Fire and Fantasy: A Limited Edition Collection of Urban and Epic Fantasy

by C.K. Dawn

Mystical Lands. Epic Adventure. Enchanting Characters.

FIRE & FANTASY will have your imagination soaring as you charge headfirst into this enchanting collection of 20+ brand new and existing fantasy reads packed with daring quests, bewitching legends, and dark magic!

Embark on sweeping adventures alongside fiery dragons, mystical mermaids, enchanted faeries, warring witches, demons, elves, and sword-wielding heroes as they face forces of evil and fight for the fate of their worlds!

With over a million words of original Urban Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, and Sword and Sorcery Fantasy from more than twenty bestselling and award winning authors, prepare to lose yourself in the high-stakes fates of lovers, heroes, and villains.

UNLEASH THE MAGIC IN FIRE & FANTASY and enter the worlds of the most creative fantasy authors when you PreOrder Today!

Including exclusive material from the following authors:
Award-Winning author CK Dawn
USA Today bestselling author Alicia Rades
Michelle Lynn and Michelle Bryan
Award-Winning authors Yelena Casale & Tina Moss
Kindle Scout Winner Cassandra Sky West

Kris Austen Radcliffe

Award- Winning author Jessica Cage
Sharon Rose Mayes
Award-Winning author Wendy Knight
D.N. Leo
Izzy Shows
Kassandra Lynn
Steve Turnbull
Award-Winning author Charlene A. Wilson
Eileen Enwright Hodgetts
Award-Winning author Meg Xuemei X
Jason Paul Rice
Joss Dey
JC Kang
Samuel Stokes
Frost Kay

Genres: Fantasy, Anthologies, Fiction, Amazon, Adventure, Paranormal

4510 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 12, 2017

About the author

Have you ever watched a cat stare at a wall, tracking something’s movements-- something invisible that sent shivers down your spine? Did it seem as if they were able to sense dark shadows lurking where the veil between worlds and reality thins? That’s precisely where the idea for the Netherwalker Series came from for CK Dawn!

USA Today bestselling author, coffee loving gamer girl, and Sci-fi enthusiast, CK Dawn always loved to snuggle up with her cat Hagrid (the shadow-seer) and read. But found writing was her bliss. So, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away CK let her unique modern tale of knights and Camelot dancing in her head take form and fly with Cloak of Shadows, her Readers' Favorite award winning debut novel. Now, you can find CK writing in the witching hours with Hagrid by her side while being distracted far too often by social media. There's more to come in the Netherwalker Series so stay tuned. Seriously, the story has only just begun.

CK loves connecting with readers and hopes to hear from you soon.




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Reviews

[Dianne · Rating 5 out of 5]

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So many tales from history to hear. Which were true and which were fabrications to hide the truth? One of the greatest legends was of King Arthur and his Knights, brave warriors all. Could it be possible that the descendants of these warriors have become guardians that defend us from evil to this very day? When your time comes, if the blood in your veins is the same as the Knights, like young Abbey’s, Duty calls and your life will be changed forever. Enter the world where warriors come in all shapes and sizes. Enter the world of C.K. Dawn and the new series Netherwalker with book one, Cloak of Shadows, where warriors are honed into lethal fighting machines and evil is kept at bay.

Sounds pretty ominous, doesn’t it? Probably because you haven’t met Abbey and her mentor, Lourdes! Abbey is priceless, her wit, candor and rough edges, not to mention her invisible sense of self brings humor and charm to a tale of good versus evil. Lourdie is a loner, far more powerful than her peers, she is unique among hunters and no one knows why she is so powerful. The two have been invited to Britain to hopefully find another hunter capable of being trained to do what Lourdie does. Too bad no one mentioned Temple, the often arrogant and aloof laird of the manor. While Abbey dubs him Mr. Hunky, Lourdie finds he unsettles her, oh wait, could she be fighting a romantic attraction to the man?

All’s not hearts and magic and flowers, though, evil is stalking the hunters and every second spent training MUST pay off as other worldly creatures threaten humanity. Heroes will fall, hearts will break, but the war goes on…

Sadly, I don’t remember King Arthur and his Round Table having an Abbey or a Lourdes among them! Thank you for correcting that oversight, C. K. Dawn! With brilliant attention to each scene, from the smell of sweat, the clashing of weapons and the chaotic action, C.K.Dawn has created a spellbinding world with characters that jump off the pages and appear before your very mind’s eye. The romance takes second chair to the action and the lives of these characters. Get ready to fight the good fight alongside the descendants of the world’s best warriors. Perhaps C. K. Dawn cast a spell over this tale, because I for one could NOT put it down! Brilliant writing, perfect pacing and exhausting action. Loved it!

DEEP WATERS by Alicia Rades - Read 1/18/2018
Still waters run deep, but the churning waves of ancient secrets and perpetual lies will cause a storm of unparalleled proportions when one teen discovers a merman has washed ashore and learns that even her father cannot be trusted with the truth to the questions she raises.
DEEP WATERS by Alicia Rades is young adult fantasy that is filled with adventure, tension and characters that define the meaning of friendship and trust! Bree knows she is part of a community of mer-hybrids, that her roots lay in the sea, but she wasn’t prepared to find that the merpeople she came from were not extinct, but that the city council has long held the truth from their people.
Forced to leave the only home she has ever known, robbed of the magic she possesses, Bree is about to show everyone in Sea Haven City that she is a force to reckoned with and she will not stop until she has uncovered every barnacle under every stone. They say the truth will set you free, but does that apply to Sea Haven City?
Lots of action, with the fierce determination and raw daring of a teen on a mission, Bree is most likely the girl who should have been voted Most Likely to Succeed! A fun read that holds a junior “Mission Impossible” vibe!
I received a complimentary copy of FIRE AND FANTASY from C.K. Dawn. DEEP WATERS is part of that anthology.

PROPHECY OF DARKNESS Read 1/19/2018
Travel on a perilous journey, battle the unknown forces that block their way, discover the trials of finding the Tri-Gard and feel the well-timed moments of humor and heart color this tale in vivid shades of fantasy as a prince and a princess find new inner strengths and love in a world where magic means life and traitors hide in plain sight.
Two authors, engaging story, seamlessly mesmerizing from start to an ending that will leave you breathless.

A TOUCH OF DARKNESSRead 2/22/18 4 stars
A FISTFUL OF MAGICRead 2/11/18 4.5 stars
SCENT OF A DRAGON 4/17/18 currently reading
TWISTED FATE
THE SPHINX
THE SOUL'S ALLIANCE
KEY OF PISCES
VAMPIRE'S HUNTER
REBEL DRAGON
THE TRANSFORMATION OF ANNA
PHEOBE AND THE STEEL CITY VAMPIRES
THE SIREN
PLIGHT OF THE PERFECT PRINCE
UNDERTOW
CRESCENT ROGUE
DRAGON SCALE LUTE
THE WOMAN IN THE WIND
SIREN'S LURE
THE HUNTRESS


I received this copy from C.K. Dawn in exchange for my honest review.

[Rabid Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great anthology full of great stories. I especially liked The Dragon Scale Lute, it is not really a tale of dragons, but a story full of magic, treachery, excitement and suspense. It captivates you with great descriptive writing, a gripping plot and appealing characters. Written in the first person, Kaiya's innocence, how easily she is manipulated, bravery and her hidden depths comes through well. For this story alone it is well worth the 99c I paid for it.

[The Mysterious Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing collection, full of authors whose books I've long read and enjoyed, a large number of whom are among my favorites. I'm not done yet but so far I've read the contributions from the following (in the order I read them, admittedly cherry-picking contributions by authors I love): Kris Austen Radcliffe (a wonderful addition to her Fate–Fire-Shifter–Dragon series; Daisy, Ladson and Dragon in one great adventure - if you know this series you're already drooling; if you don't you can read this as a stand-alone but be prepared for a new addiction), Wendy Knight (for those who've read - which means lived - Soul's Agent this takes the adventures of Navi, Bryson and Konstanz onward, this time from the POV of Konstanz: reading pleasure guaranteed), DN Leo (Key Of Pisces, a wonderful addition to her astoundingly fantastic multiverse novels), Charlene A. Wilson (her The Transformation of Anna, this is an old friend - first of her Cornerstone Deep series - originally published as a standalone that I gave a glowing review of last April), CK Dawn (a kick-a** heroine, who is Lancelot's heir, and Knights of the Round Table still secretly defending the world from evil creatures), Jessica Cage (what really happened to Mythology's Sphinx?), Meg Xuemei X (the last Siren has one chance to save her future, her love, and the fate of the entire world), and JC Kang (Dragon Scale Lute, the darn enjoyable first book in her Daughter of the Dragon Throne series). All of these were wonderful and then at the end there's an added treat from J.A. Culican & Felicia Starr (a contribution from two of my absolute favorite authors: "the love between a goddess and a shifter is destined to become a legend… or end in heartbreak": oh yeah, you just know before starting that thus was gonna be really really goooood).

Frankly just getting the above stories makes this anthology, at 99¢, be an almost embarrassingly great steal of a deal. I greatly suspect, based on the company they're in, that the other stories will be as good. Since this anthology is already dramatically more than 5 stars, I won't even try to rate it when I have take that into account!

Highly recommended is a woeful understatement.

[Lisa Eiff · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review is based on Frost Kay's entry of this boxed set, Siren's Lure.

Great story set in a well hydrated world. I received a copy of this book for free but wanted to share my honest opinion here. This story is a great read for those that are fans of mythology. You will feel a bond with Hayjen from the start, and want to keep reading to discover more about Lilja. If you enjoy reading this story, I recommend checking out Rebel's Blade, book 1 in the Aermian Feuds series.

I already pre-ordered my copy of this set...I can't wait to check it out for myself!

[Ellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are so many books in this.
The Transformation of Anna is one. Charlene Wilson did an awesome job writing about a family of brothers looking for their soul mates. They are lawkeepers in this realm and in doing this Anna's soul calls out to him. What to do? This is a story that has twists and turns with love and hate included. I highly recommend it.

[Cali Jewel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing collection of action packed, emotionally thrilling, danger filled short stories with lots of mystery and magic. Each story is quick but no less entertaining, found some great series I must look into reading now. Loved them all!

[Hayley Barrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of Prophecy of Darkness by Michelle Lynn and Michelle Bryan. Full of vivid imagery, despicable villains, mystery and magic, this book is everything you want in a fantasy novel. The compelling story will keep you turning pages until late in the night. I'm usually the sort of reader who sees a plot twist well in advance, but there is a stunning twist at the end of this novel that I didn't see coming. Highly recommended.

[Shayay · Rating 5 out of 5]

So far, this review is only for Wendy Knight's story, The Soul's Allegiance

This is an enjoyable book for this series, you should definitely read the first book in this series, as this one has spoilers for that book. In this book, we get the POV from Navi's friends, Konstanz and Bryson, this book shows their thoughts during some of the events that took place in book one, and we get to see how Konstanz and Bryson's relationship developed into more despite Bryson feeling an infatuation with Navi. There is some rehashing of the events in the first book, but I enjoyed getting a better understanding of Bryson and Konstanz because they weren't exactly my favorites after reading book one, The Soul's Agent. I was really ticked at Konstanz for interfering in Navi and Alec's relationship, and I was also ticked at Bryson for being a douche at times, so I liked getting to see more of where they were coming from, so I could root for them more. I will admit that I enjoy Navi and Alec as characters more, but I stilled enjoyed the progression of the romance between Konstanz and Bryson, and these two have some cute moments. Fun read for anyone who enjoyed the first book, and of course, Wendy Knight's writing is on point! This book still has some of the action that the first book does, and keeps me wanting to keep on reading! This is a wonderful series, and I want more!

[Nikki · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Good Stories Outweigh The Bad

Whilst there were some really good stories in this collection, there were some really not-so-good ones too. I hate to leave negative views, since the authors generally put a lot of time and effort into their work, but some just came off very rushed. There were quite a few books that lacked some serious editing, and there were a couple that seemed like there was no editing, it came across as a rough draft it as so awful, it took away from the story.

I did read all the stories, all the way through in this collection, even the badly/no edited ones. There were some really exceptional stories, which I thoroughly enjoyed, that I even purchased the next book and one boxed set. I found some new authors, whose works I will be reading more of. I'm not one for reading in the fantasy genre, but I found a couple that I'm going to be reading more of.

Overall, the good stories really did outweigh the the bad editing in others, and ones that just didn't appeal to me. This is worth reading.

[Carol Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read The Woman in the Wind from this collection .... I was drawn into this book very quickly, and enjoyed it a lot. Perhaps because I recently read A Kingdom In Chaos, so the characters were fresh in my mind. It was fun to learn Elaina's backstory. Although Elaina and Marcus seemed to do the "love at first sight” thing. It would have been interesting to see more development of the relationship, rather than just two quick incidents. But this is a novella after all, and she is essentially a goddess. So it might have been difficult to explain their love, otherwise. But I thought that things fell together very well, and I didn't have nagging questions about plot or events.
Note: I received an Advanced Reader Copy of this book. This is my honest review.

[Izzybear · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't read the whole boxset yet. This review is for Deep Waters by Alicia Rades.

I really enjoyed reading Deep Waters. I was quickly drawn into the story and wanted to know more about Bree and the small town of Sea Haven. There were so many directions the story could of went and I found myself constantly trying to guess and figure out what was going to happen next. I liked Bree's courage and determination. Even though she was scared and it seemed impossible she made her way back to Sea Haven to get her magic. The ending of Bree's story was a pleasant surprise. I look forward to reading more of Alicia Rades work.

I will edit and add more as I read more of the stories.

[Stephen Levesque · Rating 2 out of 5]

The only reason I am giving this 2 stars is because of the 2 books that are the shining light of this collection. I did a review for each of them, giving a 5 star rating. They were out standing and gripping books. Now the rest: Waist of time, This series was so boring and long winded. I can't see what some of the others seen in this series. The shining stars of this series was: Prophecy of Darkness by Michelle Lynn And Bryan, the other is Rebel Dragon by Steve Turnbull. Wish these would have been published on their own. Anyone reading these 2 great books will not be disappointed. As for this collection trash it! I Did!

[Amy Bright · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very well done collection

I appreciated every single story in this collection, and feel that anyone who fantasy of any kind should read it also. It's a five star read for sure. I bought it originally for Jason Paul Rice's story, which is very good, and ended finding other authors as well.

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~ · Rating 4 out of 5]

For the purpose of this review the novella Scent of a Dragon is only been read.

Daisy Pavlovich is a shifter and healer left stranded by her now ex boyfriend. Daisy befriends a young boy but can't explain why she's drawn to him either.

[Ron Graves · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great bunch of books

I loved the fresh new stories from some authors I have read, as well as some new to me, I now have so many stories I am trying to follow next releases on it’s ridiculous! But in a good way!

[kenneth jwharton · Rating 5 out of 5]

😂

[Cheryl · Rating 1 out of 5]

I did not care for the book very much! I read the first story which was interesting but as I tried reading the other stories I lost interest very quickly within 20 pages or less. Not my type of book.

[Barefoot Gypsy Jimerson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bravo

A nice collection. Bravo to all the writers. Well written story's. Great fantasy worlds. A little of this an that.

[Abi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cloak of Shadows Review

I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, it was unique, and I liked the worldbuilding for the most part, although there were some areas that could have benefited from more explanation, such as how King Arthur’s court came to learn about all this stuff. On the other hand, the writing style left something to be desired. There was a lot of telling, not showing, and near-constant head hopping, with a main focus on Lourdie, which I was a bit disappointed with. I’m not sure who the baby from the prologue was, but I hoped she was related to Abbey. It seems that Lourdie is related to Merlin, I think. That’s just a guess though. Still, I guess book two will reveal more.

Overall, I liked the plot, for the most part, and I think that the writing style could use some work. The characters were relatively endearing. 3.5 stars. I might read book two.