Elaine Isaak

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Elaine Isaak is the author of The Singer's Crown series of traditional fantasy novels and the epic fantasy novella series, "Tales of Bladesend". Her short fiction has appeared in anthologies like: Flush Fiction (from Uncle John's Bathroom Reader), Live Free or Undead and Escape Clauses. A graduate of the Odyssey Speculative Fiction Workshop, Elaine has written how-to articles for the Writer Magazine, and authored the Lady Blade fantasy writing column at AlienSkin magazine for three years.

Her speaking engagements have included local chapters of Romance Writers of America, World Science Fiction and World Fantasy conventions, and the Odyssey Writing Workshop. Her most famous talk is entitled "Ten Mistakes I've Made in My Writing Career so that You Don't Have to."

When she is not writing, Elaine works part-time as a rock climbing instructor and adventure camp leader. Elaine's hobbies include exotic cooking and taiko (Japanese-style drumming). She lives in New England with two children, two parents, two cats, and one very supportive spouse (who still does NOT want to be her hero).

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The Fascist Frame
Series: Bone Guard, Book 5. Pre-release—available April 11, 2023. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 123,880. Language: English. Published by Elaine Isaak. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Adventure » Action
A stolen library, an old adversary, a league of warriors lying in wait… How do you know whom to trust when a literal Nazi is writing your paycheck? The Bone Guard return in their most dangerous adventure yet!
The Maya Bust
Series: Bone Guard, Book 4. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 110,470. Language: English. Published: February 25, 2023 by Elaine Isaak. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Adventure » Travel
A secret stash, a hidden tomb, a father's love—sworn in blood! When his former commander's estranged daughter vanishes in Guatemala, Grant Casey treks a deadly jungle and dives a sacred cenote to free her from a drug smuggler looking for a stash in an ancient pyramid.
Bone Guard Adventures: Collection 1
Series: Bone Guard, Book 0. Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 352,100. Language: English. Published: June 22, 2021 by Elaine Isaak. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Travel, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
When the brass ignore their intel, they followed Lieutenant Grant Casey into a firestorm to save a museum, and the people trapped inside. The aftermath leaves Grant and his wingman in the hospital, and the whole team on the outs with the military. Grant fuses his interest in history with his specialized training, and the Bone Guard was born! Three complete novels and a bonus story!
The Assassin's Throne
Series: Bone Guard, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 113,510. Language: English. Published: June 22, 2021 by Elaine Isaak. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Travel, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
The Bone Guard runs afoul of knights, Assassins and the self-proclaimed King of Jerusalem, bent on reclaiming his throne. Hired to guard a medieval manuscript, Grant and his wingman plunge straight into danger, from Turkish baths of Istanbul to the Dead Cities of Syria. The Templars are after Grant's head, and the next target is the woman who ignited his heart.
The Nazi Skull
Series: Bone Guard, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 125,650. Language: English. Published: June 22, 2021 by Elaine Isaak. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
When there's a break-in at the tribal center on the reservation where he grew up, former spec ops intelligence officer Grant Casey flies home to Arizona only to find himself confronting white supremacists, Nazi eugenics and the tribal elder who refuses to speak his name: his own grandfather. Will Grant recover the most famous skeleton ever lost—or will he join the bones in their eternal rest?
The Mongol's Coffin
Series: Bone Guard, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 107,810. Language: English. Published: June 22, 2021 by Elaine Isaak. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
When a Boston graduate student discovers a musical map to Genghis Khan's tomb, her scholarly life explodes into arson and gunfire. Former spec ops intelligence officer Grant Casey brings in his team to prevent Chines authorities from burying the tomb forever. Mongolian traditions clash with modern priorities in a high-stakes adventure to save one of the world's greatest lost treasures.
The Grail Maiden
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 27,400. Language: English. Published: April 20, 2015 by Elaine Isaak. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Historical, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
1307, Carlisle, England: Young Allyson is the first to hear of the death of King Edward II during a battle with the Scots—but cannot reveal her knowledge lest she be exposed as a witch. When the man she loves, a Templar, brings word of the disbanding of his order and the executions to follow, Allyson must turn for aid to the one man she dare not trust: her own husband.

Series

Bone Guard
If Indiana Jones had served in Special Forces! Bone Guard...where adventure and history ignite! This archaeological thriller series travels the world punching Nazi's and preserving cultural treasures. Veteran heroes take on the bad guys and uncover the secrets of history. "If you thought thrilling tales of archaeological discoveries and conflict began and ended with the Indiana Jones movies, you’d be wrong. In her gripping Bone Guard series --- The Mongol’s Coffin and The Nazi Skull --- the talented E. Chris Ambrose tells tales not only of action, but of discovery and dedication of those determined to save important relics from our past. Impeccably researched and well-written, this series is highly-recommended.” ~ Brendan DuBois, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Summer House
The Mongol's Coffin
Price: $2.99 USD.
The Nazi Skull
Price: $2.99 USD.
The Assassin's Throne
Price: $2.99 USD.
The Maya Bust
Price: $4.99 USD.
The Fascist Frame
Price: $4.99 USD.
Tales of Bladesend
Epic fantasy novellas about heroes who believed their battles were over...until they tried to go home.
Winning the Gallows Field
Price: $2.99 USD.
Joenna's Ax
Price: $2.99 USD.
The Hearth Witch's Son
Price: $2.99 USD.
The Singer's Legacy
Epic fantasy with romance--kings, princes, magic and love! Plus music, compassion and vengeance...

Books

A Wreck of Dragons
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 84,650. Language: English. Published: February 7, 2023 by Water Dragon Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Teens and their giant robots search for a new home for mankind, but the planet they discover belongs to the dragons.
The Hearth Witch's Son
Series: Tales of Bladesend. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 35,690. Language: English. Published: June 22, 2021. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
When Roger the kitchen boy told everyone he was the king's bastard and raised an army to overthrow his tyrant father, he never expected to have to live that lie. Now he must navigate the politics of a crown he never meant to wear and bring together peasant and lord to revive the battered kingdom. How can the usurper Roger Silvertongue face the army backing the king's true heir?
A Song for the Sea
Series: The Singer's Legacy. Price: Free! Words: 9,650. Language: English. Published: December 3, 2012. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » General
Short story. Young singer Kattanan duRhys, traded to a mysterious warlord, lives in an island palace made of shipwrecks. When a delegation from his homeland comes to demand an end to piracy, he must decide between serving his new master, and aiding the strangers who remind him of home. His master reveals a new sorcery, but the song Kattanan chooses may cost him his life.
Joenna's Ax
Series: Tales of Bladesend. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 38,140. Language: English. Published: July 10, 2012. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
After Joenna's half-orc son is killed in battle, she disguises herself as a man to join the army and avenge him, adding one notch to the handle of her ax for every demons she kills. But when she volunteers to lead a suicide charge of half-orc scouts, she risks her secret and her own mission to try to save them.
Winning the Gallows Field
Series: Tales of Bladesend. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 27,390. Language: English. Published: July 10, 2012. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
Dragonslayer Sir Trelayne returns home to champion the peasantry, only to make things worse—his companion imprisoned, his betrothed rejecting him, his war-wounds throbbing. Honor provokes him to duel the swordmaster in the hopes of earning Derik's freedom, but the veterans find that winning a battle is not the same as winning a war—and not all demons wear an ugly face.

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