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22 years since I sought closure for friends lost touch with, envisioning a fictional escape from family violence for them, full of action, friendship, adventure & monsters; Walking the Knife's Edge is out today!

To contain monsters & survive Organised Crime's bold tactics, Rarkin must confront his trauma head on, & break the cycle of violence in his family.

#ScFi #Fantasy with #autism, #CPTSD & #LGBTQIA rep.

Direct: https://payhip.com/b/IcyAG
All 🔗 https://elisecarlson.com/sythe-series/

#Books #Bookstodon

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22 years since I sought closure for friends lost touch with, envisioning a fictional escape from family violence for them, full of action, friendship, adventure & monsters; Walking the Knife's Edge is out today!

To contain monsters & survive Organised Crime's bold tactics, Rarkin must confront his trauma head on, & break the cycle of violence in his family.

#ScFi #Fantasy with #autism, #CPTSD & #LGBTQIA rep.

Direct: https://payhip.com/b/IcyAG
All 🔗 https://elisecarlson.com/sythe-series/

#Books #Bookstodon

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Text: Elise Carlson, Walking the Knife's Edge. Sythe Series, Book 1, Out today! CPTSD. Autistic social awkwardness. Queer questioning. ScFi-Fantasy.

Rarkin stands in foreground, wearing leather jacket and jeans, holding a stun gun raised to shoot to the left.

Miona stands on the right, smiling and with boxing gloved fists raised, ready to fight.

They both stand on a grassy slope, a patchwork of Farm Zone paddocks, fields and tree lined streams behind them, to a cloud covered horizon through which the yellow glow of the sun shines.

Store Icons: Request at your local library, Direct from Author, Kobo, Itch, Apple, Everand, Booktopia, Hoopla, Thalia, Barnes & Noble. Available direct from author soon! (Not yet indexed on Itch 🙃.)

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Its 25 years since I hand wrote notes about #Aussie teens accidentally stepping into a #fantasy world, & the night that turned Heir Ruarnon's life upside-down. RuarnonTrilogy is now out in ebook &paperback😄 https://elisecarlson.com/ruarnon-trilo gy/

In the intervening years, a major in archaeology helped my world building, intrigue & mystery plots mature

& my quirky characters became their authentic selves as I drew on my life as a #nonbinary, #aroace #autistic, #ADHD person. I regret nothing
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Its 25 years since I hand wrote notes about #Aussie teens accidentally stepping into a #fantasy world, & the night that turned Heir Ruarnon's life upside-down. RuarnonTrilogy is now out in ebook &paperback😄 https://elisecarlson.com/ruarnon-trilo gy/

In the intervening years, a major in archaeology helped my world building, intrigue & mystery plots mature

& my quirky characters became their authentic selves as I drew on my life as a #nonbinary, #aroace #autistic, #ADHD person. I regret nothing
#Books #Bookstodon

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Selfie of Elise with paler than usual white as skin because I'm sick, slight pink in cheeks and massive smile, my index finger pointing up the three books in my Ruarnon trilogy, lined across the shelf above the cupboard section, and before the lead light glass level of my antique bookshelf. Proper covers alt text in next image.

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Ruarnon Trilogy books arranged; Manipulator's War, Secrets of the Sorcery War above, War in Sorcery's Shadow below on large lacy table runner and ancient grained antique side table.

Manipulator's War Cover
Left: portrait of young Heir Ruarnon, their hair braided back, eyes outlined with kohl, wearing fitted bronze armour, a bronze disc kilt, holding a helmet in their left hand and leaning on a spear with their right, which pierces the ‘A’ in the title.
Right: Red glyphs outline a stone archway, through which fire arrows rain down on torch-lit battlements atop a castle, at night time. 
Bottom text: Elise Carlson, Ruarnon Trilogy Book 1
 
Secrets of the Sorcery War
Blue glyphs in a stone arch frame a pair of tall cliffs, a ship sailing on bright blue water through the gap, into the sunshine of a natural harbour.
Bottom text: Elise Carlson, Ruarnon Trilogy Book 2
 
War in Sorcery's Shadow
Purple glyphs around a stone arch in a stone wall, through which blackened clouds, with grey, lightening pronged edges loom over a many brown towers castle. Lightning crashes against and partially reveals a magic dome shield around the castle.
Desolate hills and dray plains life before it, with leafless, dried-up trees and a skull in the foreground.
Bottom text: Elise Carlson, Ruarnon Trilogy Book 3

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If anyone's interested in a #Writers & #Authors Discord...

Mine is one big community when it comes to #writing, #querying and being an #IndieAuthor.
Within that, we've got channels to help the following writers/ people connect;

GENRE
#SciFi, #Fantasy, #SpecFic &#WorldBuilding
#Mystery/ #Thriller/ #Crime
#Romance
#Horror
#Kidlit

AUTHORS
#Queer
#Neurodivergent
#ChronicallyIll/ #Disabled
Over 50's
#BIPOC

REGIONS
US
Canada
UK/ Europe
#Australia & NZ
Asia-Pacific-Latinx

Anyone want a link?

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If anyone's interested in a #Writers & #Authors Discord...

Mine is one big community when it comes to #writing, #querying and being an #IndieAuthor.
Within that, we've got channels to help the following writers/ people connect;

GENRE
#SciFi, #Fantasy, #SpecFic &#WorldBuilding
#Mystery/ #Thriller/ #Crime
#Romance
#Horror
#Kidlit

AUTHORS
#Queer
#Neurodivergent
#ChronicallyIll/ #Disabled
Over 50's
#BIPOC

REGIONS
US
Canada
UK/ Europe
#Australia & NZ
Asia-Pacific-Latinx

Anyone want a link?