Monica Enderle Pierce

They followed their hearts and saved the world. Too bad their problems have only just begun.Militess Halina battled monsters, wraiths, and undead mages to assure peace for Ursinum. Now she's under siege inside her own castle, held by adversaries determined to start a war and to condemn her lover, Sun Mage Gethen, as a king killer and a child slayer.After banishing his former master's madness behind the Voidline for eternity Gethen expected his quiet life to return. Instead, someone has resurrected an evil that feeds on the kingdom's children, and they've framed him for its return.In a battle for souls and survival, Halina fights for the kingdom she serves and the man she loves, even as Gethen hunts an undying evil to spare the children of two nations from a horrendous death and to save his beloved militess from an enemy's wrath.Magic, adventure, suspense, and love return in the sequel to The Shadow and the Sun. Epic fantasy that's perfect for fans of sword and sorcery with a touch of romance.

When a world's fate rests on her sword, will a loyal soldier obey her king or follow her heart?Militess Halina is an accomplished leader, a fearsome soldier, and the unapologetically-tough bastard daughter of Ursinum's king. When she's ordered to gain the allegiance of Shadow Mage Gethen - a notoriously dangerous necromancer whose brother is an enemy king - she assumes the negotiations will be simple: Either he'll pledge his loyalty or she'll remove his head.But the Shadow Mage isn't what she expected, nor is his situation. Intriguing and powerful, Gethen's the only man preventing the return of an ancient menace that threatens their world. And though he hates to admit it, his sorcery is failing and he needs her help.Suddenly Ursinum's dispute with Gethen's brother seems petty, and Halina must decide who's best served by her sword: her king or every man, woman, and child in the four kingdoms and beyond.Magic, adventure, suspense, and love abound in the first novel of Monica Enderle Pierce's Militess & Mage series. Epic fantasy that's perfect for fans of sword and sorcery fiction with a touch of romance.

The fate of every soul rests upon his shoulders. His fate rests in the hands of a troubled, young girlIt's 1895 - the cusp of the Victorian and Edwardian eras - and Bartholomew Pelletier is a gentleman and a warrior. For fifteen centuries he's endured the depraved appetite of Famine - one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - as she's consumed his strength and sought to unite with her fellow Horsemen. But now Bartholomew's chance to imprison her has appeared...in the form of his young ward Matilde.Chosen to wield the immeasurable power of the Catcher - the one entity that can capture the escaped Horsemen - Matilde is a distrustful child from an abusive and impoverished home. She must be hidden from Famine as she grows strong, learns to fight, and reaches adulthood. But Bartholomew faces a terrible act: For Matilde to become the immortal Catcher, he must gain her trust, and then he must end her life.By any means necessary, Bartholomew intends to conquer this enemy, but is he willing to sacrifice the one person he loves in order to save mankind?FAMINE is the first novel in a four-book, historical fantasy series. It contains graphic violence, strong language, and sexual content and is intended for mature readers.

To protect her young daughter from a madman and a tyrant, Rachel Pryne must trust an enemy, one of the alien warriors who conquered Earth.It's 2032, the Ohnenrai orbit the planet and human reproduction is failing. A trained medic, Rachel struggles to protect her seven-year-old daughter, Pearl, from the predation of their penal colony's leader. Having fathered the girl by force, Cyrus intends to remove her from her home on her eighth birthday, only six weeks away. When an injured Ohnenrai soldier appears in her yard one stormy evening, Rachel doesn't realize she's found an unlikely champion. But Ehtishem Mahle's dislike of Cyrus is immediately evident and, desperate to keep Pearl safe, Rachel decides the devil she doesn't know is better than the one she does.But the Ohnenrai face their own impending doom at the hands of a greater enemy. Rachel's decision to trust Ehtishem, places her and Pearl on an unlikely path to the stars and makes Rachel one of the most important and endangered people to ever set foot aboard an Ohnenrai starship.The only possible solution to the Ohnenrai's extinction lies within Rachel, but all she wants to do is protect her daughter and see Earth's alien conquerors go straight to hell.