Location: Canada
Member Since: March 05, 2011

J. K. Swift


Biography

**Join the mailing list: you will ONLY be contacted when JK publishes something new! http://eepurl.com/hT8zU J. K. Swift lives in Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of “The Forest Knights” novels (www.theforestknights.com), which are set in medieval Switzerland. He is also an award-winning short story writer. He has worked as a school teacher, jailhouse guard, Japanese translator, log peeler, accountant, martial arts instructor, massage therapist, technical editor, and has called a few Bingo games. He gets his story ideas while traveling in Europe and wandering aimlessly along the streets and beaches of the Pacific Northwest.

Where to find J. K. Swift online

Website: http://theforestknights.com
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/j-k-swift/3a/601/120
Blog: http://jkswift.com/blog/

Books

Morgarten (Book 2 of The Forest Knights)    by J. K. Swift
Price: $4.99 USD. 77930 words. Published on November 25, 2012. Fiction.
Leopold of Habsburg assembles the ultimate punitive force, boasting thousands of the best knights and soldiers the Holy Roman Empire has to offer. Noll's rebel army of boys and old men have few swords, and even less armor. But he has two things that Leopold does not: a Priestess of the Weave, and a ferryman. The forests can protect them no longer. It is time to make a stand.
Farrier (Keepers of Kwellevonne Vol. 2)    by J. K. Swift
Price: $1.49 USD. 10820 words. Published on April 17, 2012. Fiction.
Deenah's quiet life as an apprentice healer in the small village of Brae's Creek has come to an end. She can never go back. After fleeing through the wilds for days, she finds herself on the outskirts of Tablat, a frontier town full of thieves, murderers, and halfbreeds. Exhausted and hungry, she has no choice but to enter.
Altdorf (a novel of the Forest Knights)    by J. K. Swift
Price: $3.99 USD. 76640 words. Published on October 6, 2011. Fiction.
A wild land too mountainous to be tamed by plows… A Duke of the Holy Roman Empire, his cunning overshadowed only by his ambition… A young Priestess of the Old Religion, together with a charismatic outlaw, sparking a rebellion from deep within the forests… And an ex-Hospitaller caught between them all. “Re-imagining the William Tell legend—without William Tell.”
Kappa Hunter    by J. K. Swift
Price: $0.99 USD. 6220 words. Published on June 28, 2011. Fiction.
"Winner Best Short Story: Poynter Global eBook Awards." Stuart Graham is a hunter more interested in escaping his hectic city life than he is in killing animals. Katsujiro Watanabe is a man who claims he makes a living killing mythological beasts. When they meet in a remote forest camp, Stuart is going to wish he brought a cell phone. Or at least more bullets.
Playing with Fire    by J. K. Swift
Price: $0.99 USD. 5770 words. Published on May 30, 2011. Fiction.
“A fun romp through the world of coffee roasting.” Things are getting a little too hot at work for Sean, a young coffee roaster with loose morals and an overactive imagination obsessed with superheroes and Star Wars. His latest workplace affair with Kelly could turn out to be his biggest mistake yet. A short story by J.K. Swift. 5600 words Rating: PG for language
Healer (Keepers of Kwellevonne Vol. 1)    by J. K. Swift
Price: $0.99 USD. 7420 words. Published on March 11, 2011. Fiction.
HEALER (Keepers of Kwellevonne Vol. 1) Why would anyone try to kill a healer? Deenah's quiet life as an apprentice healer is shattered when a stranger gravely wounds her master and flees into the wilds. To save her master's life, she must join the young Warder Kaern, and an aging veteran tracker, as they set out on a manhunt into hostile lands. 7000 words, PG (some violent scenes)

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