Celtic Otherworld Series

Four teenagers are trying to end the ruinous war, a human, an elf princess, a dryad Mage and dwarf Wizard. Or at least that's what Kevin, the student magus thinks they are. Most of the action is on a legendary Celtic Otherworld, on the continent of Magh Meall. Out of food and close to despair in the mountains they are told to wait for another companion by the crow familiar of Dean David from the Magi College. Combining background of Celtic Myth and Steampunk. Revised proof editing 2020-09-16. About 77,200 words Manannán Mac Lir led the Tuath Dé away to the Otherworld over 2,500 years ago. Except for them it’s been more like 600 due to the time-slip. Not all the portals (often at Court Graves, Raths and other ancient Irish sites) have been closed. Any Enchanter can open one. Today Tuath Dé culture is a crazy mix of Mediaeval to 19th Century. Now the Magi Council and the Druids of Ollathair have wakened the Sleepers, the Morrígna, (Badb, Macha and Neamhain) and the rest of Manannán Mac Lir’s Aes Sidhé Warband.

Who has poisoned Megra and her father, the Emperor? Eilis (Alice) accepts she is different and reveals why to her four friends. They learn about Skandi culture and the forbidden Skand magic. They take ship to another continent in search of an antidote and answers. The cover is is based on 'The Love Potion' by Evelyn De Morgan. About 54,250 words.

Urban fantasy mostly in Worcestershire / Wychavon area. Four teenagers doing A Levels get sucked into a strange situation with Superheroes and Aliens. They are rescued by the High Queen of the Aés Sidhe. Sequel to 'Seeking the Flaming Spear'. Fourth book in the Celtic Otherworld series. The cover is based on 'Freya' by Doyle. About 88,700 words.

Megra must decide how to deal with Morien, who is Fay, so she contacts Queen Oonagh of the Aés Sidhe for help by throwing a 'Ball'. Alice (Eilis) decides it's time to do more matchmaking. Alice (Eilis) meets her adoptive grandmother (Queen Oonagh) and makes some friends in the Otherworld of the true Elves. Alice gets to show off some warrior training that Neamhain formerly of the Morrígna has taught her. She figures how to finally stop Kevin having a crush on her. Morien is an older less known name of Morgan le Fay. In the oldest stories she has no relationship to Arthur and is a “good” Fay queen and healer on Avalon (Isle of Apples). The cover is based on ‘Morgan Le Fay’ by Frederick Sandys. About 88,150 words.

Action is parallel to “Hero Genesis” and “No Silver Lining” in the partially Steam Punk world where the Tuatha Dé live. Alice’s half sister’s two children (met briefly in “Carrying the Shining Sword”) are exiled from Ireland because they too have magic. The Celtic Otherworld series has contemporary travel to Otherworlds mentioned in Celtic Myth and Legend. Meet the Tuath Dé, Sióg, Aés Sidhe, Elves and Faerie. Stories are also set in Limerick, Ireland and Wychavon, England. Manannán Mac Lir led the Tuath Dé away to the Otherworld over 2,500 years ago. Except for them it’s been more like 600 due to the time-slip, now fixed. The Cover is from ‘On the Threshold’ by Edmund Blair Leighton. About 74,600 words.

Urban fantasy mostly in Limerick. Alice (Eilis) joins the four English teenagers going to the University of Limerick, but senses a Horseman of the Apocalypse. Kate finds that Eilis is a strange friend with many surprises. Sequel to Hero Genesis and #5 in the "Celtic Otherworld" series, though the books can be read as pair or even on their own. The first three books are a trilogy covering Alice's magical development for her most critical three years. “IIf an in-house system fails, only one bank, or one retailer or one supplier is affected,” insisted Louise. “If everything is outsourced to the Cloud, even if it’s a hundred times more reliable it’s an apocalyptically bad event because you lose everything at once. There are too few cloud providers, who are too similar and too big.” The cover shows a detail of ‘Apocalypse’ by Vasnetsov. About 65,400 words.

Alice (Eilis) had previously agreed to be a godmother for Órlaith. Now the baby has quickened and a geas is triggered. You can’t invoke a fay blessing for a baby without invoking a fay curse first! Everything you wanted to know about the Fairy Godmother, the Wicked Witch, Flower Fairies and Fairy doors. This book can be read on its own, though #7 in the Celtic Otherworld series. The events take place during the last parts of ‘Exiles and Rooks’. The sequel to ‘Exiles and Rooks’ is ‘Conspiracies and Rooks’. It’s the fifth book with Alice as the main character. The cover is based on ‘Lady of Shalott’ by John William Waterhouse. About 53,120 words.

Marion is now a Student Guard. Tony and Sorcha settle into the town house and make friends. Why does the shopkeeper not want the Guards to catch the thieves? This is the second of six ‘Marion and the Rooks books’ and the eighth book involving the Celtic Otherworld of Magh Meall. The cover is based on the portrait of May Sartoris by Frederic Leighton. About 88,800 words.

It’s a year since Daniel, Kevin and Órlaith’s child, was born. So now the Fay Godmothers must return, but they too now have children. Why has Morien left her child, Leodith, at Alice's home? What is Manannán's real plan? The cover is a detail edited from ‘The Kiss’ by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. About 59,250 words.

Marion gets a contract from the Aés Sidhe to investigate the murder of a Dwarf Chief on the Reservation. Yet though her adoptive mother, Alice, is the Minister responsible, Alice has gone on a horse riding holiday on the Peacestead at Asgard. Obviously the Empress Megra has been told, but generally it must be secret. Alice wasn’t expecting Marion to bring her staff. Extensive use is made of older sources rather than more modern ones. The cover is based on ‘Freyja and the Dwarves’ by Patten Wilson, an illustration. Freyja is receiving the Brísingamen, which was probably a torc rather than the modern conception of a necklace. Perhaps to fasten on her falcon feather cloak used for shape-shifting. About 49,950 words.

Marion’s Detective Agency has had some clients, but why does the visitor wait till Detective Nossie has gone home? It’s nearly a year since the Fay and the Empress foisted the Irish twins on her. The third Marion and the Rooks book and #10 in the Celtic Otherworld series. The cover is based on ‘Artists Sketching in the White Mountains’ by Homer Winslow. About 46,550 words.