The Badge of Our Tribe: Harley Firebird, #5

By Taylen Carver

Is a day with no crimes in it possible? 

 
Harley has nothing to do. So when her lieutenant, Mojag Bear, heads for the town's high school with a thunderous expression, she tags along. 
 
Her curiosity tips Harley into a day of discovery about Mojag and his family, the skewed passions of the Old Ones and humans who live in Falconer, and a tragedy in the making. 
 
Maybe a quiet day in Falconer just isn't possible, after all… 
 
The Badge of Our Tribe is part of the Harley Firebird urban fantasy series of novelettes, which is set in the same world as Taylen Carver's Magorian & Jones series. 
 
1.0: The Dragon of Falconer 
2.0: The Orc Who Cried 
3.0: The Shepherd of Fire 
4.0: The Mad Folk of Falconer 
5.0: The Badge of Our Tribe 
…and more to come. 
 
Urban Fantasy Novelette 
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Praise for Taylen Carver's urban fantasy: 
 
Plenty of exciting twists and turns. 
 
Feel the tingling of danger, the aha's of escaping death, and the excitement of magic 
 
I loved this and will continue on with the series. 
 
A very satisfying first book for a new series 
 
blends the paranormal and the thriller/suspense you expect in a who done it crime story 
 
Love the heroine 
 
The story is filled with many interesting characters, and I'm sure throughout the series we will learn more about them and their new Sheriff and I can't wait to read all about them. 
 
The author packs this short story with plenty of action and suspense. 
 
Do yourself a big favor and be sure to read the entire series. 

 

The only drawback - I want to read more of this fantastical world-building, and I want to read it now. 
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Canadian author Taylen Carver writes edgy urban fantasy, doesn't pull punches, and would rather be writing unless otherwise notified.  When not writing, Taylen can usually be found inside speculative fiction of other authors.  Favourites include Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Kevin Hearne, Laurell K. Hamilton, and Emma Bull. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stories Rule Press
• Release date: Nov 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9781774385272

Taylen Carver

Canadian author Taylen Carver writes edgy urban fantasy, doesn’t pull punches, and would rather be writing unless otherwise notified.  When not writing, Taylen can usually be found inside speculative fiction of other authors.  Favorites include Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Kevin Hearne, Laurell K. Hamilton, and Emma Bull.

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A drought-ridden Arizona town hires a very special kind of rainmaker: A siren.

But when it comes time to pay for her services, Mayor Archer Bertrand has a change of heart. After all, the old races are legally non-people and can’t sign contracts.

That was just his first mistake.

This short story is set in the old races-inhabited world of Magorian & Jones, written by Taylen Carver. It is not commercially released, but provided free to readers and fans of the series.

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The Story So Far…

The Badge Of Our Tribe

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ABOUT THE BADGE OF OUR TRIBE

Is a day with no crimes in it possible?

Harley has nothing to do. So when her lieutenant, Mojag Bear, heads for the town’s high school with a thunderous expression, she tags along.

Her curiosity tips Harley into a day of discovery about Mojag and his family, the skewed passions of the Old Ones and humans who live in Falconer, and a tragedy in the making.

Maybe a quiet day in Falconer just isn’t possible, after all…

The Badge of Our Tribe is part of the Harley Firebird urban fantasy series of novelettes, which is set in the same world as Taylen Carver’s Magorian & Jones series.

1.0: The Dragon of Falconer

2.0: The Orc Who Cried

3.0: The Shepherd of Fire

4.0: The Mad Folk of Falconer

5.0: The Badge of Our Tribe

…and more to come.

Urban Fantasy Novelette

THE STORY SO FAR…

Harley von Canmore is a firebird, one of the rarest of the Old Races. The Old Races are former humans who survived the Tutu virus, only to metamorphose into other creatures. Goblyns, who are called orcs in North America, are the most common. There are also hobgoblins, dwarves, fae, angels, dryads, dragons, salamanders, sirens, avancs and water leapers, each aligned with one of the elements; Earth, Air, Fire and Water.

The town of Falconer, in the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, had a population of one thousand people. Without exception, all contracted the Tutu virus. Now the residents are becoming Old Ones, without official status in Canada and scrambling to survive. The town’s mayor, Akicita Frazier, hires Harley to police the town.

Harley was a decorated Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer before her change. She resents the loss of that career and is in denial about her new life as a firebird. She also serves two masters; the law, which she has sworn to uphold, and Campbell von Havre, a dragon elemental to whom firebirds are subject. Her cop instincts tell her Campbell is not the simple businessman he appears to be, but he does seem to put the good of Falconer first.

Campbell seems taken with Harley on a personal level, but Harley knows their disparate ethics will clash sooner or later. The Mayor of Falconer’s newly-returned-home ex-military brother, Tiriaq Frazier, has also openly declared his interest in Harley.

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