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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!

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Greystone Sale Ends Today

July 31, 2024 By Lou

The Greystone sale ENDS TODAY! Be sure to grab your copies of every book in the series to date before the sale ends tonight. The sale includes heavily discounted individual titles and box set deals you won’t find at any other time this year.

Greystone Sale

Every book in the First Cycle of Greystone (Books 1 – 5) is on sale for $0.99 each! Click on the banners below to grab your copies now!

Greystone: The Complete First Cycle

With every book in the series on sale, it only makes sense to discount Greystone: The Complete First Cycle box set as well. The set is only $3.99! Over 1,500 pages of dangerous myths and legends. Click on the banner below for your copy.

Greystone-in-Training Trilogy

You can get all three books for $0.99 each. Start reading Soriya’s earliest adventures with the banners below:

Thank you for your support!

A big thank you to everyone who has supported Greystone over the years. If you’re just joining the party with the Greystone sale, I can’t wait for you to see where things are heading.

Next year is a big year for the series. Army in the Obelisk arrives in paperback. So will The Last King. And the beginning of the end for the series will be launching Summer 2025 with Alpha and Omega.

And then?

  • Greystone Book 6 – Alpha and Omega
  • Greystone Book 7 – Errant Knight
  • Greystone Book 8 – Legends and Legacies
  • Greystone Book 9 – Secret of the Stone
  • Greystone Book 10 – Heart of Forever

I shouldn’t be sharing that. There are some things I should be holding back, locking away to surprise you later, right? Nay. Get excited. I know I am. It’s going to be a wild ride in Portents.

Get ready.

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Greystone Weekend Sale!

February 15, 2018 By Lou

In preparation for the release of Pathways in the Dark next week, the entire Greystone library is on sale right now through Tuesday!

Now is the time to catch up on the thrilling adventures of Soriya Greystone and Detective Greg Loren as they wade through monsters, myths and murder in the hidden shadows of Portents.

Every book in the series is only $0.99 this weekend!

Pick up your copies today!

Signs of Portents

Portents is a city like no other—and one that Detective Greg Loren can’t wait to escape. Since his wife’s death years earlier, Loren has looked forward to the moment he can leave the city of Portents for good—and never look back.

But fate has another plan for Loren. Called back to duty, Loren finds himself embroiled in a series of murders that has shaken the city. Together with Soriya Greystone, a young woman with unearthly powers, Loren must work quickly to find the otherworldly being that is killing citizens of Portents one at a time. Loren is tasked with deciphering the mysterious signs left at each of the crime scenes…even if it means traveling to worlds not his own to do so.

 

 

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Tales from Portents

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

The beasts Detective Loren and Soriya Greystone battled in Lou Paduano’s debut book Signs of Portents were just a hint of what lurks in the city. Tales from Portents explores the city’s immersive history, including stories of Loren’s descent after his wife’s death—and his opportunity to have her rise from the grave. Among the pages, Soriya battles gremlins, navigates lessons with Mentor, and meets the werewolf Luchik. Follow new characters with expansive histories as they come face to face with the horrors of Portents—both human and otherwise.

From the Greystone Collection, Tales from Portents navigates the cases that make even Detective Loren lie awake at night.

 

           

 

The Medusa Coin

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.

 

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Pathways in the Dark arrives Tuesday!

The dark pathways of Portents tell of frightful demons and characters’ surprising histories.

Detective Loren and Soriya Greystone’s journeys continue in the next series of tales in the Greystone Collection, Pathways in the Dark. Discover new monsters in Portents, 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 Loren and Soriya 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 next anthology of the Greystone Collection further casts the city of Portents in the shadows, showing that no one is safe.

Limited time launch offer of $0.99 still available!

          

 

 

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