Vanessa Read

• Dec-2017
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In the unexplored southern region of Mura there lies a legendary realm. A Quest is called to find this Kingdom, but those who agree to travel across the inhospitable southern sea to the Silver Land of Ansalusian folklore must acknowledge the warning ...

• Apr-2016
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• Nov-2014
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The cause for liberty and justice was growing and all those who strove to live in peace under their own laws and be governed by their own leaders seemed to fill the known world with a passion for change. But change was not sought so that things might...

• Mar-2013
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The islands of Mikk are the focus of this story in the Royal Sagas of Shiz as Konad and the comrades of the Quest go to aid Shexam of the Mikkadorian Brotherhood in ridding the islands of an evil priestess who has twisted the ancient Xercha cult of t...

• Nov-2011
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Konad of Shiz, Knight of the Light Brotherhood and son of the Supreme Ruler of the powerful city-state of Heplon on the world of Mura, undertakes a quest to rescue his cousin Thesla, imprisoned in a labyrinth in the mountain stronghold of the rival K...

• Sep-2011
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Part one of the story of a life, a family and a love affair with words, with life’s mysteries and with a certain elusive desire. Ziggy Deer, born with the caul, born among seemingly impossibly attractive siblings, ventures out on the road to self-e...

• Sep-2011
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The sequel to The Autobiography of Ziggy Deer. Ziggy is on the brink of her journey to find a door that fits her key. She is still in love with Marc Olinska, still afraid her personality will suddenly take the reins of her carefully constructed chari...

He undulated through the temperate water, revelling in the beauty of the reef, allowing the myriad of fish to flow past him in a carnival of colours and shapes. He looked up at the surface and smiled inside his mask. The feeling that he had escaped t...