The Whispering Crystals

Book One: Unnatural Laws

Ever wished a portal would open up and swallow you? Don’t. Trust me.

Slinging hotdogs may not be the most glorious side gig, but hey, if it pays for college, that’s all Emma can ask for. And let’s be real, of all the crowds in the world, what were the odds that Comic-Con would get Portalled next?

Emma really should’ve known better. Once again, the universe conspires against her, and now she’s stuck in a world where the laws of physics don’t seem to apply, and even the grass is trying to kill her. She better pay close heed to the Artificial Intelligence guiding her and make some new friends fast, because out here, it’s thrive or die.

And no amount of videogames prepared her for a world where you can actually gain Skills and level up. Or to face a series of trials that seem designed to kill her rather than teach her how to survive… What could possibly be the real goal of the mysterious ‘predecessors’ that built them?

Top Review

“It’s… rare that a book makes me feel this way. The writing, the ups and downs, the sometimes-sassy AI, the slow build up of a beautiful queer relationship… For the first time in years, I stayed up all night because I just couldn’t. Put. It. Down. Even now, having finished it, I’m downloading book two rather than going to sleep. I can’t sing the praises of this book enough.”
— Amazon Review, 5 stars

Book Two: Unusual Enemies

Teamwork ain’t easy. Especially with your life on the line.

Emma made it out of Hub Two, but now she’s faced with the next set of Trials. And this time, they will ‘involve’ combat.

Whatever that’s supposed to mean.

Thankfully, she’s not going in alone. Instead, she’ll be facing the Trials together with her little gang of misfits, relying on them to pull their weight in life-or-death situations…

At least maybe they’ll keep her from taking any more stupid risks, right?

Not like they’re lacking in trouble as it is. After all, there are still many unanswered questions about the Realm of Crystals. All they have to go by is sparse information provided by the mysterious Artificial Intelligences linked to their eye-crystals.

But can those really be trusted to tell the truth?

Book Three: Unimagined Adventures

There’s a fine line between real and imagined, between lies and truth.

Emma and her friends are about to enter Hub Three, which will undoubtedly present another explosive cocktail of dangerous inhabitants, from freaky flora and fauna to manipulative fellow survivors.

Great timing, really, for Emma to begin questioning Suri’s motives, having caught the mysterious Artificial Intelligence out in a lie for the first time.

On top of that, she’ll have to deal with her burgeoning attraction to Kaitlynn, and the insane idea that her very sexuality has been warped by the Laws of Being that govern the Realm of Crystals.

Will the Blue Dragons overcome the stresses of a new Hub? Will Emma find out what’s really going on in the so-called Dreamscapes?

Will she dare open up her heart?

Book Four: Unchained Potential

Fighting with your heart on the line may be hard, but it’s sure as hell worth it.

Emma and Kaitlynn are about to start the next—and final—series of Trials, and the only thing that seems certain is that it’s going to be a bumpy friggin’ ride.

Past those, there’s still the mysterious Final Hub to tackle, undoubtedly featuring a certain flying Lightning Witch with a grudge.

Even if they make it through all that, will what Emma gained in the Realm of Imagination prove enough to protect her in the mysterious society that awaits them outside?

One thing seems clear: Emma will have to be prepared to put everything on the line to succeed.

But does that include Kaitlynn?

Book Five: Untamed Spirit

Nothing in life that’s worth having, comes easy.

Having finally learned the horrible truth about Peilor society, Emma has chosen to cut the chain connecting her spirit to her body, and fled to the Realm of Imagination.

Now she is headed for a Realm whose ruler banished her, with no way back. Worse, she has never managed to stay there for longer than a few hours before starting to Fade out of existence…

Even if she manages to survive, lacking her powerful body and Skills, how is she going to stay out of the hands of Peilor?

More importantly, how is she ever going to get back to Kaitlynn?

One thing is for sure: if Emma is to have any chance of reclaiming what she’s lost, she’s going to need to develop a whole new way of fighting, and gather power.

lot of power.

Book Six: Undivided Worlds

The stakes have been raised. Time to go all in.

Those Peilor bastards have scheduled planet Earth for abduction, and the clock is ticking. Emma and Kaitlynn will have to get the Blue Dragons back together and do something about it fast, or humanity will be toast.

Of course, they don’t have to tackle the problem alone, as there are allies to be found in the Realm of Imagination. The question is just if they’re willing to help in a human timeframe…

Then there is Suri, once upon a time Emma’s rock. Literally. Emma and Kaitlynn need her to help infiltrate Peilor society, but cooperating might not be so easy with the mountain of hurt and anger standing between them still.

And how exactly do you stop a society of egomaniacal sentient crystals from stealing your home planet in the first place?