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I couldn’t sleep any longer. I had to get up and check to see if the Kindle eBook and paperback versions of my new fantasy novel, VORTEX, were published and up on Amazon.com yet!
THEY ARE!!
VORTEX is the third and final book of the Alban Saga Series. The other two books in the trilogy are Beatrice and Black Grotto. I’ve loved writing all of them and have become very attached to the Bauman family, as well as all the characters in the books—both protagonists and antagonists—and the stories themselves! What a ride it’s been!
I hope you enjoy the books as much as I’ve enjoyed writing them!
This series or any of my books can be purchased at Amazon.com. If you don’t live in the United States, you’ll be able to find VORTEX on an Amazon website near you; it just may take the book a bit longer to show up on their site. It could take several more days or a couple of weeks, depending on where you live. Just give it some time and keep checking. Thanks for your patience!
Below, I’ve included a summary of VORTEX: Book III of the Alban Saga.
The Alban Saga is a fantasy trilogy made up of Beatrice, Black Grotto, and Vortex. All three books take place in real locations in Scotland, with real Scottish history woven into their plotlines. Vortex begins just as Black Grotto ends. Bea Bauman, a young Druid Priestess, is taken away by an ancient prophet named Erin. She cannot resist his call; he reaches for her from the center of the Vortex inside the Black Grotto, and she takes his hand, leaving her family and friends behind as she travels with him through time and space.
Just as Bea enters the Vortex, Aran Brodie, who has become a close and dear companion, cannot let Bea go alone into the void. He jumps in after her. For a time, they travel together inside the violent maelstrom, but they cannot maintain their grip, become separated, and lose consciousness. When Bea finally awakens, she finds herself at the Stones of Calanais, staring into the eyes of Erin the Prophet, on the same day and time she left the Black Grotto. In the meantime, Aran Brodie is expelled from the Vortex to the same location as Bea, but his exit casts him over 4,500 years into the past, where he ends up surrounded by primordial Druids in search of a human sacrifice.
As all of this is going on, another character from the previous books also finds herself at the Stones of Calanais, but she is there three years in the future. Her name is Obsidian. For years now, she has been an acolyte in the grove of an extraordinarily powerful Druid Priestess named Brenna. Brenna brought Obsidian with her to this time and place to help her join with her nemesis in order to become the Great Hermaphrodite. However, Brenna is overcome and vanishes. Saddened and distraught, Obsidian is left alone without any way to return to her own time. She wanders aimlessly for days, but then remembers something that Brenna once shared with her. Another powerful Druid lived near the Stones of Calanais, and she was called the Keeper. Obsidian sets out to find her in the hope that she can bring Brenna back and restore her to her former greatness.
Vortex carries forth the story of the Alban Saga, weaving the plotlines into a surprising and volatile romp through time, space, and Scottish history. This dangerous journey will either end with the past being completely reshaped, leading to a malevolent and dire future, or the current timeline will remain intact and safe for the development of humankind. Bea Bauman, along with family, close friends, Aran Brodie, her former teacher Anu Grenn, and the Great Prophet Erin, will be at the center of this struggle. She will attempt to unravel and countermand whomever or whatever is trying to alter history while also dealing with her feelings for Aran, her fear for his survival, and having to navigate the treacherous intricacies of transporting oneself in a Vortex.
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