Books published by publisher Jackie Andrews

#SPBFO Semifinalist2nd EditionAlaric betrayed everything he believed to save Evangeline — and failed.His last chance to save the woman he loves lies in an ancient Wellstone, a repository of power, buried and lost long ago.Luck—or something more troubling—leads him to a small group searching for the same stone.A disgruntled dwarf,a bumbling wizard,and an elf with an unsettling amount of power.If he can gain their trust, they might help him find the cure.But the Wellstone holds more than he knows, and a terrible evil he’d thought defeated is stirring again, searching for the stone.Can the companions survive a traitor, a dragon, and their own pasts to reach the stone before time runs out?This new 2nd edition includes maps and illustrations.A Threat of Shadows is the brilliant introduction to the magical world of The Keeper Chronicles, a new epic fantasy series by JA Andrews. Fans of Patrick Rothfuss, David Eddings, and Terry Pratchett will love this unputdownable tale.Dive into this enchanting fantasy novel with real emotional depth. Grab your copy of A Threat of Shadows and begin this epic series today!

When Silke and Lucius Stone follow up a strange death at Ysgard’s Enforcer HQ, and also agree to help a Marshman evict sinister tenants from his cave, these seem like simple commissions. In the third of their partnership adventures of the FIRE & ICE series, they turn into a nightmare! Their friend, Trace, is in deep trouble as well when he is duped by two witches and kidnapped. It’s Stone’s life they are after: they believe he was responsible for the death of their sister some years before. Unwilling to involve Silke in his problems, Stone goes off on his own to rescue Trace and finds he has walked into a fatal trap. Fortunately, Silke follows him to the Chasm of Fire, arriving just in time to prevent his certain death.When the pair enter the Rill marshlands to investigate the Marshman’s complaint they are way out of their depth (in more ways than one) and find themselves confronting the very witches who kidnapped Trace. Although they manage to rescue their friend, the two investigators are outclassed by the shape-shifting witches and have to beat a hasty retreat. Back in Ysgard, they discover that an archeological dig has let loose a deadly demon king – Ichnubis - who is intent on destroying the population by implanting them with grimms – parasitic demons that will form his army. It took twenty-five mages to imprison Ichnubis the last time, and such a formidable foe is too much for Silke and Lucius Stone to take on by themselves. On this occasion they are glad to be helped by Silke’s aunt, Alvette, with a team of other mages and adepts, to put the demon back in his underground prison.There is just one loose end left to be tied: the two witch sisters are still at large. Silke and Stone are forced to accept help from an unusual source in order to track them down…but what happens once they arrest the pair is beyond anything they could have foreseen.Their adventures finally behind them, the visiting mages prepare to return to their various homes, but two of them at least offer Silke and Stone the tantalising promise of something more than a fleeting friendship: the young Ellanoi windmage, Aspen, and the fascinating and beautiful water sprite, Lirian. Will this be the dawn of a new, romantic episode in their lives…and what will happen to their own relationship?

Silke - feisty firemage and private investigator - , has been drafted in at the King's request to disengage the magic wards protecting her renegade brother's estate - a dangerous job. Dangerous, because he is a necromancer with powerful magical skills and a host of Undead at his command. She is joined by the King's special agent, Jan Dufay. Meanwhile, her associate, Lucius Stone, agrees to use his telepathic skill to search for a missing young novice from her reclusive monastic Order of Earth worshippers. Jan Dufay is much more than he seems, while the missing girl is not quite as innocent as everyone assumed. When the two cases come together, Silke and Stone find themselves in deep trouble, needing all their ice and fire magic to survive.

Nominated for Best Self-Published Novel in Booknest's Fantasy AwardsTomkin Thornhewn, youngest son of the Duke of Marshwell, has a problem: he’s not heroic. Regardless of his aspirations, the bookish, untrained young man is better suited to recording the deeds of heroes than being one himself. Which becomes an obvious problem when he finds himself clinging to a ledge above a sleeping dragon. And instead of wielding his family’s great sword with valor and skill, he drops it—onto the dragon.The problem grows immeasurably worse when Tomkin himself falls off the ledge—also onto the dragon.And his problem reaches its peak when Tomkin, after being captured, discovers a maiden locked in a tower. But this is no sweet damsel. Not only does she refuse to be rescued, she refuses to even admit she’s in distress.It’s too bad for the people of Marshwell that Tomkin is the only thing standing - or falling - in the dragon’s way.JA Andrews introduced the world to the magic-wielding, world-saving, story-telling Keepers in A Threat of Shadows. Now you can enjoy one of the Keeper’s most beloved tales: The Story of Tomkin and the Dragon, in this engaging, lighthearted novel.Pick up your copy today and see why Tomkin's story is so well loved.

Circumstances have forced sixteen-year-old Gil Vichezny to leave Par and search for the father she’s never met, or even wanted to. She knows nothing about him except he was once Captain Halford Avers, dishonourably discharged from Space Force and now a notorious space pirate called the Phantom, with a huge price on his head.Disguised as a boy, with forged ID, Gil starts her journey as purser’s clerk on the Marakova, a merchant space vessel rumoured to deal in contraband and owned by the Cortez family. But from day one she makes a vicious enemy of Moses, one of the Cortez sons, and barely survives by her wits and combat training.When the Marakova is hijacked by the Phantom and his crew, Gil finally confronts her father, but it is not the reunion she imagined.

This is a first edition, out of print version. An expanded 2nd edition of A Threat of Shadows is available as of mid-September, 2018 There are decisions that can’t be unmade, paths that cannot be unchosen, choices that change us too much for us to ever change back. There was a time when Alaric was a Keeper, one of the men entrusted with counseling the queen, protecting the people’s histories and ancient stories, and working magic in defense of the land. But in a desperate attempt to save his dying wife, he has sacrificed it all—abandoning his duties, betraying his deepest beliefs and falling ever deeper into darkness. So far, he has done nothing but fail, and his wife’s time is growing short. Now, haunted by his past, Alaric has found one last chance at a cure, hidden in a magical Wellstone buried a century ago. With the help of a handful of quirky companions, the stone—and the cure—are finally within his grasp. But he’s not the only one searching for the Wellstone. His quest grows more perilous as he discovers that his companions are harboring dangerous secrets their own. It becomes almost impossible when he unearths rumors of a gathering shadow threatening the land—whispering of the return of a dark lord, thought to be defeated. To face this enemy, and have any chance of saving his wife, Alaric needs to be the Keeper he used to be, not the broken man he has become. Can he put the failures and pain of his past behind him to stand against the approaching threat? Or, in the face of all the growing shadows, will it be the darkness within himself that destroys everything? A Threat of Shadows is the first book in The Keeper Chronicles, a new classic fantasy series by JA Andrews. In a land of magic, elves, and the occasional dragon, an engaging adventure unfolds about what it means to reconcile who you are, with who you thought you’d be. A story of sacrifice, love, and the weight of our pasts. If you enjoy epic fantasy with a likable cast of characters, you’ll love this entertaining beginning to Andrews’ new series. Buy A Threat of Shadows and begin this classic series today!

Out of print 1st edition.New Extended 2nd Edition available September 2018 He betrayed everything to save his wife. He failed. Alaric abandoned his role as a Keeper, used his magic and knowledge in ways that defied everything good the Keepers stood for, and still, the poison rages through her body. His last chance to save her lies in an ancient Wellstone, a repository of power buried and lost long ago. Luck-or something more troubling-leads him to a small group searching for the same stone. A disgruntled dwarf, a befuddled wizard, and an elf with an unsettling amount of power. With their help, he might just find the cure before time runs out. If he can survive the dragon, the traitor, and the terrible evil that's awakening... A Threat of Shadows is the brilliant introduction to the magical world of The Keeper Chronicles, a new epic fantasy series by JA Andrews. Fans of Patrick Rothfuss, David Eddings, and Terry Pratchett will love this unputdownable noblebright tale. Dive into this enchanting fantasy novel with real emotional depth. Grab your copy of A Threat of Shadows and begin this epic series today!

It’s all going wrong. Keri’s Gran is dead, her Dad’s working far away. Keri and her mum are fighting. Keri wants to reach back into the family’s past; she wants to do something brave and heroic. When she and her brother find a whale washed up on the beach, that seems to be her chance. Shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award, 1996. “Keri...is about an encounter with grandeur, an encounter from which one cannot emerge unchanged.” —The Horn Book Magazine.