Brian McClellan

Books

Montego
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 30,510. Language: English. Published: May 23, 2023 by Brian McClellan. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
Twelve year-old Montego al'Bou is an orphan, a provincial peasant boy left alone by the recent death of his grandmother. Possessing nothing more than his grandmother's cudgel, he strikes out to the capital where the influential Grappo have offered to bring him up in the luxury of an Ossan guild-family. He finds his welcome frosty, his new home full of confusing responsibilities. He quickly...
Murder at the Kinnen Hotel: A Powder Mage Novella
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 22,530. Language: English. Originally Published: November 20, 2014 by Brian McClellan. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » Historical
Special Detective Constable Adamat may be the most capable young investigator in all of Adopest. He's sharp, thoughtful, and his particular sorcery gives him a flawless memory. A transfer to the First Precinct seems like the perfect opportunity to showcase his abilities and advance his career. But things work differently in the First Precinct. The murder of a businessman's mistress quickly...
Forsworn: A Powder Mage Novella
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 20,650. Language: English. Originally Published: January 22, 2014 by Brian McClellan. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
Erika ja Leora is a powder mage in northern Kez, a place where that particular sorcery is punishable by death. She is only protected by her family name and her position as heir to a duchy. When she decides to help a young commoner—a powder mage marked for death, fugitive from the law—she puts her life and family reputation at risk and sets off to deliver her new ward to the safety of Adro while...
Uncanny Collateral
Series: Valkyrie Collections, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 45,840. Language: English. Originally Published: April 2, 2019 by Brian McClellan. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
Alek Fitz is a reaper, a collection agent who works for the supernatural elements of the world, tracking down debtors and solving problems for clients as diverse as the Lords of Hell, vampires, Haitian loa, and goblins. He's even worked for the Tooth Fairy on occasion. Based out of Cleveland, Ohio, Alek is the best in the game. As a literal slave to his job, he doesn't have a choice. When Death...
Servant of the Crown: A Powder Mage Novella
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 25,300. Language: English. Originally Published: June 16, 2014 by Brian McClellan. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
Captain Tamas is an ambitious young officer in the Adran army. As a commoner, he is one of very few without noble blood to hold a rank. When he challenges the son of a duke over an insult, the subsequent duel lands him in hot water with the nobility and the royal cabal of Privileged sorcerers. Tamas is soon drawn into a conflict that goes to the very highest office in the land, and his only...
In the Field Marshal's Shadow
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 43,780. Language: English. Originally Published: November 17, 2015 by Brian McClellan. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
Five stories from the Powder Mage Universe Hope's End The Girl of Hrusch Avenue Green-Eyed Vipers The Face in the Window Return to Honor
Ghosts of the Tristan Basin: A Powder Mage Novella
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 27,280. Language: English. Originally Published: February 16, 2016 by Brian McClellan. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » Historical
Taniel Two-Shot is a powder mage with the Tristan Ghost Irregulars, a band of volunteers who have made a name for themselves fighting in the Fatrastan Revolution. They range through the swamps of the frontier, cutting off enemy supplies and raiding towns while Taniel hunts the Privileged sorcerers that make the Kez armies so powerful. When a desperate call for help comes from the nearby city of...
Blood Tally
Series: Valkyrie Collections, Book 2. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 57,430. Language: English. Originally Published: February 11, 2020 by Brian McClellan. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
Alek Fitz is the lead reaper for Valkyrie Collections, an agency that gathers debts for the paranormal elements of the world. Bound into modern-day slavery by a contract he cannot break, sold by parents he never knew, Alek works alongside demons, spirits, witches, and even Death himself to collect on deals made with humanity. When Alek is forced to take a job from a local vampire hunting down a...
The Mad Lancers
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 28,700. Language: English. Originally Published: September 6, 2017 by Brian McClellan. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
In the colonial cities and towns of Fatrasta, peace has never been easy. Immigrants fight amongst themselves or turn on the native population, while the governing power of the Kez Army steps in only to enforce the will of apathetic local governors assigned by a distant crown. Young war hero Ben Styke commands a colonial garrison in a sleepy frontier suburb. When the governor’s cruel brother...
Siege of Tilpur
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,770. Language: English. Originally Published: January 16, 2018 by Brian McClellan. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
It is the height of the Gurlish Wars. Sergeant Tamas, a young infantryman in the Adran Army, struggles to keep his squad alive despite the blundering incompetence of their superior officers. Not only does Tamas have the curse of being an ambitious commoner in an army where rank is purchased rather than earned, he is also a powder mage. His magical ability to manipulate gunpowder is frowned upon...