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The Magic Below Paris
Series · 8 books · 2019-2020

Books in series

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#1

Trading Into Shadow

2019

After surviving a shadow monster ambush, Marsh must get back to civilization, keep two kids alive, and make a delivery. But, with shadow monsters and raiders closing the trade routes, she’s out of a job, and lost beneath the ruins of one of the greatest cities of the world. She doesn’t need a deserted farm to complicate things… or a parentless pup… or to be hunted by a hoshkat. What she needs is to find a way home… through the dark… but the predators are out in force, and home is a very long way away. Can she discover what happened at Leon’s Deep, in time to stop it from happening again? Or did she escape the ambush, only to see the rest of her world fall to the ones behind it? Join her as she fights to survive and solve the mystery of Leon’s Deep. Pick up Trading into Shadow, today.
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#2

Trading into Darkness

2019

A face from the past, an attempted theft, and a death Just what every girl needs to make a bad day better. Everyone has the ability to do magic, but not everyone can... Marsh knows the saying well. What she doesn’t expect is that there are some forms of magic she just can’t master. With the fate of the Four Caverns hanging in the balance, and raiders closing on the monastery, Marsh thinks the last thing she needs is to discover she can’t re-light the trail glows. In fact, the last thing she needs is a violent visitor from the past and the promise that her refuge will fall. Haunted by the warning, she and the shadow mages must clear the trade route to Ruins Hall and establish a fighting force to protect the Four Caverns, a task easier said than done. Can she make it through the tunnels alive and discover what links her failed delivery to the raiders? One courier, one kat, two kids and a shadow mage not so alone in the dark. Read Trading into Darkness today .
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#3

Trading Close To Light

2019

In Marsh’s world the monsters are real and shadows can be used as weapons. Anyone can call the magic, but the magic they can wield is never guaranteed. Some call shadows, and some shape the stone and earth around them, while others heal or walk through minds. Marsh can bring the lightning, draw poison from wounds and become one with the dark, but the idea of seeing her uncle and cousins, again, leaves her cold. They’re the only family she has, and they don’t even know she survived. The trade route between Ruins Hall and Kerrenin’s Ledge is crawling with raiders and shadow monsters, but dealing with them seems a cakewalk in comparison, and seeing her family, again, isn’t the only challenge that lies ahead. Together with Roeglin and the kat, Marsh must help Kerrenin’s Ledge develop a force to protect itself and the trade routes around it, and its Council has a small favor to ask. Can Marsh survive a family reunion, chase down a traitorous boss, and have another township join their fight against the raiders? Find out more. Get Trading Close to Light today.
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#4

Trading By Firelight

2019

The monsters are everywhere, but Marsh only wants one—and he has a three-week headstart. Kearick, Marsh’s former boss, is in league with the raiders, and he’s fled to another of the Four Caverns. With Roeglin, Gustav and her usual team of troublemakers, Marsh pursues him from Kerrenin’s Ledge to a waystation on the edge of the Devastation that used to be Paris... only to find he’s already gone. Before they can chase him further, the team must save the waystation, discover the fate of an overdue caravan, and survive the tunnels leading to Dimanche. Can the team survive the dangers of the surface world and an increasingly neglected trade tunnel to reach the settlement, before Kearick sells it out to the raiders? Find out more. Get Trading by Firelight today.
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#5

Trading By Shroomlight

2019

Three caverns are secure, but a fourth stands in peril. Can Marsh and the shadow mages make the difference needed to save it? An assassin. Two rebellious children and a kat with attitude. And a cavern on the brink of falling to invaders. Ambushed on arrival, Marsh and the Protectors discover a cavern on the brink of destruction. With its inhabitants driven from their homes, and raiders on the move, Ariella’s Grotto is close to falling. Can Marsh and the Protectors tip the balance? Or is the Grotto destined to fall? And, if it does, can they hope to save those taken? Find out more. Check out Trading by Shroomlight today.
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#6

Trading Into Daylight

2019

One of their own has been taken. Two have gone ahead in pursuit. Can Marsh and Roeglin catch them before they are lost as well? A team member taken. Two stubborn children in hot pursuit. And promises to keep. Finally released from their obligations to the Grotto, Marsh and Roeglin go hunting the raiders who took Gustav...and try to catch up with Tamlin and Aisha who went after them on their own. Can they catch up to the kids before they fall afoul of the raiders as well? And what awaits them in the land above the caverns? Join them as they race against time to catch an enemy in a land they barely know. Check out Trading into Daylight today.
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#7

Trading By Stormlight

2020

Parting is such sweet... No! There’s nothing sweet about it—and Marsh just wants it over. There’s a war to fight...​ ...but they need to get their people to safety before finding the next battle, ...through remnant-infested territory, ...against raiders who just don’t know when to quit. With the remnant massing, and the raiders striking territory they’ve been kicked out of, Marsh and the Protectors have their work cut out to reach Ariella’s Grotto with the survivors they’ve rescued—and then return before whatever lies Below attacks Roeglin and they garrison they’ve left behind. Join them as they struggle to journey through hostile territory, rife with surprises and new problems to conquer. Check out Trading into Stormlight today.
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#8

Trading To The Deeps

2020

Home again, but with one more mystery to unravel. Who – or What – lies ‘Below’ the Library? And when will they return?​ With trade goods going missing, and a need to build closer ties between the Library and the mantids, Marsh and Roeglin look to have their work cut out. They must also find ways to train Tamlin and Aisha as one discovers how to step between spaces, no shadows required, and the other learns that lightning exists in more than just the dark… …and then there is winter… …and the threat haunting Marsh’s nightmares and eyeing the Devastation for conquest. Join Marsh and Roeglin as they strengthen alliances and dig deep for what might just be the fight of their lives. Check out Trading to the Deeps today.

Authors

C.M. Simpson
C.M. Simpson
Author · 8 books

Born in Far North Queensland, I ended up being dragged over most of the state before the age of ten—and then into the Northern Territory and back, so that I attended four different primary schools and two high schools by graduation. In a country that inspires the imagination, and in towns that made me dream of worlds beyond my own, I started writing early, and reading voraciously. In high school, I discovered writers like Anne McCaffrey, Harry Harrison, John Christopher, Douglas Hill and Alan Dean Foster. They kept me company—and semi-sane—through most of my young adult years, and beyond. I’ve done time in the Royal Australian Air Force, worked as a governess and teacher, and been an analyst, and, all that time, I kept writing, and exploring both my worlds and those I was privileged to be invited to share. Now, you can find my stories at most of the major distributors. Thank you, for sharing this part of my journey with me.

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