Xchyler Publishing

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A new paradigm in Fantasy, Paranormal and Steampunk. With inspiring writers, innovative printing strategies, and a progressive editorial staff, The X plays a key role in defining the emerging domain of independent publishing.

Where to find Xchyler Publishing online

The Kithseeker
Series: The Bookminder. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 117,480. Language: English. Published: August 20, 2018 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Historical, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy
Liara and Nagarath return in this sequel to The Bookminder, this time to keep a watchful eye over Anisthe, Liara’s father in magick. With her life tied to his, they must follow when he sets off across Europe in a quest to restore his lost Art. They chase after stuff of legends, a mirror that contains the soul of the world’s most powerful wizard---one bent on possessing whomever awakens him.
Bindings & Spines
Series: White Dragon Black, A WDB novel. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 117,180. Language: English. Published: December 8, 2016 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Private Investigator Jonathan Alvey has problems. If his addiction to magic doesn’t kill him, going clean will. Malignant gnomes are out for his blood and his office space. His simple divorce case turns into a murder investigation, with a worthless spell book endangering his client’s life. And a new necromancer has come to town; one Alvey must prevent from unleashing the undead on New Hades.
Kingdom City: Revolt
Series: Kingdom City. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 119,740. Language: English. Published: January 30, 2016 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
Paul Stevens has survived everything his government has thrown at him, but his escape cost him what he held most dear—his wife. Now he battles to overthrow Representative Brian Shuman, the man responsible for her death. With the kidnapping of his daughter and disappearance of his son, he must choose between saving what may remain of his family or the fledgling rebellion on the verge of collapse.
The Bookminder
Series: The Bookminder. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 108,610. Language: English. Published: January 9, 2016 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Historical
Found guilty of witchcraft, sixteen-year-old Liara is banished from tiny Dvigrad. However, a mysterious mage, Nagarath of Parentino, steps forward claiming custody of her. Denied apprenticeship and tasked with the restoration of his neglected library, Liara gleans what knowledge she can. But her first spell goes awry, renewing an evil wizard’s interest in the valley, endangering them all.
Vanguard Legacy: Fated
Series: Vanguard Legacy. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 89,980. Language: English. Published: March 31, 2015 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy
Defeated but not vanquished, the foes of light have retreated. But victory came at a terrible cost to Elora Walker, with her friends lost and scattered. Eleven months later and just seventeen, she commands her own Vanguard quad but struggles with a past that won’t release her and a future she hesitates to embrace.
Hohenstein
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 94,460. Language: English. Published: February 23, 2015 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Historical » Victorian, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
(3.75 from 4 reviews)
Anything but a typical aristocrat, young Baroness Marie-Louise is not afraid to roll up her sleeves and get to work, especially when it comes to saving her ancestral estate. Determined to shake loose the shackles of propriety and gain the warm family life her upbringing denied her, she has vowed to marry a man of lower rank. Blue-bloods need not apply.
Mechanized Masterpieces 2: An American Anthology
Series: Mechanized Masterpieces. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 112,060. Language: English. Published: January 28, 2015 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
Ride into the Wild West with ten steampunked expansions of classic American tales.
The Toll of Another Bell: A Fantasy Anthology
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 105,460. Language: English. Published: January 5, 2015 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Fantasy » General
A collection of out-of-this-world short stories that ring true in mortal hearts. Breath by Jodi Milner Awareness - Timothy Vincent Phoenix - Elise Stephens Life under Research Conditions - Thaxson Patterson The Year of No Foals - Scott Tarbet Nokai No Yokai - F.M. Longo Jilted River - Ginger Mann Tower Gods - J.R. Potter Reality as We Know It - Danielle Shipley 60 Seconds to Midnight - TC Phillips
Tomorrow Wendell
Series: White Dragon Black, A WDB novel. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 85,370. Language: English. Published: June 17, 2014 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
When predictions tell Wendell Courtney he’s going to die, he turns to the one man he hopes can help. Jonathan Alvey’s no stranger to the strange. But, unlike the private investigator’s run-of-the-mill zombie cases, he can find no trace of magic around Wendell, and no hint of an adversary.
Terra Mechanica
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 107,690. Language: English. Published: May 21, 2014 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
In an alternative past with an unrealized future, trek around the world and beyond in nine separate adventures, in the ships locomotives, and flying machines that power the Steampunk universe.
Vanguard Legacy: Reflected
Series: Vanguard Legacy. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 102,590. Language: English. Published: March 24, 2014 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
An ugly family secret laid bare, a mortal wound inflicted by her twin sister, betrayed by the love of her life—her supposed “soul mate”. In the wake of the battle with her evil father and his Dark Seekers, Elora Walker fights to recover from them all.
Kingdom City: Resurrection
Series: Kingdom City. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 116,500. Language: English. Published: February 25, 2014 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
With the death of Kingdom City’s chief of police in a terrorist attack, Autumn Stevens lost the only man who could save her from herself. Still paralyzed by grief after six months, the last thing she expected was his return—along with three thousand of his fallen comrades.
Moments in Millennia: A Fantasy Anthology
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 82,520. Language: English. Published: January 31, 2014 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
Travel with seven talented authors as they glimpse through time into Humanity’s future. Will mankind blossom and flourish, conquering the stars and time itself? Or, with selfishness, greed, and just plain bad luck send us all to the brink of destruction?
Primal Storm
Series: Grenshall Manor Chronicles. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 129,710. Language: British English. Published: January 23, 2014 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
Jennifer Winter has a knack for finding trouble, but not even her superhuman abilities prepared her for death—and the rigors of recuperating from it. When her extreme rehab thrusts her into the path of a criminal mastermind, she is dragged into a quest to discover her own mysterious past and the source of her regenerative powers.
A Midsummer Night’s Steampunk
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 95,290. Language: English. Published: November 13, 2013 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk, Fiction » Fantasy » Historical
Immerse yourself in this Steampunk retelling of Shakespeare’s classic, replete with the newfound wizardry of alternative Victorian technology, mistaken identities, love triangles, and deadly peril, set against the backdrop of a world bracing itself for war, and Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.
Shades and Shadows: A Paranormal Anthology
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 101,680. Language: English. Published: October 10, 2013 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
Travel with nine talented writers into their paranormal world, but don’t disregard that inkling that niggles somewhere in the pit of your stomach to leave the light on, to shun that dark room, and to pull the covers over your head. Whatever you do, don’t look under the bed.
Mr. Gunn and Dr. Bohemia
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 92,380. Language: English. Published: October 4, 2013 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Victorian London . . . but not one in any history book. In an alternate 1858, England has entered a golden age of technology, of steam and electricity. Airships fill the skies, mechanical computers command the trains and trams, and a country-wide communication network reaches into every home and office.
Oblivion Storm
Series: Grenshall Manor Chronicles. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 109,640. Language: English. Published: September 30, 2013 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
Over a century past, a wily young pauper wins the hearts of a childless couple of ancient nobility, and a place in one of the most prestigious families in London. The sole heir to the Grenshall family legacy, Iris 'Tally' Grenshall fights to protect her family from the machinations of an evil woman, but discovers her adversary presents a threat much greater than she ever imagined . . .
Shadow of the Last Men
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 134,900. Language: English. Published: September 13, 2013 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
In the frozen wastes of the distant future, a killer known as Harrow prepares for his final battle. Technocratic elites have poisoned his world and left his entire people enslaved, destitute, and depraved. Now he willing to shed the last tatters of his humanity to wreak his vengeance.
A Dash of Madness: A Thriller Anthology
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 104,260. Language: English. Published: July 15, 2013 by Xchyler Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
One man’s crazy is another man’s norm. Inside, eight bizarre stories explore twisted perceptions and challenge conceptions about right and wrong. With a fascinating dive into several unstable minds, the authors examine different avenues for exposing warped cognition and mutilated logic. Each delivers a disquieting glimpse of reality.

Series

The Bookminder
Raised by an aging priest in a remote mountain village, Liara has spent her life as an outsider, shunned by those around her due to the circumstances of her birth and the wizard who sired her. She had always hoped she had inherited his magic, but not until Father Phenlick is forced to banish her does she learn the truth of it. Only sixteen, Liara finds herself thrust into the custody of the valley's resident wizard, a recluse and bookworm who refuses to teach her magic. However, he must somehow keep her occupied in his remote castle, and so sets her to organizing his extensive library---exactly the wrong thing to do. Liara learns what little knowledge she can "steal," until Nagarath concedes and offers her just enough to be dangerous. When Liara's entire village is mysteriously destroyed, the pair find themselves delving into the truths of their mutual unhappy past, lured by the war mage who binds them together. Thrust from their snug castle and tiny valley as they flee persecution, Liara and Nagarath find themselves traversing the continent, pursing Liara's father in his quest for the ultimate magical talisman.
The Bookminder
Price: $0.99 USD.
The Kithseeker
Price: $0.99 USD.
White Dragon Black
A "practitioner" of magic, Jonathan Alvey serves countless struggling souls in his profession of paranormal private investigator. However, nothing good ever comes for free, and magic demands a terrible toll. Jonathan is slowly losing his humanity as magic slowly alters the very make-up of his being. Every addictive high (riding the White Dragon) is followed by a soul-searing low (the Dragon Black). Despite his repeated vows to give up magic for good, there is always someone in dire straits, a wretch in need of rescue, and the world to save. It all will someday demand the ultimate price. But, Alvey is no saint. A bourbon-swilling, chain-smoking wreck of a man, he relies on the help of his few friends to keep himself together, often as loosely toggled together as the junker he drives, and just as likely to break down. Even so, he's the best the City of Hades has to offer, and he's perfectly suited to its rough streets and haunted abandoned buildings. R. M. Ridley weaves an amazing world in his White Dragon Black series, one that creates avid fans of its readers. (Tomorrow Wendell, Bindings & Spines, and Blondes, Books & Bourbon.)
Tomorrow Wendell
Price: $3.99 USD.
Bindings & Spines
Price: $3.99 USD.
Kingdom City
With the death of Kingdom City’s chief of police in a terrorist attack, Autumn Stevens lost the only man who could save her from herself. Still paralyzed by grief after six months, the last thing she expected was his return—along with one thousand of his fallen comrades. As confusion turns to violence throughout the city, Autumn discovers the lengths she will go to protect her family, and right the wrongs committed in the name of security and prosperity—especially those committed by her own hand.
Kingdom City: Revolt
Price: $3.99 USD.
Mechanized Masterpieces
What happens when you create a classic literature/Steampunk mash-up? The warping the stories by the likes of Mary Shelley, Charles Dickens, and Charlotte Bronte, into a unique Steampunk universe. Ranging from short stories to novellas, lovers of Steampunk will turn to this series again and again for an evening's engrossing entertainment. Newcomers to the genre will find these books the perfect introduction: fun, fanciful, and just familiar enough to keep their feet on solid ground.
Vanguard Legacy
“Elora, for millennia the Spirits have protected the Ignari by shrouding the great evils of this world in myth and legend. They gave them protectors hidden from their sight: Vanguards, Spirit Seekers, Magicae, and vampires who embrace the light. We Divergents hold back the darkness, no matter the cost. “Like the Spirits, I fought to protect you from truths certain to overwhelm you in your youth. You were only a child. I meant to spare you what I could. Any mother would act the same. But now, already sixteen, the truth bursts upon you as you burst upon the world. You are ready. You are Light. You are strong. You are a Vanguard and this is your legacy. You will prevail.” (This series by Joanne Kershaw includes Foretold, Reflected, and Fated.)
Vanguard Legacy: Fated
Price: $3.99 USD.
Grenshall Manor Chronicles
Over a century past, a wily young pauper wins the hearts of a childless couple of ancient nobility, and a place in one of the most prestigious families in London. The sole heir to the Grenshall family legacy, Iris 'Tally' Grenshall fights to protect her family from the machinations of an evil woman, but discovers her adversary presents a threat much greater than she ever imagined . . . The victim of a brutal attack, Rose remembers one thing: a long-dead woman giving her an impossible task. She knows only the price of failure as she sets out to retrieve a deadly talisman, with the aid of new friends and powers over the living and the dead. As the body count rises, Rose’s quest grows desperate--with London itself in jeopardy. Rose and Tally share fates intertwined. Rose must discover how before the secrets of the past destroy her, her friends, and all of London.
Oblivion Storm
Price: $3.99 USD.
Primal Storm
Price: $3.99 USD.

Books

Mechanized Masterpieces: A Steampunk Anthology
Series: Mechanized Masterpieces. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 86,450. Language: English. Published: January 16, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
Amid a cacophony of cranking sprockets and cogs, in chuffs of steam and soot, comes the expansion of classic literature into alternative Steampunk masterpieces. Follow nine skilled authors as they lead old friends and new acquaintances through Jamaica, Singapore, Cape Town, Denmark, Paris, London, and Geneva on a phantasmagorical Steampunk World Tour.

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