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A new continent risen from the ocean…
A mysterious dark artifact…
A people on the brink of extinction…
These things are connected, but Levenworth ‘Levy’ Tren-Ulitese can’t figure out how that will affect the expedition of the Eastern Skylark. After narrowly escaping from their home — a city that has been taken in by hate and greed — he and his sister sail for the New World with a crew made up of refugees, cynics, and a crack shot musketeer, an ape-like professor of naturalism, and a navigator who can pull on the Liminals of spirit that criss-cross the world.
But a castaway exhibiting strange powers has presented a reason for powerful political factions to hunt them down before they can reach Minera. Worst of these is the dreaded Men-at-Arms, headed by a woman known as the ‘Queen of Smiles’: a person so maniacal, so ardent for her cause, so unrelentingly voracious for the chase that she will hunt them to the ends of the earth.
Or to the shores of Minera.
Will Levy keep his people free of peril?
Will they be able to escape pirates, assassins, and sea beasts?
Will they arrive safely in the New World?
A mysterious dark artifact…
A people on the brink of extinction…
These things are connected, but Levenworth ‘Levy’ Tren-Ulitese can’t figure out how that will affect the expedition of the Eastern Skylark. After narrowly escaping from their home — a city that has been taken in by hate and greed — he and his sister sail for the New World with a crew made up of refugees, cynics, and a crack shot musketeer, an ape-like professor of naturalism, and a navigator who can pull on the Liminals of spirit that criss-cross the world.
But a castaway exhibiting strange powers has presented a reason for powerful political factions to hunt them down before they can reach Minera. Worst of these is the dreaded Men-at-Arms, headed by a woman known as the ‘Queen of Smiles’: a person so maniacal, so ardent for her cause, so unrelentingly voracious for the chase that she will hunt them to the ends of the earth.
Or to the shores of Minera.
Will Levy keep his people free of peril?
Will they be able to escape pirates, assassins, and sea beasts?
Will they arrive safely in the New World?
266 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 1, 2025
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James W. Cutter
2 books5 followersI’m James W. Cutter, author of the ‘Wards of Minera’ flintlock-fantasy series. It's my goal to continue writing in fantasy niches that don't see much love, and carve out a unique space of my own. My next few planned novels are already announced on my website, (jameswcutter.com) and I have a pretty good idea of what I'll be writing for the next ten years or so.
I enjoy reading and writing about people that are held back by some kind of societal expectation, or a hierarchical power-structure that frustratingly prevents them from achieving their goals. Sometimes they find a way to work-around or defy it, but sometimes they let it corrupt them.
If you believe deeply-flawed characters are exciting, world-building is best when its parceled out in small bites, and that if magic were real it would absolutely be enjoyed and controlled by only a privileged few, then my books are for you.
I have a newsletter that will keep you up-to-date about future book releases: please click here.
I enjoy reading and writing about people that are held back by some kind of societal expectation, or a hierarchical power-structure that frustratingly prevents them from achieving their goals. Sometimes they find a way to work-around or defy it, but sometimes they let it corrupt them.
If you believe deeply-flawed characters are exciting, world-building is best when its parceled out in small bites, and that if magic were real it would absolutely be enjoyed and controlled by only a privileged few, then my books are for you.
I have a newsletter that will keep you up-to-date about future book releases: please click here.
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