Welcome to the world of Mydia – Home of the Book Wielder Saga

The strange planet of Mydia is set in the same modern era as our own, except after a violent world war that stretched on for decades (and resulted in a victory for the northern continent of Imperia) technology has been left skewered in favour of military application and is only now flowing towards civilian use – bringing things like cell phones and decent computers to the wealthier side of society.

Vampires, Werewolves and Mages dwell in a massive underground network of tunnels and buildings known as the Catacombs, while a few riskier members of their hidden society hide (for now...) in plain sight amongst their human neighbours.

As the once fiery Autocrat of Mydia has grown apparently lax in the years that followed his beloved wife's death, crime has steadily increased with all but the most stoic of Governors, Councillors, and Military Peace Keepers resisting the tempting call of corruption. As such, crime gangs have made a killing selling drugs to college stoners and grizzled war veterans alike, safe in the knowledge that a get-out-of-jail-free card is only a bribe away.

Seeing an opportunity to get in on the action (and out of the tedium of living under the radar) Supernatural crime gangs took their place as the kingpins in Mydia's criminal underworld, and began peddling alchemically enriched intoxicants which blew their man-made competitors out of the water.

Book Wielders—Supernaturals with the ability to cross into a dark dimension known as the Gloom—had always crossed over into the bleak reflection of Mydia to gather rare reagents for use in potion making, but now many use their abilities to aid the rogue Vampires, Werewolves and Mages on the surface and supply them with all the ingredients they need to keep the Alchemy-enhanced drugs flowing.

However, the existence of the Supernaturals has not gone unnoticed, and the grieving Autocrat that once brought the world to its knees is nowhere near as complacent as many of the population believe. From his base on Central Isle, the ruler of Mydia once again prepares to bring the world to heel, and if he should fail then his son Edgar Aurelius II will surely take up the mantle.

As the world of Mydia teeters towards the edge of total chaos, individuals such as Winston Reynolds, Alice Eve and Genevieve Jameson find themselves enveloped within roles they could have never imagined playing, and the mysterious origins of the Gloom, the denizens within it, and very planet itself will be unfolded before their eyes...

Discover more by grabbing a copy of Dreamleaf Blues, and Gloom Rising & Reality Falling