Birth made her an outcast.
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Her uncle made her a thief.
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Fate brought her to France and the first friends she’d ever known.
While attending the Legion of Honor’s all-girl boarding school, seventeen-year-old Louisa Sophia will do anything to protect the only people who love her. She’ll even swallow her pride and go on the antiquated husband-hunting expedition known as the Last Chance Tour to defend them from the school’s cruelest bullies.
The journey will take them across 1870s Europe, from Paris to Lisbon. Destined to face scoundrels and villains at every turn, will Louisa’s unique talents and the power of her friends’ sisterhood be enough to survive?
An epic adventure follows, complete with bullies and villains, life-threatening situations, and historic destinations. But underlying it all, this is a story about a group of friends, sisters in the Legion, facing one of life’s first major crossroads. Start your adventure today!
History is but a shadow of the truth.
A jaded thief and an idealistic archaeologist form an unlikely partnership to solve an ancient mystery. Opposed at every turn by unknown forces, their journey takes them across 1880s Egypt in search of a lost temple to the other side of the universe, where magic is all too real.
Archaeologist Dr. Benjamin McGehee is facing new beginnings. Consumed with preparing for his first Egyptian excavation and raising a recently orphaned teenager, Ben never expected the enigma that is Louisa Sophia.
Being a foreigner’s bastard, Louisa learned early to take from the world before it took from her.Like a whisper in the sands of time, a stolen letter hints at the unimaginable:
In the wake of Alexander the Great’s death, his empire fractured. Armies of pretenders to his legacy maneuvered within the parched plains and canyons of the Egyptian Sinai, fighting over his remains. Elements of those armies vanish, leaving a mysterious footnote to history—a footnote that sends Louisa to Egypt seeking answers and treasure.
They discover the impossible. They take what they shouldn’t and trigger a mystical artifact that transports them to the planet Aaru, the fabled Field of Reeds from Egyptian mythology.
Caught in the middle of a war and hunted for their unique knowledge, the desperate Earthlings confront a world where magic is common and alien races coexist alongside dwarves, elves, and humans from many of Earth’s ancient civilizations.
They must race to unlock the secrets of a long vanished alien race or face the Lamentations. Can they survive long enough to find a way home?
When you have the secret to ruling the world, everyone wants what you have.
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The Aaruans may have magic, but they have seen nothing like the Earthlings’ guns. Hunted by the Remulan Empire for their knowledge, Ben, Louisa, Abu and the soldiers of the 13th Bengal Lancers must find a way home or become pawns in the struggle for ultimate power.
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All they need to do is survive being guests of a race of immortal pseudo-humans known as the welves, outwit a Remulan Emperor who descends from Julius Caesar, and decipher the cryptic language of a long vanished alien race all before the threat of the world-ending Lamentations becomes a reality.
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Step back into a world of adventure, romance, magic, and history with Echoes of Ancients as the story of our intergalactic castaways continues.
The eons old story that incites the Lamentations and Magic Series
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In the wake of Alexander the Great's death, his empire fractured. Fighting over his remains, armies of pretenders to his legacy maneuvered within the parched plains and canyons of the Egyptian Sinai. Elements of those armies vanish, leaving a mysterious footnote to history—a footnote that sends Louisa Sophia to Egypt seeking answers and treasure. Read about the troops from Alexander's army and the event that sparked the Lamentations and Magic Series, then read the first chapters of Ancient Civilizations, Book 1 of the series.