*First Place Winner in the Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction!*

A young warrior stands at the precipice of war… To succeed, he must find his courage and survive a treacherous journey across the sea.

Arken Freeth has always wanted to prove himself worthy of his king's appointment by becoming an officer in the Lantish Sea Service. Now the only thing standing in his way is his apprenticeship SeaJourney.

But a peaceful training mission soon turns into a deadly struggle for survival as Arken's fleet comes to the aid of a princess fleeing capture by Tookan pirates.

SeaJourney kicks off an epic and fantastical adventure for a middle grade audience but is a great read for all ages.

In the age before the Great Flood 13,000 years ago, a new alliance between the nations of Lanth and Tolaria is threatened by pyramid-building Amarrats out to conquer and enslave the world.

As war looms like an evil shadow over the world… Arken Freeth must save his crewmates’ lives as they traverse a deadly jungle filled with massive wolves and sabertooth cats.

*First place winner in the Dante Rossetti Young Adult fiction
category of the Chanticleer International Writing Contest!*

An epic battle looms between the Tookans and Arken Freeth’s band of Lantish, Tolarian, and Nander warriors. Who will survive?

No one believes Arken will win this fight with such a powerful warrior. But even if Arken lives, will his battle training give the Nander tribe enough fighting skill to defeat the Tookans’ attack and save the Necklace of Tol?

Arken believes the Necklace of Tol will ultimately help them defeat the Amarrat invader. But Arken’s triumphant return home to Lanth is ruined when he sees his Neanderthal blood brother, Ord, being sold into slavery when Arken sails into port.

Arken’s nemesis, Gart, buys Ord and then plots with the King of Lanth to hold Ord hostage to force the Neanderthals to give up the Necklace of Tol—something they will never do.  Arken must find a way to free his best friend from slavery and save the Lantish people from the invasion of the Amarrats.

Yolanta, king of the Tookans leads the Amarrat armada across the Circle Sea. Yet Yolanta is plagued by doubts about his loyalty to the Amarrats after King Zuul invaded Yolanta's mind.

Lanth is frantically preparing to defend itself as Arken’s friend, Asher, sails to the Nander Water Cave. He is accompanied by his mother, the Queen of Tolaria, who plans to read the Necklace of Tol in hopes of divining a strategy to defeat the Amarrats. The collision of these forces is inevitable. But who will win the battle at sea against the Amarrat Armada?

Arken's forces are vastly outnumbered as they bravely attack the hundred-thousand-man Amarrat army as it lumbers overland across the open plains towards the treacherous mountain pass leading to Lanth.

Will Arken and his small force of volunteers be enough to stop the army, or will the Amarrats reach Lanth and lay siege to their beloved city?