Bøker av James Dutton

After rescuing his friends and the Sage of Lore in "Bone Kien", and going back in time to secure Lord Teven's Past in "Bone Kien: Roots", Ket and Anlette and the Bone Kien company now face a new threat from within as they continue to pursue threats from the powerful enemy sorcerer, Olphinio. Now ready to penetrate his seemingly deserted sorcerer's tower, evidence that Olphinio may have allied with a necromancer arises. And can they save the master mage Me-Aln, seemingly given up for dead weeks earlier? Once again Ket must rely on Anlette's clever schemes along with his own endurance and wits in an attempt to save the day!

When legal eagle Alberta Stark summons CPA Miles Campbell to work on a possible case of embezzlement, he's ready to dig in and find the facts. But murders, a seance gone strangely wrong, and a series of blackouts and strange behaviors soon make it very clear that his life and work are rapidly spinning out of control. Will this turmoil spoil a possible romance with the "girl next door"? Or will she lose interest because of the crazy woman who seems determined to seduce Miles? Who's behind the industrial espionage, the stolen wills, and a string of murders leading straight toward Mile's door? And how will he get his own life back to normal? Miles has to figure it all out ... before he becomes the next victim!

James Dutton's Fairy Tale Series is for kids and adults alike. The stories are written to be exciting and entertaining for readers of all ages. Miranda thought her troubles ended when the angel Cambien removed the curse on her powers after a selfless act (see The Little Lost Witch and her Christmas Miracle). But more trouble comes quickly as a mysterious presence stalks her house, and her rival, Beryla, twists everything that just happened to make Miranda look like the guilty party! Hauled before the District Witches' Council, Miranda is threatened with having her powers censured and Norby stripped of being her familiar! Worst of all, potential witnesses to her innocence are coming up sick. But is she even innocent of all the accusations? After all, Norby DID sneak into Beryla's house. And what about the eyes in the woods? Is there really a boogie monster on the loose? Norby, her trusty familiar, narrates this charming and funny fairy tale about courage, responsibility, and overcoming deceit.

Herein are the adventures of Astor the Cleric and his party of adventurous friends. These adventures come from a game called Silverdawn, created in 1981. The game ran for most of the 1980s.Offering heroic fantasy adventures, the game was unique in offering interactive fiction between players and game masters. The game quickly grew to include thousands of players from around the world.These "moves" were played by a lady named Mel Viles, her daughter, and a group of her daughter's friends.This book contains the complete moves from the player, and the game master's created adventures in response. Plus, it goes beyond the first years' worth of moves originally published -- to include all the adventures experienced through the mage, Kaldarius, plus a bonus -- new chapters in the adventure written in 2019 to finish out the last quest of Kaldarius.Additionally, notes from the game master have been added to explore his thoughts, both at the time and in looking back from decades later.So this is a very different heroic fantasy book, as it was played as a game, and the prose is a collaborative effort between the player and the game master.I hope you enjoy it!

Herein are the adventures of Kaldarius the Mage, at first a young adventurer beginning to seek his fortune, and moving through a career facing increasingly complex missions and dangers. These adventures come from a game called Silverdawn, created in 1981. The game ran for most of the 1980s.Offering heroic fantasy adventures, the game was unique in offering interactive fiction between players and game masters. The game quickly grew to include thousands of players from around the world.To mark its first anniversary, an interesting adventure from one of the players was published as a booklet, with the abridged contents of the first 20 or so moves.This book contains the complete moves from the player, and the game master's created adventures in response. Plus, it goes beyond the first years' worth of moves originally published -- to include all the adventures experienced through the mage, Kaldarius, plus a bonus -- new chapters in the adventure written in 2019 to finish out the last quest of Kaldarius.Additionally, notes from the game master have been added to explore his thoughts, both at the time and in looking back from decades later.So this is a very different heroic fantasy book, as it was played as a game, and the prose is a collaborative effort between the player and the game master.I hope you enjoy it!

James Dutton's Fairy Tale Series is for kids and adults alike. The stories are written to be exciting and entertaining for readers of all ages. When a young witch named Miranda mysteriously misses All Hallow's Eve by a full twenty-four hours and instead performs the ritual to renew her powers on All Saint's Day, she collapses and awakens to a kind young man offering help. Her powers appear cursed as all her charms and hexes begin to go terribly wrong. Will her mother be able to cure her magic? And who is the strange young man who found her lying unconscious in the fairy circle and keeps turning up? Her trusty familiar, a cat named Norby, narrates this charming and funny fairy tale with a story of growing desperation and what it takes to find a miraculous redemption.

James Dutton's Fairy Tale Series is for kids and adults alike. The stories are written to be exciting and entertaining for readers of all ages. Merwen the mouse didn't even know his name was Merwen. He was, after all, a mouse. But when he found himself under the floors of a wizard's tower, he started drinking droplets of water from an enchanted spring used by the wizard's family as a well. Then, after being caught in a wave of magic intended only for the coming of age of the wizard's youngest daughter, Merwen started to discover ... magical abilities. All seemed peaceful until a group of magician thieves invaded the house and captured the wizard's family. Can Merwen cleverly use his newfound abilities to save the family and the little girl who befriended and saved him?