When Adam Thornton uses a forbidden sickle bar mower on Kalosin land, he opens that entire universe to incursion from the dreaded Soulers.
Can his neighbor Mad Jesse Pruitt, a Wild Colonist magician, manage to work with a long-standing foe, Federal magician Elihu Williams, as well as Jesse's Kalosin wife Tianawis and his brother-in-law Mamotsin, to save not only Thornton but Kalosin from the horror from beyond the Vortex? Or will the Kalosin refuge no longer remain safe?
Joyce Reynolds-Ward has been called “the best writer I’ve never heard of” by one reviewer. She has published over 32 books that include themes of high-stakes family, corporate, and political conflict, digital sapience, personal agency, realistic strong women, and (whenever possible) horses, frequently in Pacific Northwest settings.
She is the author of six speculative fiction series: The Netwalk Sequence, Goddess's Honor, The Martiniere Legacy Quartet, The People of the Martiniere Legacy, The Martiniere Multiverse, and The Cost of Power as well as standalones Vision of Alliance, Federation Cowboy, Beating the Apocalypse, Klone's Stronghold: Reeni and Alien Savvy.
Joyce is a Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off Semifinalist, a Writers of the Future SemiFinalist, and an Anthology Builder Finalist. She is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, co-chair of SFWA’s Independent Author Committee, and a member of Soroptimists International.