Welcome to the realm of The Chaos Roads. It exists on the edges of the world we’re used to. It holds gods, monsters, and people who straddle the boundaries between what we see and the other dimensions we don’t. Be careful if you enter – this realm can be lethal.
Book 1: Through the Monster-glass; buy now.
Archivist Romy Ussher will be your guide as she stumbles into an eerie world she never knew existed. Three years ago, she lost her husband Peter to a heart condition. Struggling with her grief, she goes on with life, coping with her fibromyalgia and helping clients catalogue private collections. Her current clients, Gordon and Delilah Jefferies, give her a courtesy invitation to their annual October charity event, the Goblin Ball, at their magnificent mansion in Toronto. Deciding it’s time to start getting back out into the world, she digs out a costume she bought in Paris during a visit with Peter, and invites her good friend Lizette to be her plus-one. But strange things begin to happen as soon as they set foot in the door. A mysterious playboy and philanthropist, Enoch Crowe, who Romy met years before when Peter was alive, shows a renewed interest in her now that a husband isn’t in the way. There’s something about him that makes Romy deeply uneasy, and she warns Lizette not to tangle with him. Then, a reading with an attending psychic turns into a warning about the future. When Lizette disappears, Romy’s search takes her to places she couldn’t foresee, and onto a road that there will be no turning back from.
Book 2: Into the Forbidden Fire; buy now.
Romy has discovered an alien heritage neither she nor her brother were aware of, and one that Enoch Crowe is relentlessly in pursuit of, even though she’s moved to a small town in Ontario where her husband’s uncle lives, and a job as archivist at a local college that holds some unusual collections. And Crowe’s not the only one. The door to the supernatural has opened, and there’s no way to close it. Monsters from ancient Egypt pursue her, while her ancestral father, the god Thoth, tries to offer protection. A potion by the ancient sorceress Circe, given to Romy against her will, leaves her struggling to deal with uncertain powers and wildly fluctuating energy levels. Crowe had promised to help her, but his efforts nearly killed her. The one person who might be able to provide genuine aid, enigmatic archeology professor Rad Enkara, regards her with suspicion because of her ancestral line. And he holds his own secrets, even as he steers her toward a risky transformation that seems the only solution, but that could turn her into a legendary monster feared across the entire galaxy.
Book 3, Out of Time: buy now!
This highly original story, weaving history and mythology into a rich tapestry, has followed expert archivist Romy Ussher as she was dragged by sinister philanthropist Enoch Crowe into a complex world of the supernatural she had no idea existed. Following clues both ancient and modern, Romy has struggled to understand her part in a plot orchestrated by a god-like alien creature called Chaos, and its monstrous cult, the NeoAtlanteans.
On a mission to save Earth from their influence, Romy braved the Fires of Rhyxa on a forbidden planet. Her transformation into an Arkon now gives her the power to destroy, or heal, at will. Returning home, she finds that war has begun, fomented by Crowe, who’s been revealed as the son of Chaos, and the mysterious, deadly Dark Alchemist. Can Romy heal the bleeding Earth and repel repeated attacks while retaining what humanity she has left? Or will events push her over the line and turn her into the most terrifying predator the galaxy has ever seen?
Out of Time is the final book in the epic Chaos Roads Trilogy. Follow Romy Ussher’s mission to prevent the Earth, the planet she calls home, as well as everyone she cares about, from being torn apart – either by Chaos or by her.