’s music is possessed by secret magic, influencing the emotions of his audiences. Charged with heresy, he loses everything, running from a church that threatens to turn him into an unfeeling beast.
Alaria is a warrior-priestess, sworn to serve her church. But the master who recruited her, who sought to understand the emotional magic, dies suddenly, replaced by a woman who’d burn down the world with her ambition.
Can the two of them learn to control the magical muse that inflames their music? Can they do so in time to prevent a terrible war? Or will they end up as the latest victims of their church, all ability to feel hope, love, or even hate ripped from their minds?
Join them on their journey through Desecration, Revelation, and Absolution.
Reading Order for the Eternal Muse: Read the trilogy in order. You can read The Gatekeeper’s Way, The Maligned Minstrel, or Passion and Fear, at any time, either before or after the trilogy, or in between.
Boxset of the complete eternal muse series
The Eternal Muse Complete Boxset - Volumes 1-5
A minstrel and a priestess, caught in a web of heretical magic. A priesthood who use that same magic to destroy any who oppose them.
Book 1 - Available for free at all major book retailers
The Eternal Muse: Desecration
When a song is a weapon, who can wield it?
Book 2
The Eternal Muse: Revelation
Are Piper and Alaria strong enough to defeat those who draw their power from a thousand years of immersion in the Well of Souls?
Book 3
The Eternal Muse: Absolution
Alaria, warrior-priestess of Eften, is poisoned by a fragment from the Well of Souls. The only cure lies beyond the emotional killing field that surrounds the Source.
The Eternal Muse: Passion and Fear
A minstrel whose music is corrupted by heretical magic. A tavern full of people who just wanted an ale, dinner, and a little music.
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The Eternal Muse: The Gatekeeper's Way
Alaria dreams of becoming a Gatekeeper, a warrior-priestess. But her fellow candidates in the brutal selection competition will stop at nothing to steal her chance at glory.
PREQUEL NOVEL
The Eternal Muse: The Maligned Minstrel
What do you do when your own mother condemns you for heresy?