Scimitar MoonGold Medal winner for Fantasy in the ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards 2009The pirates of the Shattered Isles live and die by on simple By blood, by wind, by water and wave, loyal as one, or a watery grave… With that oath, their lord, Captain Bloodwind, would build a nation of pirates. He doesn't want much, after all… just everything. And what he cannot have, he will destroy.The only man to ever stand against him, the legendary seamage Orin Flaxal, paid that price. But his orphaned daughter, Cynthia, has plans of her own, and revenge is top on her list. She is no warrior, and thanks to Bloodwind's murder of her parents, she will never be a seamage. But she has one family trait that nobody can she can build ships, like her grandfather did. She will build ships that no corsair can match, and use them to starve the pirate nation to death. And with the help of a bedraggled seasprite, a crippled old sailor and a retired ship's cook, who could stand against her? But Bloodwind has spies and assassins in every port, and Cynthia's new ships would make fine additions to his pirate fleet. Meanwhile, Odea, goddess of the sea, has her own plans for Cynthia Flaxal. So when Cynthia's ships finally set sail, both Captain Bloodwind and Odea are ready.Scimitar SunGold Medal winner for Fantasy in the ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards 2010Scimitar's HeirGold Medal winner for Fantasy in the ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards 2011

Scimitar Sun Gold Medal winner for Fantasy in the ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards 2010The Shattered Isles are at peace. Or so it seems. The vile pirate lord, Bloodwind, has been vanquished, and Cynthia Flaxal has everything she always dreamed the mystical powers of a seamage, a successful shipyard, the love of a great man, and a child on the way. But trouble roils both above and below the waves.A school of vengeful merfolk harbors a secret and terrible agenda. An empire perceives Cynthia's growing fleet as a threat. A small band of surviving pirates hatches a devious plot to regain supremacy in the Shattered Isles. A favor to an old friend leaves Cynthia with a powerful but undisciplined young pyromage on her hands. And as all these forces converge, the Seamage of the Shattered Isles finds herself and her unborn child caught right in the middle. Scimitar Moon Gold Medal winner for Fantasy in the ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards 2009 Scimitar's Heir Gold Medal winner for Fantasy in the ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards 2011