As darkness rises in Scandia, and an ancient evil awakens after nearly twenty centuries of slumber and all things give way before it. Sigrún and her family and friends, embark on a whirlwind quest, of passion, vengeance and valour to save the whole of the continent of Scandia and to defy the most wicked figure in the history of the kingdom, who lies within the mysterious and previously thought lost Darkspire.
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Joseph C. Chaput is a French-Canadian writer and essayist, with a deep and abiding love for all things Mythic, from Homer to Virgil, and, of course, to the Norse Sagas and French Chivalric epics.
The Darkspire Conspiracy by Joseph Chaput As darkness rises in Scandia, and an ancient evil awakens after nearly twenty centuries of slumber and all things give way before it. Sigrún and her family and friends, embark on a whirlwind quest, of passion, vengeance and...
Wingswept: The Dragon and the Dove by Thérèse Judeana Dragons in the mountains. Dragons in the ice. Dragons on the road. Dragons are extinct - that’s what Alandis was taught. That history is rewritten when Alandis runs from the breaking of her heart, and by strange...
Vows by Cynthia Linkas Fall, 1964. Academy of Sorrows' nuns and girls are at crossroads. Janey, a senior, yearns for faith and breaks the rules. Sister Philippe, a young independent nun, struggles to keep her vows. Mother Superior leads them in discipline and belief....
Galahad by Michael Walker Galahad is a knight in search of a quest. Abandoned at a medieval monastery as a child, he journeys to Camelot to earn his spot at the Round Table. Impressed by his valor in the tournament joust, King Arthur sends Galahad to find the Holy...
The Divine Tragedy by Chai Mahfood Jackson Abgayani is employed by his local pastor to save two boys from the hands of Gary Miller. Unsure of what's to come, he'll agree to walk the dark road in hopes of stopping the profane sabbath. Will he endure? Paperback: $9.99...
Ad Maré: Song of the Pleiades by Grace Bourget A kingdom living in the shadow of a five-hundred year curse. A people banished for protecting their home against it. Seven stars gliding westward. One ancient city has already fallen to the sea. The only hope to save...
Cross of Secrets by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly currents...
Trial by Time by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly currents of...
Shards of Crystal by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly...
The Messiah of the Metro Café By Ronda Chervin It was 9:00 A.M., October 24, 2022. The reporters of the Catholic Weekly of Los Angeles met in the chief editor’s office for their special assignments. “This cult leader is influencing some St. Mark’s seminarians from his...
Vale of Hope by Grace Bourget In 15th-century Spain, a reckless youth finds himself grounded with the worst punishment he can imagine: volunteering in a leper camp. Working amongst those the world has proclaimed as dead to society, Paul finds that there is more to...
The Squire's Journey This is a story of a journey, written to help young people deal with grief and loss. Every journey has a beginning. Every journey has a starting point, when a person’s life takes a turn and he starts on the path that will be his life for the rest...
The Guest of Night Three teenagers are drawn into the hidden underside of Elizabethan England: a world where how you pray can get you hanged, and misplaced trust can kill. Catholicism is forbidden in this world, and Catholics walk the line between faith and fear....
Only the Lover Sings by Daniel Fitzpatrick All is changed when a hurricane floods the city of New Orleans, displacing fourteen-year-old Roman Moran and his family not only from their home but also from the daily round rehearsed for them by generations of life in the...
Children of Slate Morgan O’Bryan, studying for the priesthood at St. Francis Seminary, comes under the tutelage of Father Christopher. Father Christopher suspects that Morgan might possess the gift of healing, and he wants to introduce Morgan to the knowledge of and...
Dragons in the mountains.
Dragons in the ice.
Dragons on the road.
Dragons are extinct – that’s what Alandis was taught. That history is rewritten when Alandis runs from the breaking of her heart, and by strange circumstance, is pitched into a legendary role of protection. In the midst of fighting her own dragons and shielding her people, Alandis doesn’t see the danger lurking in the shadows until it’s too late.
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“This story soars higher than the dragons it depicts, taking readers on an emotional and action-filled journey that begins with a concept so universal in the human experience: running away from what hurts us. This latest novel by Therese Judeana does not disappoint!” – Chantal LaFortune, co-author with Grace Bourget of The Song of Elbereth
“Wingswept is a tale of finding worth and purpose even in the midst of despair and apparent failure: the value of life even when one longs to lose it, a story of the journey to grace and love.” – Grace Bourget, author of Ad Maré: Song of the Pleiades and Light of Faith: Poems and Plays
Thérèse Judeana is a young traditional Catholic with a love for fantasy, believing, like Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, that sometimes it holds a secret key to drawing the soul towards the true reality of God. An accomplished writer, she creates both science-fantasy worlds and fairytale lands. Thérèse lives in Central Florida, where she attends the traditional Latin Mass with her family. Currently, she is studying fashion design and fashion history, designing her own wardrobe, and working on her publications, Windflower and Aestheté.
The Darkspire Conspiracy by Joseph Chaput As darkness rises in Scandia, and an ancient evil awakens after nearly twenty centuries of slumber and all things give way before it. Sigrún and her family and friends, embark on a whirlwind quest, of passion, vengeance and...
Wingswept: The Dragon and the Dove by Thérèse Judeana Dragons in the mountains. Dragons in the ice. Dragons on the road. Dragons are extinct - that’s what Alandis was taught. That history is rewritten when Alandis runs from the breaking of her heart, and by strange...
Vows by Cynthia Linkas Fall, 1964. Academy of Sorrows' nuns and girls are at crossroads. Janey, a senior, yearns for faith and breaks the rules. Sister Philippe, a young independent nun, struggles to keep her vows. Mother Superior leads them in discipline and belief....
Galahad by Michael Walker Galahad is a knight in search of a quest. Abandoned at a medieval monastery as a child, he journeys to Camelot to earn his spot at the Round Table. Impressed by his valor in the tournament joust, King Arthur sends Galahad to find the Holy...
The Divine Tragedy by Chai Mahfood Jackson Abgayani is employed by his local pastor to save two boys from the hands of Gary Miller. Unsure of what's to come, he'll agree to walk the dark road in hopes of stopping the profane sabbath. Will he endure? Paperback: $9.99...
Ad Maré: Song of the Pleiades by Grace Bourget A kingdom living in the shadow of a five-hundred year curse. A people banished for protecting their home against it. Seven stars gliding westward. One ancient city has already fallen to the sea. The only hope to save...
Cross of Secrets by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly currents...
Trial by Time by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly currents of...
Shards of Crystal by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly...
The Messiah of the Metro Café By Ronda Chervin It was 9:00 A.M., October 24, 2022. The reporters of the Catholic Weekly of Los Angeles met in the chief editor’s office for their special assignments. “This cult leader is influencing some St. Mark’s seminarians from his...
Vale of Hope by Grace Bourget In 15th-century Spain, a reckless youth finds himself grounded with the worst punishment he can imagine: volunteering in a leper camp. Working amongst those the world has proclaimed as dead to society, Paul finds that there is more to...
The Squire's Journey This is a story of a journey, written to help young people deal with grief and loss. Every journey has a beginning. Every journey has a starting point, when a person’s life takes a turn and he starts on the path that will be his life for the rest...
The Guest of Night Three teenagers are drawn into the hidden underside of Elizabethan England: a world where how you pray can get you hanged, and misplaced trust can kill. Catholicism is forbidden in this world, and Catholics walk the line between faith and fear....
Only the Lover Sings by Daniel Fitzpatrick All is changed when a hurricane floods the city of New Orleans, displacing fourteen-year-old Roman Moran and his family not only from their home but also from the daily round rehearsed for them by generations of life in the...
Children of Slate Morgan O’Bryan, studying for the priesthood at St. Francis Seminary, comes under the tutelage of Father Christopher. Father Christopher suspects that Morgan might possess the gift of healing, and he wants to introduce Morgan to the knowledge of and...
Fall, 1964. Academy of Sorrows’ nuns and girls are at crossroads. Janey, a senior, yearns for faith and breaks the rules. Sister Philippe, a young independent nun, struggles to keep her vows. Mother Superior leads them in discipline and belief. But temptation beckons: reckless tobogganing on icy hills, skating with abandon at the roller palace, young men waiting for them outside the walls, and all the while, questioning their faith. As graduation approaches, Janey and Philippe make spiritual discoveries. The Vatican II revolution begins. Will Philippe throw off her habit and break her vows? Will Janey surprise even herself and take the vows? And will Mother Superior still shepherd them with vision and grace?
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Two young women struggle with their faith—and the pull of the world—in Linkas’ novel.
Welcome to the Academy of the Sorrows of Mary, a convent-cum-prep school run by French Canadian Jesuit nuns who could teach the Marines a thing or two about discipline. The two main characters are Sister Philippe de Marie, a postulant in the order, and Janey Chadderton, a student in the attached prep school. We meet Sister Philippe as Janey’s new English teacher who ditches Tennyson in favor of Gerard Manley Hopkins (yes, this is daring stuff, and the girls revel in it). The story takes place over Janey’s senior year, and the titular vows provide the tension. Sister Philippe is expected to be taking final vows at year’s end. The students are not committed to the religious life (though it is not discouraged), but they are expected to take “Perpetual Vows” at graduation, meaning that whatever the rest of their lives hold, they will remain committed to Christ and the Church. Sister Philippe and Janey fall into something very much like love, with all the Sturm und Drang that goes with it. Janey sees things that she shouldn’t, which really tests her faith. Clearly Janey is based on the author, who went to just such a prep school, and Sister Philippe is likely based upon her older sister, Claudia, the dedicatee. Linkas is a published poet, and her writing reflects this poetic sensibility. After a toboggan flips over, Sister Jean, badly hurt, is described as “a ball of nun” in the snow. Early on, the nuns are described as “like a swarm of insects attacking the arbor, clipping at pride, curbing friendships,” and they “revered the mind, worshiped the soul, ignored the body.” And yet, despite the pious subject matter, this is a warmhearted and at times wondrously funny book.
A rare and unforgettable look inside a cloistered religious culture shrouded in obscurity.
“In Vows, Cynthia Linkas has brought back to life a convent school in the mid-twentieth century, a world so far away from us it may as well be science fiction: nuns in habits; a century-old web of obligations and sinful infractions; a deep struggle between faith and reasonableness; and poetry meaning so much its enormous gravitational pull could be a matter of life and death. It not only goes back in historical time but also back to that period of earnest searching that may have been the youth of every one of us, male or female, Catholic or otherwise. The two narrators, a 17-year-old high school student, and nun of 22 about to take her final vows, remind us of the enormous period of growth we all go through during that five year gap, but, as well, both characters, enduring the same torments and ecstasies are fully realized individuals, struggling to be themselves, and—so unusual from the perspective of our era—struggling to subsume themselves into a broader life of sacredness, sacrifice, and meaning. And, of course, in both of them we experience variants of the age-old dialog between the desire of the flesh and need for God. It is a book about driving passions, and young very serious and earnest minds, breaking into little astonishments of poetry in seemingly the most ordinary passages. This is a dramatic story well told with a moving conclusion, and some illuminating truths along the way.” – Alan Feldman, author of The Golden Coin; Immortality (Massachusetts Book Award); A Sail to Great Island (Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry); The Happy Genius (Elliston Book Award).
“Although the setting of the novel, a 1960’s convent school, is specific and, to this reader, exotic, the concerns are universal – young women’s hunger for direction, belonging, and meaning. The characters are so well-drawn that I find myself worrying about how they are doing this many years later. Also: did I mention the humor, the pranks, the girls having fun parts of this wise and wondrous book? Fast-moving, deeply-felt; a remarkable debut.” – Miriam Weinstein, author, Yiddish: A Nation of Words, winner of the National Jewish Book Award
“Vows, by Cynthia Linkas, is a sparkling, entrancing book that draws you into a vanished world as strange and magical as any fantasy realm — a convent school in the 1960s, before Vatican II changed all the rules about a life in orders. Three main characters are caught in this moment of transition: Janey, in her senior year, with her yearning for faith and her opposing wish to test all the limits and find her own path; Philippe, a young nun, Janey’s role model, who has taken her vows but struggles to subdue her independence and her deepest desires; and Mere, the mother superior who has lived a life made meaningful by order, discipline, and unwavering belief. The book is full of drama—clashes of personalities, wild teenagers, secret messages, forbidden trysts, deaths and births—and it’s vivid, funny, varied, and richly involving. The stakes are high: after Vatican II will Philippe, with her all-or-nothing nature, become ‘half a nun,’ wearing street clothes and living outside of a convent? Will Janey, like some of her friends at the school, give herself over to the hunger for asceticism and, surprising even herself, take vows? Will Mere, toward the end of her life, be able to navigate a vastly changed world? These are resonant questions: what vows we take, what roads we travel, how we understand our own lives. This is a fabulous read! I loved every minute of it.” – Betsy Seifter, co-author of The Inevitable City, Scott Cowen; After the Diagnosis, Transcending Chronic Illness, Julian Seifter, MD and Betsy Seifter, PhD
“Vows is vivid historical fiction, set in a pre-Vatican II, 1964 convent boarding school, a time and place that no longer exists. Two stormy spiritual seekers, student Janey and novitiate Sister Philippe wrestle with doctrine and discipline as they chart their separate paths amidst the rumblings of a changing Church. Poet Cynthia Linkas knows this world, and rekindles it with grace, humor and riveting tension.” – Sally Brady, author of A Box of Darkness, Instar, Sweet Memories, and A Yankee Christmas
“Cynthia Linkas’ luminous, heartfelt debut novel takes place at Sorrows Academy, an Ignatian convent school run by French-Canadian nuns. The intertwined stories of Janey, a 17-year-old boarding student, and Philippe, a 22-year-old teaching nun, take place during the 1964/65 academic year—also the final year of the momentous Second Vatican Council. Both young women are wrestling with doubt and faith, despair and hope, attempting to reconcile the life of the body and the tangible world with the more austere realm of the mind and the soul. Their arcs will become entangled, and, at times, stretch nearly to a breaking point. Few writers convey so well both the longings and the contradictions of the spiritual life. Linkas has a keen ear for dialogue, and, even more important, a deeply felt understanding of the kinds of conversations that can leave a person forever changed. Vows thrums with action and has an unforgettable supporting cast of characters—fellow students and nuns, a stern yet compassionate Mother Superior—each so indelibly herself. Linkas also has an eye for the telling detail: for the heat and weigh of habit cloth, the ‘baked bread’ smell of freshly mimeographed pages, for modal chants that ‘sound like hunger,’ for the long sweep of skates on a roller-palace floor, the shuffle of slippers in a cell, and the taste and feel of contraband fried chicken sliding down your throat. What comes through in the end is the undeniable, enduring reality of love, which cannot be counterfeited, either in life or in fiction. I have not read anything quite like Vows. Linkas is a brilliant and caring companion for the journey.” – Patricia Hanlon, author of Swimming to the Top of the Tide: Finding Life Where Land and Water Meet (Bellevue Literary Press, 2021)
“Vows is about passion, an incredible range of passion — the passion for nature, tradition, friendship, a mentor, a place, a time, and for a lover, and in the guiding conversations with superiors… Vows is lit with passion around the dilemma of trust – well drawn characters trusting one another, the mystery of one’s own path and one’s own curiosity….. Told in language almost on fire, the interaction, growth, secrets, and intimacy shared among the group of girls, their elders, and mentors reveals through dilemmas of passion what it is to be human, to learn, grow, and make choices.” – Kelly Cunnane, author of For You are a Kenyan Child, winner of PEN New Writer award for nonfiction, The Maine Lupine Award and The Ezra Jack Keats Award
“Cynthia Linkas is a poet at heart. I loved the way she characterized Janey’s relationship with her teacher/mentor, Sister Philippe — a woman of authentic, courageous, compassionate faith, compelling in her love for God, her girls and life! VOWS is a four-letter word in our culture. And I’m not talking about spelling. This book invites us to enter a sacred and messy place where real life bumps into faith. It is a school where old and young make choices, learn hard lessons, seek forgiveness, and live out their faith while scrubbing floors, roller skating, asking questions, breaking rules, and learning to love God, themselves, and each other.” – Jan Carlberg, speaker, storyteller and author of The Hungry Heart, Daily Devotions from the Old Testament and The Welcome Song, Stories from a Place Called Home
Cynthia Linkas is author of a collection of poetry entitled Tumbled Time, and publishes widely in literary magazines notably, The Aurorian, Scop and Avocet. A lifelong music teacher, Linkas has taught hundreds of children to sing and performs Renaissance choral music, notably with Convivium Musicum of Boston. She enjoys walking her dogs, time with beloved grandchildren, and making Greek recipes for family and friends.
For more on her life and work, see her website at https://cynthialinkas.com/
The Darkspire Conspiracy by Joseph Chaput As darkness rises in Scandia, and an ancient evil awakens after nearly twenty centuries of slumber and all things give way before it. Sigrún and her family and friends, embark on a whirlwind quest, of passion, vengeance and...
Wingswept: The Dragon and the Dove by Thérèse Judeana Dragons in the mountains. Dragons in the ice. Dragons on the road. Dragons are extinct - that’s what Alandis was taught. That history is rewritten when Alandis runs from the breaking of her heart, and by strange...
Vows by Cynthia Linkas Fall, 1964. Academy of Sorrows' nuns and girls are at crossroads. Janey, a senior, yearns for faith and breaks the rules. Sister Philippe, a young independent nun, struggles to keep her vows. Mother Superior leads them in discipline and belief....
Galahad by Michael Walker Galahad is a knight in search of a quest. Abandoned at a medieval monastery as a child, he journeys to Camelot to earn his spot at the Round Table. Impressed by his valor in the tournament joust, King Arthur sends Galahad to find the Holy...
The Divine Tragedy by Chai Mahfood Jackson Abgayani is employed by his local pastor to save two boys from the hands of Gary Miller. Unsure of what's to come, he'll agree to walk the dark road in hopes of stopping the profane sabbath. Will he endure? Paperback: $9.99...
Ad Maré: Song of the Pleiades by Grace Bourget A kingdom living in the shadow of a five-hundred year curse. A people banished for protecting their home against it. Seven stars gliding westward. One ancient city has already fallen to the sea. The only hope to save...
Cross of Secrets by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly currents...
Trial by Time by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly currents of...
Shards of Crystal by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly...
The Messiah of the Metro Café By Ronda Chervin It was 9:00 A.M., October 24, 2022. The reporters of the Catholic Weekly of Los Angeles met in the chief editor’s office for their special assignments. “This cult leader is influencing some St. Mark’s seminarians from his...
Vale of Hope by Grace Bourget In 15th-century Spain, a reckless youth finds himself grounded with the worst punishment he can imagine: volunteering in a leper camp. Working amongst those the world has proclaimed as dead to society, Paul finds that there is more to...
The Squire's Journey This is a story of a journey, written to help young people deal with grief and loss. Every journey has a beginning. Every journey has a starting point, when a person’s life takes a turn and he starts on the path that will be his life for the rest...
The Guest of Night Three teenagers are drawn into the hidden underside of Elizabethan England: a world where how you pray can get you hanged, and misplaced trust can kill. Catholicism is forbidden in this world, and Catholics walk the line between faith and fear....
Only the Lover Sings by Daniel Fitzpatrick All is changed when a hurricane floods the city of New Orleans, displacing fourteen-year-old Roman Moran and his family not only from their home but also from the daily round rehearsed for them by generations of life in the...
Children of Slate Morgan O’Bryan, studying for the priesthood at St. Francis Seminary, comes under the tutelage of Father Christopher. Father Christopher suspects that Morgan might possess the gift of healing, and he wants to introduce Morgan to the knowledge of and...
Galahad is a knight in search of a quest. Abandoned at a medieval monastery as a child, he journeys to Camelot to earn his spot at the Round Table. Impressed by his valor in the tournament joust, King Arthur sends Galahad to find the Holy Grail. Along the way, Galahad makes many fantastical friends and foes, but only by confronting his deepest fears can he fulfill his destiny.
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Michael Walker hails from the Hesperidean landscape of Southern California. After earning his master’s degree from the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, he worked as a Scientist for the United States Navy. He strives to create literary works in prose and poetry that embody the true, good, and beautiful to capture the imagination of young and old alike.
The Darkspire Conspiracy by Joseph Chaput As darkness rises in Scandia, and an ancient evil awakens after nearly twenty centuries of slumber and all things give way before it. Sigrún and her family and friends, embark on a whirlwind quest, of passion, vengeance and...
Wingswept: The Dragon and the Dove by Thérèse Judeana Dragons in the mountains. Dragons in the ice. Dragons on the road. Dragons are extinct - that’s what Alandis was taught. That history is rewritten when Alandis runs from the breaking of her heart, and by strange...
Vows by Cynthia Linkas Fall, 1964. Academy of Sorrows' nuns and girls are at crossroads. Janey, a senior, yearns for faith and breaks the rules. Sister Philippe, a young independent nun, struggles to keep her vows. Mother Superior leads them in discipline and belief....
Galahad by Michael Walker Galahad is a knight in search of a quest. Abandoned at a medieval monastery as a child, he journeys to Camelot to earn his spot at the Round Table. Impressed by his valor in the tournament joust, King Arthur sends Galahad to find the Holy...
The Divine Tragedy by Chai Mahfood Jackson Abgayani is employed by his local pastor to save two boys from the hands of Gary Miller. Unsure of what's to come, he'll agree to walk the dark road in hopes of stopping the profane sabbath. Will he endure? Paperback: $9.99...
Ad Maré: Song of the Pleiades by Grace Bourget A kingdom living in the shadow of a five-hundred year curse. A people banished for protecting their home against it. Seven stars gliding westward. One ancient city has already fallen to the sea. The only hope to save...
Cross of Secrets by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly currents...
Trial by Time by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly currents of...
Shards of Crystal by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly...
The Messiah of the Metro Café By Ronda Chervin It was 9:00 A.M., October 24, 2022. The reporters of the Catholic Weekly of Los Angeles met in the chief editor’s office for their special assignments. “This cult leader is influencing some St. Mark’s seminarians from his...
Vale of Hope by Grace Bourget In 15th-century Spain, a reckless youth finds himself grounded with the worst punishment he can imagine: volunteering in a leper camp. Working amongst those the world has proclaimed as dead to society, Paul finds that there is more to...
The Squire's Journey This is a story of a journey, written to help young people deal with grief and loss. Every journey has a beginning. Every journey has a starting point, when a person’s life takes a turn and he starts on the path that will be his life for the rest...
The Guest of Night Three teenagers are drawn into the hidden underside of Elizabethan England: a world where how you pray can get you hanged, and misplaced trust can kill. Catholicism is forbidden in this world, and Catholics walk the line between faith and fear....
Only the Lover Sings by Daniel Fitzpatrick All is changed when a hurricane floods the city of New Orleans, displacing fourteen-year-old Roman Moran and his family not only from their home but also from the daily round rehearsed for them by generations of life in the...
Children of Slate Morgan O’Bryan, studying for the priesthood at St. Francis Seminary, comes under the tutelage of Father Christopher. Father Christopher suspects that Morgan might possess the gift of healing, and he wants to introduce Morgan to the knowledge of and...
“Chai Mahfood literally breaks new ground in this dark fantasy of a young exorcist on a quest through the Dantesque landscape of his mind!” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy
Chai Mahfood is a young artist who has made a stunning literary debut with The Divine Tragedy.
The Darkspire Conspiracy by Joseph Chaput As darkness rises in Scandia, and an ancient evil awakens after nearly twenty centuries of slumber and all things give way before it. Sigrún and her family and friends, embark on a whirlwind quest, of passion, vengeance and...
Wingswept: The Dragon and the Dove by Thérèse Judeana Dragons in the mountains. Dragons in the ice. Dragons on the road. Dragons are extinct - that’s what Alandis was taught. That history is rewritten when Alandis runs from the breaking of her heart, and by strange...
Vows by Cynthia Linkas Fall, 1964. Academy of Sorrows' nuns and girls are at crossroads. Janey, a senior, yearns for faith and breaks the rules. Sister Philippe, a young independent nun, struggles to keep her vows. Mother Superior leads them in discipline and belief....
Galahad by Michael Walker Galahad is a knight in search of a quest. Abandoned at a medieval monastery as a child, he journeys to Camelot to earn his spot at the Round Table. Impressed by his valor in the tournament joust, King Arthur sends Galahad to find the Holy...
The Divine Tragedy by Chai Mahfood Jackson Abgayani is employed by his local pastor to save two boys from the hands of Gary Miller. Unsure of what's to come, he'll agree to walk the dark road in hopes of stopping the profane sabbath. Will he endure? Paperback: $9.99...
Ad Maré: Song of the Pleiades by Grace Bourget A kingdom living in the shadow of a five-hundred year curse. A people banished for protecting their home against it. Seven stars gliding westward. One ancient city has already fallen to the sea. The only hope to save...
Cross of Secrets by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly currents...
Trial by Time by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly currents of...
Shards of Crystal by Thérèse Judeana An impenetrable shadow has bound the galaxy of Andromeda for centuries. After a freak accident of space, an empire of slave traders learns to control time. Now nothing can stop them from taking whom they will. In the deadly...
The Messiah of the Metro Café By Ronda Chervin It was 9:00 A.M., October 24, 2022. The reporters of the Catholic Weekly of Los Angeles met in the chief editor’s office for their special assignments. “This cult leader is influencing some St. Mark’s seminarians from his...
Vale of Hope by Grace Bourget In 15th-century Spain, a reckless youth finds himself grounded with the worst punishment he can imagine: volunteering in a leper camp. Working amongst those the world has proclaimed as dead to society, Paul finds that there is more to...
The Squire's Journey This is a story of a journey, written to help young people deal with grief and loss. Every journey has a beginning. Every journey has a starting point, when a person’s life takes a turn and he starts on the path that will be his life for the rest...
The Guest of Night Three teenagers are drawn into the hidden underside of Elizabethan England: a world where how you pray can get you hanged, and misplaced trust can kill. Catholicism is forbidden in this world, and Catholics walk the line between faith and fear....
Only the Lover Sings by Daniel Fitzpatrick All is changed when a hurricane floods the city of New Orleans, displacing fourteen-year-old Roman Moran and his family not only from their home but also from the daily round rehearsed for them by generations of life in the...
Children of Slate Morgan O’Bryan, studying for the priesthood at St. Francis Seminary, comes under the tutelage of Father Christopher. Father Christopher suspects that Morgan might possess the gift of healing, and he wants to introduce Morgan to the knowledge of and...
A kingdom living in the shadow of a five-hundred year curse.
A people banished for protecting their home against it.
Seven stars gliding westward.
One ancient city has already fallen to the sea. The only hope to save Celae and her people lies in the sky overhead; in the star on one girl’s brow; and a haunting voice calling her over the sea. Only her worst nightmares could prepare her for what lurked in the ancient mist.
“For only the broken souls may shine with starlight.”
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“Ad Maré is a tale of realized hopes and deep-set fears. Ultimately, the final question is to jump or not to jump while wondering whether someone will need to catch you or if you can trust your wings to let you fly.” – Thérèse Judeana, author of the Ransom: Shadow of an Empire series
Grace is an aspiring fashion designer with a loving family and a crazy cat named Kitten Kaboodle. She loves the Latin Mass, spending time with family and friends, and bringing fantasy to life through her hobbies, including co-producing with Chantal LaFortune of The Song of Elbereth. If she could tell you one thing, she’d ask you to make God smile.
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