The Colors of Fate Series

Hauflin farmer Jaron Feldergrass has had enough of the world outside his village, a world dominated by the violent humans and populated with monsters. But when his brother Jayse is murdered by bandits, Jaron must take up his bow and knife and leave Fairhollow again for that wider world. Accompanied by his unstable cousin Beetle, a human swordswoman, and an old man with a minor magical talent, Jaron travels to the human town of Whiteridge to learn that his brother’s death was only part of a broader conspiracy that may end up threatening all of the residents of the Cinder Valley. The first book of the series "The Colors of Fate."

Jaron Feldergrass has found the humans who have captured his people, but is too late to stop the kidnappers. While the general-turned-mercenary K’rol Vhael leads his strike team deeper into the mountains, Jaron and his cousin Beetle must find their own way and their own allies. Against them stands a Red priest and his unnatural minions. At stake is more than the lives of Jaron’s people, as the powers that the priest unleashes threaten to transform the entire Cinder Valley. The third book in the series “The Colors of Fate.”

After clashing with a band of vicious bandits near Whiteridge, hauflin scout Jaron Feldergrass returns home to his village of Fairhollow to find that the raiders bear grudges. Jaron and his off-kilter cousin Beetle join with a company of human soldiers in pursuit of the slavers who have taken his people hostage. The trail leads them across the Cinder Valley to the raucous mining town of Mulstone. There they find the foes they seek, but also threads of a plot that threatens the future of the entire valley. The second book in the series "The Colors of Fate."

Jaron Feldergrass has returned home with his people after the defeat of the human slavers and the Red priests that led them. But life in the hauflin village of Fairhollow has lost some of its appeal, and when some old companions arrive with an offer he once again leaves his quiet home behind. With his unpredictable cousin Beetle and the human warriors Carzen Zelos and Mara Lendoran, Jaron escorts a caravan over the western mountains. But a greater threat has been massing outside of the borders of the Cinder Valley, and neither Jaron nor his friends are aware that their expedition is heading right into the heart of a brewing war. Faded Yellow Dreams begins a new story in the series “The Colors of Fate.”

Carzen Zelos and Mara Lendoran weren’t looking for a war then they signed on to escort a merchant caravan across the mountains in Albestin. But caught in the middle of an orc invasion, they are drawn into a quest that might be the coastal kingdom’s only hope against the dark magic and physical strength of the Tainted. Accompanied by the Feldergrass cousins and a White priestess, Carzen and Mara must travel into the cursed Tel’har Forest where the sinister power behind the rising orc nation awaits.

The Orc War is over and Albestin is safe, but Carzen Zelos and his friends find that settling back into their normal lives isn’t as easy as they thought. Carzen’s past will not leave him alone, while the warrior Mara must learn that having only half a hand doesn’t make her half a person. Meanwhile, the hauflin Feldergrass cousins are finding out the hard way that a human city plays by different rules than their quiet village. When Beetle runs afoul of the local thieves’ guild, Jaron must join with an unexpected ally to win his cousin’s freedom. But both the human heroes and the two hauflin are being drawn into even more danger as they learn of a conspiracy that threatens to throw the staggered city back into chaos. The companions will need to defeat their own demons in order to save their adopted city from disaster.

Still learning to cope with a crippling injury, Mara Lendoran has given up the life of a mercenary for a new career as a merchant trader. But the ways of her past life refuse to be left behind as she and the hauflin Feldergrass cousins bring their first cargo to the dwarven city of Delverhame. Mara and her friends only want to sell their goods and make a decent profit, but they find themselves dragged unwittingly into a conspiracy within the dwarven city, one that could end up making their first trading venture their last.