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From the author of The Oxbow Kingdom Trilogy comes a new fantasy adventure:  Plea to a Frozen God . Pre-order the e-book on Amazon today : Praise for Plea to a Frozen God: “There’s so much heart behind the message that had me falling in love with Plea to a Frozen God right away. The author has a special talent of making the reader feel something. This tale is full of soul. This is a reminder how human nature is so flawed but also resilient. This novel is such an intense escape into fantasy but also has one thinking about life and the future of humanity. Plea to a Frozen God is a smart, clever way of sharing an alternative reality. A place and time that feels different and yet familiar.”  “Ursula K. Le Guin set us all a wonderful standard when she blended sci-fi and fantasy, and this work is a generous homage to that wonderful fusion genre. In its RPG-narrative sensibilities, it also serves quite splendidly for a different audience altogether." * * * Prince Ligo endured a trou...

 Coming Soon - Late Summer 2024 Plea to a Frozen God The Fourth Fantasy Novel from C. M. Skiera      Prince Ligo endured a troubled engagement. Betrothed to a foreigner to save a realm abandoned by their god, the prince suffers a seizure during a sacred hunt, and awakens to see his fiancée’s family usurp the volcano-menaced realm. Indeed, Prince Ligo has seen better days.      When the enigmatic Mystic Riggan rescues Prince Ligo from the deadly coup, they undertake a pilgrimage to the cryptic God of Death’s secret sanctum. Fugitives in the frigid wilds, the beleaguered duo conscripts a badly wounded soldier to survive. Pursuing answers to what truly ails the realm, the misfit trio discovers more ancient mysteries at their journey’s end. They also find the beginnings of a home and family like none they’d ever known.