Over the last two years, I’ve co-written a series of fantasy novels together with British author Francene Stanley. The Higher Ground series is loosely based on Francene’s Moonstone books, but set two hundred years in the future after floods destroyed civilization as we know it.
Five remarkable people–clever Aron, strong Boris, wise Cerridwen, nature-attuned Trevly, and temptress Sasha–get caught up in a search for legendary Egyptian jewellery. Their journeys are interwoven until they meet in Hailing.
Only memories, broken articles, and derelict buildings speak of a past civilization. Among them a mural in Saint Eyes, buried under a sand dune, points the way to a better future.
Cerridwen regularly dreams of the past, scenes that make no sense to her–of cars, planes and other technology. These visions are a gift inherited from her mother, who sees the mural in Saint Eyes in a dream vision before she dies. She recognizes Cerridwen as the woman depicted in the painting, wearing a moonstone ring that influences the world around her. Fulfilling her mother’s last wish, Cerridwen leaves for Hailing to find the wise woman who might lead her to the mural and possibly the ring.
Joint Writing
Over the last two years, I’ve co-written a series of fantasy novels together with British author Francene Stanley. The Higher Ground series is loosely based on Francene’s Moonstone books, but set two hundred years in the future after floods destroyed civilization as we know it.
Five remarkable people–clever Aron, strong Boris, wise Cerridwen, nature-attuned Trevly, and temptress Sasha–get caught up in a search for legendary Egyptian jewellery. Their journeys are interwoven until they meet in Hailing.
Only memories, broken articles, and derelict buildings speak of a past civilization. Among them a mural in Saint Eyes, buried under a sand dune, points the way to a better future.
Cerridwen regularly dreams of the past, scenes that make no sense to her–of cars, planes and other technology. These visions are a gift inherited from her mother, who sees the mural in Saint Eyes in a dream vision before she dies. She recognizes Cerridwen as the woman depicted in the painting, wearing a moonstone ring that influences the world around her. Fulfilling her mother’s last wish, Cerridwen leaves for Hailing to find the wise woman who might lead her to the mural and possibly the ring.
For a glimpse of the future, read Chapter One.