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The Aurori Saga

It's 16th century Europe, and things go bump in the night. To deal with them, the Court of Emperor Rudolf II calls for Baron Kilian Kunzer and his Romani wife, the Lady Aishe, the last of the Aurori. Their adventures take them across the Holy Roman Empire, and occasionally to stranger fields, pitting their magic against the darkest threats to the fractious realm of Catholic and Protestant lords on the cusp of civil war, even as a larger war with the all-conquering Turks looms. Whether they hunt a vampire's fangs, the shambling creations of necromancers, or the shadows in the halls of power where the darkest conspiracies wait. The Saga consists of Aurori's Blood Aurori's Gambit, Aurori's Shadow, and Aurori's Advent.

In Aurori's Advent the Battle of Sisak has inaugurated the long-expected war between the Habsburgs and Turks. Kilian and Aishe dream their Arcane Circle can become more than the Emperor's private society for magicians. But Rudolf II has his own mission for the couple. So the Transylvanian Rom and her husband return to the lands of her youth to bring its lords into the war on the side of the Holy Roman Empire. But His Majesty's errand becomes a lightning rod for a host of enemies that agree on only one thing: The need to exterminate the Lord and Lady Kunzer. It is an encounter that will shatter everything you've known about The Aurori Saga, and change Aishe forever.

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Texas Thunder

Silenced Thunder Victor von Tabor was an airmen working in Counter-Intelligence out of Lackland AFB. But the wrong call at the wrong time outed him as a Sorcerer in a world that believes magic's for fairy tales. Now he's a civilian living on Ramen Noodles, with a reporter hounding him for the truth, his ex-partner derailing his assimilation to civilian life, and the Air Force watching with a promise to lock him in a deep hole if he steps out of line. If that's not enough, a beautiful and mysterious stranger has just offered him a payday sufficient to ensure a healthy diet and rent. All he has to do is use his talent to help her. What could possibly go wrong?

for Chapter 1, Jan. 7, 2012

Thunder's Echo The nights are getting stranger in San Antonio, and Victor von Tabor, the city's resident sorcerer, finds himself at the center of the storm once again. The echoes of his family's past have reverberated in his present. Whether that's the creatures of legend hunting St. Mary's Strip, or the Mercenaries hunting for Aivee and himself, or the fact both of their parents have decided this would be the perfect time to pay a visit. Can Victor protect what he loves without losing all he is?

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Chap. 1 Clockwork Malevolence by *TarienCole

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Chapter 1 Pt1 AURORI'S BLOOD by *TarienCole

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A Griffin's Tale

The Iron Conqueror: In a world of airships, intrigue, and secret societies seething beneath the veneer of respectable Society, Earl Micajah Monaghan (He prefers Cage, thank you) has lost his command due to the Great Game of nations. To redeem his honor, he becomes a spy himself. Now aided by his pet fox Avolloc and the mysterious Katharina Marquering, he pursues pirates, Mystics, and traitors only to find an enemy the world believes long-defeated seeks to settle its scores...and Cage is one. Pass the tea, if you would; one sugar please.

March 12, 2011, for Chapter 1, Part 1 of The Iron Conqueror

Clockwork Malevolence: Dame Katharina Marquering's life should be idyllic. She returns home the fiancee of Trivoria's most eligible bachelor. But her father is less than thrilled about this sudden engagement to Cage Monaghan, and he's about to have even more reason to be perturbed. But worse problems for Kat await than her social predicament, for there is a traitor in the Sagacious Griffons, hunting her fellow Mystics. And when the mighty Sylvunurian Empire decides that Roderick Monaghan's plans for Caralie are unacceptable, all of House Monaghan, including its prospective daughter-in-law, are players in the Games of nations again. And the weapon the Sylvunurians have chosen for Kat is intimately familiar with her beloved.

A Treasured Nightmare Cage and Katharina Monaghan have arrived as Viceroy and Lady of Itica. However, having moved to the far side of the world from Trivoria has not removed them from the reach of their enemies. A seemingly random assassination attempt proves the tip of an iceberg revisiting enemies of Cage's past. Their hunt will lead them beneath the sands of Ancient Daraska, and into a conflict with Powers that had been forgotten for an age, and Beings that laid low the world's greatest empire in their wrath. Now they have returned, and Katharina will wage the most desperate battle she has ever fought, with her own soul the prize.

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I'm a wizard, nah, I'm a spy, no no, I'm an evil genius! Yeah, that's it.

Alright, actually I'm a writer, which just means I've been restrained by society from fulfilling my desire for global domination through illegal means, and instead torment my characters.

Tarien Cole may only be the pen-name, but it's much more interesting than real life.

Wifey says I'm a"Hobbyist" so that's what I picked, though that implies I don't want to be Professional, and I do. *snickers*

I mark many of my Deviations Mature and Strict Mature because I respect the dA filter system. Please do the same when you read.

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*TarienCole: The Crux has been reached.
Mon May 13, 2013, 8:52 PM
*TarienCole: Chapter 28 of the Crux gets a Mark Twain. Did he write about airship battles?
Fri May 10, 2013, 9:04 PM
*TarienCole: Chapter 27 of the Crux gets another L Frank Baum. Yeah, there was plenty of wizardry...and gunfights.
Tue May 7, 2013, 7:19 PM
*TarienCole: Chapter 26 of the Crux gets an Edgar Allen Poe. No, I'm not a member of the Following.
Mon May 6, 2013, 6:43 PM
*TarienCole: Chapter 25 of the Crux gets an IWL of L. Frank Baum. Well, it does have pseudo-Victorian era wizards...
Sat May 4, 2013, 1:41 PM