Ashley Capes

Scales of Fire

The thrilling sequel to War Heart (Book 1 of The Five Furies)!

Rejoin Kilek and his friends as they continue their quest to awaken long-lost dragons, learn to use their gifts and come to terms with being thrust into adulthood – if they can.

Yet stopping the hordes ...

Category Fantasy
The Faceless Moon

Luminous spawn of the Moon Father creep across kingdoms. Yet neither Mei nor Iggy, still separated, realise the depth of the threat – nor their role in stopping it. One, however is aware. Thorn, the imposter seated upon Nasaru's throne, moves his pieces to manipulate them. Thankfully, not a ...

Category Fantasy-Urban
A Drifting Sun

Mei has two sworn duties—protecting her village, and defending her brother.

When the village’s prejudices drive her brother into exile, she chases after him. But with the hostile nation of Nasaru threatening the border, if she doesn’t find him quickly, the telekinetic sib ...

Category Fantasy-Urban
Knee-Deep in Cinders

Freedom. Magic. Vengeance.

Vilas is a man consumed by anger. Kept prisoner in the city that slaughtered his people, he dreams of the day his magic is unsealed so he can burn everything to ash. When the city's queen asks for his help hunting down rebel cultists, he agrees ...

Category Fantasy-Urban
The Fairy Wren

From the moment a fairy wren drops his lost wedding ring at his feet, Paul realises there's more magic to the world than he thought...

When Paul Fischer receives a strange phone call asking for help, from a woman who might be his estranged wife Rachel, he's drawn into ...

Category Fantasy
Graves Robbed, Heirlooms Returned

He can speak to the dead. But will giving them justice get him killed?

Reed Lavender lives two lives—one as a detective and another as a reaper. Hearing the last words of the dead is a handy skill in his line of work, but magic can’t solve all his problems. While investig ...

Category Fantasy-Urban
City of Masks

A bitter mercenary. A naïve mask-carver. A city in peril.

Sofia is a failure. The sentient magical mask with the power to compel, the Greatmask, refuses to choose her as its successor. Without it, the mask-carver will never succeed her father or have the power to protect ...

Category Fantasy
Never (Prequel to The Amber Isle)

Adventure? Check. Magic? Check. Sarcasm? You bet. Roguish Never is sure he has hunted down every relic and every clue possible on his quest to finally lift the curse on his blood and hopefully learn his true name. However, convincing the wealthy Lord Firmita to part with a map to the sunken city ...

Category Fantasy
War Heart

Kilek dreams of becoming a hero. Which is why when a goddess calls him and his friends to adventure far from their sleepy village, he's ecstatic. But when his friends are transformed into adults with weapons, magic and more, Kilek gets nothing—except a divine mission and bitter odds.
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Category Fantasy
The Amber Isle

Adventure? Check. Magic? Check. Sarcasm? You bet.

After years of running down dead-end clues, the rogue Never has nearly given up his quest for answers; his blood is cursed and his true name a mystery, yet no library, no healer, and none who claim to know dark magics have ...

Category Fantasy
Stars Burning

Thorn has drawn his pieces together, at last. But to finally release and then devour the Moon Father, the imposter knows he must rely on Mei and Iggy, neither of whom will simply agree to his madness. Nor will they give up seeking to undermine him at every turn. All the while, others are conve ...

Category Fantasy
Blood of the Guardian

Never and Rikeva are stranded.

Defeating the Burnished King has come at a heavy cost. Never and Rikeva find themselves trapped in the time of his ancestors, captured by Amouni Guardians.

Guardians who immediately brand Never as a mongrel – and Rikeva as a worthles ...