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Special Launch Deal for the Greystone-in-Training Box Set Ends Today

April 14, 2025 By Lou

Greystone-in-Training: The Complete Series launched last week! Thank you to everyone who checked it out. I’m incredibly proud of the series. They are some of my favorites set in the Greystone universe and lead directly into Alpha and Omega, which arrives on June 4th.

Greystone-in-Training box set launch deal ends today!

The entire trilogy is now in one massive volume. Over 600 pages of myths, monsters, and legends. Follow Soriya as she learns how to be the Greystone and accepts her role as protector of the city.

This series reveals the secrets of Soriya’s past and hints at the future to come.

Check out the box set for only $2.99!

This launch deal ends today.

Get your copy!

Need more convincing? Check out what’s included below:

HAMMER AND ANVIL

It’s her first case and it might be her last.

Soriya has worked to become the Greystone her entire life. Now all her efforts are in jeopardy when she falls before the destructive power of the Minotaur.

Forced to the sideline by her teacher, Soriya must find a new path. Only one thing is certain—she’s going to need help.

Recently engaged to the love of her life, Greg Loren, Beth struggles to commit to a date. Instead, she throws herself into her research, hunting for the recently stolen hammer of Hephaestus.

Working to unravel the secrets hidden in Portents, Soriya and Beth must learn to trust the other’s unique perspective. However, they aren’t the only ones seeking answers as the Minotaur makes his move on the city… starting with Soriya’s loved ones.

THE GIFTS OF KALI

The world will be wiped clean of sin.

Shiva has returned and every life in Portents is at risk. His goal is simple—to purify humanity and transform the world.

Soriya Greystone faces a threat she can’t defeat: a monster bent on destruction with the power to back it up. All hope for survival lies with Kali, Goddess of Death.

The only problem is Kali doesn’t care whether or not the world burns.

Soriya must find a way to convince the reluctant goddess to stand with her before Portents is swallowed up by Shiva’s growing darkness.

THE FINAL GAUNTLET

The Daughters of Salem have returned.

A doorway was opened and a threat from the earliest days of Portents has found its way home. The Daughters have a clear mission: to use the power of the doorkeeper and awaken a terrible darkness on the world.

Soriya stands alone to face the threat. To do so, she must protect the magic-wielding doorkeeper—a woman in a desperate search to find her past.

There is more at stake for Soriya, though, as Mentor levels one final test upon her. Should she pass, Soriya will at last earn the mantle of the Greystone.

If she fails, however, all of Portents may succumb to the darkness within their souls.

All roads lead to Greystone Book Six!

The journey through this trilogy brings readers right into Alpha and Omega, out on June 4th! Pre-order your copy today.

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Greystone-in-Training: The Complete Series is out now!

April 9, 2025 By Lou

The entire trilogy is now available in a digital box set! Witness Soriya’s training years with Mentor as she tackles the Minotaur, Shiva, and the Daughters of Salem. Order your copy of Greystone-in-Training: The Complete Series today for only $2.99!

Greystone-in-Training: The Complete Series

Over 600 pages of monsters, mayhem, and madness. Learn how Soriya and Bethany Loren met. Find out where the mysterious Ribbons of Kali came from. There is a deeper mystery in the background and a powerful new force unleashed in Portents.

Will the Doormaker be a force for good or evil?

All this leads directly into Alpha and Omega, coming your way on June 4th!

The trilogy is currently on sale for only $2.99 through Monday, April 14th, so be sure to download your copy today.

Visit my new Payhip store!

Ebook retailers say they reserve the rights to remove any book from the platform/device at any time. I find that scary as hell, considering how many books I’ve purchased over the last decade.

I also think it is ridiculous that we could be paying for products we will never truly own. Looking to ensure my readers will always be able to own any book they’ve purchased, I’ve opened a Payhip store.

This will serve as my digital storefront. You can go there and buy directly from me. I will be running different specials from time to time, including one going on right now.

This week, you can get a copy of Army in the Obelisk for only $0.99! Enjoy the entire twelve-part serial. This deal ends on 4/14.

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Pre-Order the Greystone-in-Training Box Set Now!

March 3, 2025 By Lou

The pre-order for the Greystone-in-Training box set is live! You can order your digital copy of the entire trilogy for only $2.99.

Pre-order Greystone-in-Training: The Complete Series now!

Witness the training years of Soriya Greystone as she tackles the most dangerous myths and legends, set loose by a mysterious force that could spell the end for Portents! Does she have what it takes to protect the city?

Box Set includes:

  • Hammer and Anvil
  • The Gifts of Kali
  • The Final Gauntlet

Over 600 pages of murder and mayhem!

HAMMER AND ANVIL

It’s her first case and it might be her last.

Soriya has worked to become the Greystone her entire life. Now all her efforts are in jeopardy when she falls before the destructive power of the Minotaur.

Forced to the sideline by her teacher, Soriya must find a new path. Only one thing is certain—she’s going to need help.

Recently engaged to the love of her life, Greg Loren, Beth struggles to commit to a date. Instead, she throws herself into her research, hunting for the recently stolen hammer of Hephaestus.

Working to unravel the secrets hidden in Portents, Soriya and Beth must learn to trust the other’s unique perspective. However, they aren’t the only ones seeking answers as the Minotaur makes his move on the city… starting with Soriya’s loved ones.

THE GIFTS OF KALI

The world will be wiped clean of sin.

Shiva has returned and every life in Portents is at risk. His goal is simple—to purify humanity and transform the world.

Soriya Greystone faces a threat she can’t defeat: a monster bent on destruction with the power to back it up. All hope for survival lies with Kali, Goddess of Death.

The only problem is Kali doesn’t care whether or not the world burns.

Soriya must find a way to convince the reluctant goddess to stand with her before Portents is swallowed up by Shiva’s growing darkness.

THE FINAL GAUNTLET

The Daughters of Salem have returned.

A doorway was opened and a threat from the earliest days of Portents has found its way home. The Daughters have a clear mission: to use the power of the doorkeeper and awaken a terrible darkness on the world.

Soriya stands alone to face the threat. To do so, she must protect the magic-wielding doorkeeper—a woman in a desperate search to find her past.

There is more at stake for Soriya, though, as Mentor levels one final test upon her. Should she pass, Soriya will at last earn the mantle of the Greystone.

If she fails, however, all of Portents may succumb to the darkness within their souls.

The box set arrives April 9th!

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Greystone Sale Starts Now

February 10, 2025 By Lou

The Greystone series sale is on! Prepare yourself for the release of Book Six, Alpha and Omega, this June by catching up on every Greystone release to date. Every book is discounted to $0.99 this week, including the Greystone-in-Training prequel trilogy. Click on the banners below!

Greystone Sale

All five books are only $0.99 right now. Follow Soriya and Loren’s story as they battle myths and legends to protect the city of Portents from the darkest of dangers. Click on the banner images below to head to your favorite e-book retailer and start reading.

Welcome to Portents—a city like no other.

Every shadow leads to the darker side of the city, where myths and legends of old still exist and thrive… and scheme.

Detective Greg Loren can’t wait to escape from it all. Since the death of his wife, he’s wished for nothing more than a fresh start.

But fate has another plan for Loren. A series of murders has shaken the city, drawing not only his attention but that of his former partner, Soriya, a young woman who—with the power of an ancient and mysterious artifact called the Greystone—battles against the monsters in the dark.

There is more to this murderer, though. Signs are left at each of the crime scenes, which speak to a deeper purpose. To solve this case, Loren and Soriya must unlock the hidden history of the city itself. Can they find a way to work together once more to stop the killer among them?

Or will a madman’s scheme for revenge bring Portents to ruin?

Six tales of monsters, the dead rising, and the terrors of Portents.

The unwritten rule of the city warns of danger in the night. That is when myths and legends—long thought lost to the world—claim Portents for their own.

Explore the city’s immersive history as a young Alejo Ruiz is introduced not only to the man known as Mentor, but a dangerous band of winged killers.

Witness mayhem and murder as Soriya, wielding her powerful Greystone, battles gremlins, navigates lessons with Mentor, and meets the werewolf Luchik.

Greg Loren faces his own trials as well. When offered the chance to bring his wife back from the dead, can he resist the temptation? Given the choice between the past and his future, where will Loren stand? And who will pay the price for his decision?

Follow new characters with expansive histories as they come face to face with the horrors of Portents—both human and otherwise.

Death has come to the city of Portents.

Dozens have fallen before a mysterious menace hiding among them. Their only connection is the grisly condition of their bodies—hollowed-out chasms where their eyes used to be.

Setting aside the aging case on his wife’s murder, Detective Greg Loren has returned to the city with the task of stopping the bearer of the Medusa coin—an artifact with power over Death himself—from continuing to slaughter the people of Portents.

Soriya, no longer able to control the enigmatic Greystone, grapples with the decision to forge ahead in the case on her own, leaving Loren behind. But without the two counterbalancing each other, Death may be the force that levels them both.

Not everyone finds their way back to the light…

The dark pathways of Portents tell of frightful demons and characters’ surprising histories. Discover new monsters, including a phoenix, an onna-bugeisha, and the Cult of Anubis. Delve deeper into Detective Samantha Myers’ secretive past and follow Captain Ruiz as he continues to be plagued by the demons of Portents, even during his leave of absence.

As Greg Loren and Soriya Greystone battle the city’s monsters and their fractured relationship alike, they come to realize that everyone has two stories…and that nobody can be trusted, no matter how well you think you know them.

The war for Portents has begun.

The mayor is dead, his cause of death: a Greystone. Soriya flees into the shadows of the night, accused of a heinous murder. She is alone; those who trusted her, including Greg Loren, now stand against her. But even Detective Loren doesn’t see what this truly is: a distraction.

From the shadows rises a new threat, one that has lain in wait from the beginning. She ushers in the return of the Heads of Cerberus—and with it, the promise of Portents’ last sunrise. Meanwhile, Loren inches closer to finding the truth about Beth’s murder.

But can his shattered heart face the truth of his late wife’s killer—or about the secrets she harbored from him in the months before her death?

Greystone-in-Training is also on sale!

It’s her first case and it might be her last.

Soriya has worked her entire life to become the Greystone—protector of her city, Portents, against the growing shadows of myth and legend. All her efforts are in jeopardy when she is struck down by the destructive power of the Minotaur.

Soriya must now find a new path. Only one thing is certain—she’s going to need help.

Beth, a researcher with insight into the city, has been locked in her own mystery—hunting for the recently stolen hammer of Hephaestus.

Working together to unravel the secrets hidden in Portents, Soriya and Beth must learn to trust the other’s unique perspective. However, they aren’t the only ones seeking answers as the Minotaur turns his rage on the city… starting with Soriya’s beloved teacher.

The world will be wiped clean of sin.

Shiva has returned and every life in Portents is at risk. His goal is simple—to purify humanity and transform the world.

Soriya Greystone faces a threat she can’t defeat: a monster bent on destruction with the power to back it up. All hope for survival lies with Kali, Goddess of Death.

The only problem is Kali doesn’t care whether or not the world burns.

Soriya must find a way to convince the reluctant goddess to stand with her before Portents is swallowed up by Shiva’s growing darkness.

The Daughters of Salem have returned.

A doorway was opened and a threat from the earliest days of Portents has found its way home. The Daughters have a clear mission: to use the power of the doorkeeper and awaken a terrible darkness on the world.

Soriya stands alone to face the threat. To do so, she must protect the magic-wielding doorkeeper—a woman in a desperate search to find her past.

There is more at stake for Soriya, though, as Mentor levels one final test upon her. Should she pass, Soriya will at last earn the mantle of the Greystone.

If she fails, however, all of Portents may succumb to the darkness within their souls.

Sale Ends February 16th!

Happy Reading!

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The Final Gauntlet Author Commentary 6

April 13, 2021 By Lou

This is it! The final author commentary for The Final Gauntlet! FINAL FINAL FINAL. (Okay, that’s enough…) SPOILER WARNING is in effect.

My last word on the series

The Greystone-in-Training trilogy has been a dream to write. It was supposed to be three short stories at one point. That was it, just brief glimpses into Soriya’s training to be the Greystone.

The growth that came in building this series was tremendous, and a point of pride for me. Soriya’s world has evolved to the point where the characters know the story better than I do. They set the tone and the pace. I am merely the chronicler.

I am grateful to have been able to return to Portents, and with how this trilogy now impacts the five remaining novels in the main series. It’s made the journey so much more interesting for me, and I hope for you as well.

My last word on The Final Gauntlet

Now for the rest. There are times when I look back at The Final Gauntlet and absolutely love the challenges it presented – both internal and external. This is my 14th novel, and each one has had its moments of pride and pure agonizing torture.

None more than this one.

The truth of the matter is that the book is what it is and I love the action and adventure. The climax in Rose Riley Forest is one of my favorite sequences since I started. I really pushed the action elements with this one to keep readers going.

And that’s where I feel like the weaknesses come out as well. In the back of my mind, this book was always about connecting the Daughters with Evans and the history of Portents. I think I could have done more there. There were some important things to discuss and push to the forefront, but I was too afraid to deviate from the path.

I regret not doing more with the Daughters. My notes are filled with info about their history, about what they did for the founding of Portents. Some of which WILL be coming out in a Greystone book.

But should it have been here?

That’s what I keep thinking about as I write these commentaries. Could this book have been more than it was? Could I have done better with it?

I think the pandemic influences these thoughts of mine. The external forces were tremendous in the creation of this novel. Maybe if I had pushed back the release, not jumped the gun in marketing and put more effort into the draft…

Or maybe The Final Gauntlet is what it always should have been. The choices I made are the ones that ended up on the page. That’s all there is to it. There is no going back. There is no what if scenarios or updated versions to come out at a later date.

The Final Gauntlet will always be the book where everything that could go wrong with the world did, but the book still found its way to life. All those challenges weren’t enough to stop Soriya Greystone from reaching her potential in these pages, and for that I am eternally grateful to the family, friends, and colleagues who push me to keep writing.

Thanks for reading.

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The Final Gauntlet Author Commentary Introduction

March 2, 2021 By Lou

Here we go again! Welcome to the latest author commentary of yours truly, where you get to read every rambling thought that popped in my head during the making of The Final Gauntlet.

Author Commentaries

I’ve said it before, I adore commentaries. I love behind the scenes dirt on what happened during the production of pretty much anything – from television to film to books and on and on and on.

They make the finished product that much more astonishing to me. That all these obstacles stood in the way and each was overcome in turn to bring something new and refreshing into the world.

I thought they were fun exercises when I started them with Greystone. It was a way to work through my own weaknesses and really hone how the story came to be. Over time, it’s really helped close out a chapter for me. My author commentaries put the entire work into perspective for me more than anyone.

I find them incredibly invaluable yet, most of all, fun. I hope you do as well.

The Final Gauntlet

I won’t delve too deeply into this one here. I’ll save the good stuff for next week. Suffice it say, this book was a BEAR to make happen.

This was the book where the world came crashing down on me. I was six days into the draft when the US went into lockdown.

All of a sudden I had a wife and two kids with me at all times. I had to hit up grocery stores constantly to find toilet paper and buy enough food to last through Easter. (It was supposed to end around then, I’d heard… Whoops.)

Having outlined and scripted the book before the implosion of my writing sanctum sure as hell helped matters. I don’t know what I would have done if I wasn’t already knee deep into the draft. The whole thing might have collapsed.

Every step of the process became hampered. There were days when writing was the farthest thing from my mind, where Greystone was the dream of some other guy.

My family helped me through it. My wife, especially. She saw my struggle and sat my ass at the keyboard and forced me to the finish line. I will always be grateful for that.

The Final Gauntlet was a personal one for me as well. It was a trial and a half, and I tried to inject that level of drama into the events of Soriya and the others.

Next time:

My three goals for the book.

Thanks for reading.

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