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Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, N.R.Farias joined me to talk about her fantasy book, Splinters of the Soul. What’s it about? When Brazilian engineering student Marie leaves the slums of her hometown for a coveted internship in Germany, she believes she’s just choosing her career. Instead, she uncovers a truth long buried: witches are real, and she was meant to be one of them. But her magic never awakened.Now, an entire world is paying the price.Sapiendra, a hidden island bound to Marie’s witchcraft, is collapsing. Its magic perishes, its defenses crumble, and siphons invade, consuming what little remains. And they won’t stop there.Her island isn’t the only thing in danger.In the human world, witches are being hunted.To save her island and stop those hunting her kind, Marie must reclaim her magic and confront memories shaped to break her. Because the deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes: Her power was not lost. It was locked away. And whoever did it is still coming for her. Where to get the book: Sign up to receive an advanced reader copy (ARC): https://forms.gle/grYzVVk3qee1XjAY8 Get the book: https://books2read.com/u/4DLEdA Where to find our guest: Website: https://nrfarias.com/ @nrfarias_author (Instagram, Threads and TikTok) Newsletter: https://prologue.nrfarias.com/ Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embed

Hi I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and today, I give a short channel update, give an update my Riders of the Apocalypse Series and the upcoming Kickstarter, and what I’m writing next (Curse Breaker Unleashed). Follow the kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/melindakucsera/two-riders-of-the-apocalypse-illustrated-epic-fantasy-quests If you want to read Curse Breaker Unleashed as I write it, head over to: my Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/p/curse-breaker-unleashed-toc or my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/melindakucsera/posts/curse-breaker-170076707 and sign up for a paid tier. My newsletter is free and is the best way to stay up-to-date on what I am writing and what the characters are doing since they control it. Sarn’s son from the Curse Breaker Series (Ran) runs the newsletter. Sign up for that on Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embed To read the archives going back to 2017 when the newsletter first started, head over to my blog on my website: https://melindakucsera.com/blog/ All previous newsletters are free to read, and I maintain a continuous archive on my blog by adding new issues as they release. There are a few issues that I had to take down because I wrote two full novels in the newsletter, which were later released as novels, and Amazon would not let me publish the books even though they were not in Kindle Unlimited until I unpublished those issues. Other than that, it’s a complete record.

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Krishna D. Patel joined me to talk about his fantasy book, Brightest Burning. What’s it about? For fans of multi-POV political conspiracy, this epic fantasy features a rules-based, dual magic system with a brutal physical toll, a slow-burn romance, and a "chosen one" epic turned whodunit.The prophecy had a savior. Zeta killed her.Sampi was the “Brightest Born,” the golden child destined to defend the island nation of Aios. Now she is dead, and Zeta, her fellow soldier, sits in a cell awaiting execution for her murder. Zeta claims it was an accident. The government calls it treason.But with the Chosen One gone, the ruthless colonialist X’Os empire is poised to strike, threatening to eradicate Aios’ magic, religion, and freedom. On the eve of her execution, Zeta is offered a shady backroom deal: her life in exchange for smuggling a priceless artifact off the island.A disparate group of outcasts must expose the truth behind the savior's death before the empire closes in. Each perspective is needed to unearth a crucial piece of the puzzle: a fugitive soldier fleeing her own guilt, a brooding rebel hunting rare magic, a cynical sapphic journalist fighting imperial propaganda, a deadly assassin bound by a fatal blood pact, and a patriotic captain torn between duty and state-sanctioned violence.In a world where magic comes with conditions, this found family must solve the murder before an invasion strikes, and the erasure of ancient, vanished gods dooms them all. Where to get the book: https://a.co/d/07yTj9oR Where to find our guest: Website: www.krishnadpatel.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krishnadpatelbooks Newsletter: www.krishnadpatel.com Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embed

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, KM Mohr joined me to talk about his fantasy book, Of Sky and Sea. What’s it about? The Child of Sky and Sea. Born of a union between an angel and a mermaid. Foretold to break the curse of a mad Fae queen. But there’s a catch…For twenty years Seraph has been a captive of her fate, believing her life is not her own. Her isolation both haven and prison. And yet, safety is an illusion, for her destiny is bound to the world. When the nation hiding her is betrayed from within, she is forced to run. While traversing the lands of Lorralei, overcoming the plights of her journey becomes only one challenge. Surviving the guardians escorting her is another. And as the end of the road draws closer, war over her blood swells on the horizon. Leaving Seraph’s heart divided—Save the world. Or save herself.Where to get the book: https://a.co/d/01XzfC8Z Where to find our guest: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/km.mohr.books Newsletter: https://substack.com/@kmmohr Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embed

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Winter Collins joined me to talk about his fantasy book, The Pinpoint of Infinity. What’s it about? When a heist goes wrong, Lynn takes a deal to avoid trouble and finally fulfill her dream. But dreams come at a cost.Lynn has always dreamed of escaping Hyperion's ruins and chasing the stars. But ever since The Schism took her parents, survival has meant scavenging bounties for the Explorer's Guild and pretending her dreams don't matter.When a heist gone wrong leaves her with nothing, Lynn is caught in the crosshairs of Aidan Merichov, the planet's most powerful (and mysterious) billionaire. His offer? A chance to go off-world at last, if she's brave enough to test-fly his secret project, Ceres.It sounds like everything she's ever wanted... until Lynn realizes Aidan's secrets could shatter more than just her chance at the stars. They could unravel everything she thought she knew about her world and herself.The Pinpoint of Infinity is a YA sci-fantasy adventure about chasing impossible dreams, uncovering dangerous truths, and finding the courage to risk it all. About Winter Collins: Winter Collins is a writer from Denver Colorado. Aside from The Pinpoint of Infinity, book 1 of his Shadow Trilogy is due out October 21st, set in the same universe as Pinpoint. As well as a Pinpoint prequel series debuting in 2027.Outside of writing, Winter also helps to run one of the largest online writing Discord communities, Bookdun, as an event and reading challenge admin.Winter also DJs inder the moniker Ponitail and has opened for the likes of T & Sugah, Chris Luno, and Michael Hades. Hes also collaborated with artists such as Dead on a Sunday, HIGHSOCIETY, VNDETTA, SadBois, Years of War (Rico & Miella), Leuthero, Dreambay, Half an Orange, and more for his long rinning EDM podcast Under The Radar.As a child of immigrants, a split home, and mish mash of cultures, Winter Collins loves to blur the lines of genres (both music and writing) to tell massive yet personal stories. Where to get the book: https://books2read.com/thepinpointofinfinity Where to find our guest: Newsletter: https://wintercollinsauthor.beehiiv.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/wintercollinsauthor and www.instagram.com/ponitailmusic Threads: www.threads.com/wintercollinsauthor Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embedhttps://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embed

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Carolina Cardona joined me to talk about his fantasy book, The Plague Doctor & The Littlest Sister. What’s it about? The Plague Doctor & the Littlest Sister is a cozy gothic medieval fantasy about Agnes, an inexplicably plague-resistant nine-year-old nun who joins three exhausted plague doctors attempting to fight the Black Death with the very limited medical knowledge available to them. What begins with herbs, dubious medieval remedies and a mysterious blue medicine, gradually expands into a story involving an ancient woodland being, a disgraced Templar knight, a convent with secrets, and questions none of them, not the physicians, the Church, nor even the supernatural beings who inhabit the forest, can completely answer. At its heart, however, this is a found-family story about people continuing to care for one another in one of the most hopeless moments in human history. Where to get the book: Honeyfeed: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novels/33517 Where to find our guest: Linktree on Threads and Instagram under @thetropicaleccentric Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embed

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Matthew Cesca joined me to talk about his fantasy book, The Shadow Sisters. What’s it about? A life of lies and betrayal. Anjia has trained her entire life to become a Sister of the Temple of Kyrsma, Goddess of Love and Light. She knows one of two fates await her on Ascension Day, a life of service or a gruesome death. But as the day of her ascension comes and she is sworn to the temple, her life is no longer her own. A terrible truth is revealed to her — the temple is corrupted by the shadow demon, Khimital. And with her ascension, Anjia is now bound to it. Along with the other sisters of the Temple, Anjia is forced to work as an assassin for the Khimital, whose only desire is to spread darkness in the world once strong with Kyrsma’s light. With each mission, the sisters perform unspeakable acts that darken their souls. Defiance is met with dominance as each sister learns that having the Khimital’s influence take control of their bodies is worse than carrying out these deadly deeds on their own. The Khimital is not without benevolence though. With each mission completed, the Khimital offers new powers and mastery of the shadows. Anjia must accept this new life that was thrust upon her and the sins she must commit in the Khimital’s name. The longer Anjia is forced to serve, the deadlier she becomes. And the more power the Khimital gives her, the more she begins to embrace this new destiny… Where to get the book: https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Sisters-Matthew-Cesca-ebook/dp/B0FP9QX6QG https://matthew-cesca-shop.fourthwall.com/products/signed-copy-of-the-shadow-sisters-paperback https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shadow-sisters-matthew-cesca/1148428439 Where to find our guest: Website: www.mattcesca.com @authormattcesca on Tiktok, Instagram, & Threads Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embed

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Matt Langford joined me to talk about his fantasy book, The Path of Frozen Fire. What’s it about? The Path has never allowed anyone to return... For generations, the ashen of Promised Vale have survived by sending one champion each year up the Path. At the summit, above the cloudline, waits the Devourer, a monster no village champion has ever defeated. If no one ascends, it comes down to feast. Riven has spent his life serving the Keepers who enforce this law. As captain of the village guardians, he protects Promised Vale from the scalehound packs that hunt beyond its walls and carries out the Keepers’ orders to preserve the village’s peace and prosperity. He has never questioned the sacred oaths that bind him to their command. But, on his wedding day, the Keepers halt the ceremony and name his bride as the next champion. Riven is ordered to stand aside as his beloved is sent up the Path, never to return. To resist the Keepers would mean betraying his rank, defying the men under his command, and breaking the sacred oaths that have shaped his life. To obey would mean surrendering her to the Devourer. Now Riven is forced to choose between remaining faithful to the village he has sworn to protect, or abandoning everything to follow her up the Path of Frozen Fire. Where to get the book: Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Path-of-Frozen-Fire-Audiobook/B0HG8J43VX Echomeris.com Where to find our guest: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matt.langford.author?igsh=MnJqc2JwdXp0Yzh1&utm_source=qr Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matt.langford?_r=1&_t=ZP-98BGFAeq1BG Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embed

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, I’m talking about my book, Chaos in Chains. What’s it about? Cancel the apocalypse? She’s working on it. Sovvan never asked to be the Angel of Death, but she’s finally getting the hang of it. She didn’t want to wrangle the apocalypse, either, but she captured most of the wraths with some help from her friends. But her winning streak just hit a wall. Her closest friend, Misriah, vanished without a trace, leaving Sovvan’s twin brother without a guardian angel. Even worse, the last two wraths—War and Conquest—are still out there, and Sovvan has no way to track them down. Sovvan dives into the unknown to find Misriah, hoping the warrior angel has a way to track the missing wraths. But she needs her family to stay out of danger and not summon her until the apocalypse is officially canceled. But what Sovvan doesn’t know could destroy everything. War and Conquest aren’t just hiding. They stalk her family and friends, and they’ll strike the moment she leaves them unattended. While Sovvan searches for a way to track them, the apocalypse is already at her family’s doorstep. Where to get the book: Follow the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/melindakucsera/two-riders-of-the-apocalypse-illustrated-epic-fantasy-quests Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embed

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, A.D. Solomon, joins me to talk about his book, Twin Moons of Eldradune. What’s it about? Lex Anders and Mara Thorne never expected an ancient box to pull them from Earth into Eldradune, a world steeped in magic, buried history, and powers neither of them understands. Stranded far from home, they set out to find a way back, only to learn that Eldradune has no intention of making anything simple. For Lex, the journey soon becomes deeply personal. Strange visions, awakening abilities, and an inexplicable bond with this unfamiliar world force him to question everything he knows about himself. The novel begins a larger saga of friendship, identity, and destiny, with the uncomfortable reminder that being important to an ancient prophecy is rarely as flattering as it sounds. Where to get the book: Amazon Where to find our guest: Website: https://www.adsolomonbooks.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@adsolomonbooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/AD-Solomon-Author/61582414074301/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adsolomon_author/?hl=en Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Robert Biehn, joins me to talk about his book, The First Stone. What’s it about? Cass’s little sister is going to die. He’ll burn the world down to save her. As an Ignarus Myth, a human born with power over fire, Cass is considered a danger to humanity. Centuries ago, Myths were revered, until some mutated into Nightmares that nearly wiped out humanity. From the ruins rose the Prism Spire, ruled by the Arbiter, who built compounds to protect what remained. Then came his decree: all Myths must take the Pax Serum, erasing their powers and Nightmare gene, or be hunted by his augmented soldiers, Grafters. Cass and his little sister Evelon live beyond the compound walls, hiding because Evelon is the most wanted person in the Prism Spire. With no memories beyond two years ago, they search for answers. When Evelon falls ill, one mistake forces Cass into a fight with a ruthless Grafter named Felix. Cass faces a fate worse than death when Felix reveals his hidden weapon. The Pax Serum. Where to get the book: From the Publisher: https://www.exousia.world/book Where to find our guest: TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X: worldofexousia Newsletter: exousia.world/newsletter-signup Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, I’m talking about my book, Chaos Reigns. What’s it about? THE APOCALYPSE ISN’T STALLED ANY MORE, AND THE WRATHS ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. Sovvan thought capturing a couple of wraths meant she’d finally have time to figure out how to lock them up permanently and find the rest. But the wraths have other plans. A desperate summons pulls her back to Mount Eredren because her family is in danger. Old enemies captured her nephew, and they’re forcing his father to destroy the city. Worse still, their guardian angels are nowhere in sight and that includes Misriah, her mentor and friend. Misriah isn’t just missing—she is being hunted. Conquest, a fiercely intelligent, manipulative wrath, is searching for a worthy rider to help him bring the world to its knees. He preys on her deepest insecurities, isolating her from her friends to forge an unbreakable bond. With her family in danger and her mentor gone, Sovvan can’t rely on anyone else to fix things. She must use her wits, her new powers, and her indominable will to save her family and get some protection for them, so she can hunt down the remaining wraths before they go after her family. Chaos Reigns is the thrilling next chapter in the Riders of the Apocalypse story arc. If you love immersive epic fantasy books, magical battles, and characters who refuse to play by the rules, then this is the book for you. Where to get the book: Follow the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/melindakucsera/two-riders-of-the-apocalypse-illustrated-epic-fantasy-quests Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Elliot Blake, joins me to talk about his book, Into the Great. What’s it about? Sparks fly when Lilah, a thief from a struggling freespacer colony outside the borders of the Federated Solar Republic, meets Bax, an FSR security officer stationed at an official colony within those borders, during a time of heightened tensions for humanity as the silent, staring, seemingly invulnerable aliens dubbed The Aureum begin to meddle in human affairs. A story about choosing the life you want to live in a time of unprecedented, rapid change beyond your control. Where to get the book: From the Publisher: https://lilfac.com/shop/ws-/products/into-the-great Where to find our guest: website: https://elliotblake.com Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, David Deane Haskell, joins me to talk about his book, The Solarian Deep. What’s it about? Below the city’s light, at the edge of the abyss where sentinels don’t go, Calistya sees a boy. No oxygen rig. No surgical scars. No implants. Just skin, and something about him that shouldn’t be possible. He shouldn’t exist. Then he’s gone. When her best friend Khrystal vanishes into the abyss chasing the same impossible truth, Calistya faces a choice: stay safe inside a city that was never quite home — or dive deeper than her gear was ever designed to reach. Down in the dark, she’ll discover that evolution didn’t wait for surgery. And whatever came first is still down there. Watching. Where to get the book: Amazon: https://mybook.to/solariandeep From the Author: https://daviddeanehaskell.com Where to find our guest: Newsletter/Blog: ⁠https://daviddeanehaskellstories.substack.com⁠ Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: ⁠https://melindakucsera.com/⁠

Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, I talk about what’s been happening behind the scenes (updates on life, my job, and my family, as well as the situation with Amazon), what I’ve been writing, and what’s coming next. New Books Out Now: Tales of the Curse Breaker in NY Trilogy: https://melindakucsera.com/tales-of-the-curse-breaker-in-ny/ the last two books in the Curse Breaker’s Companion Series: https://melindakucsera.com/curse-breakers-companion/ What I’m writing now: Curse Breaker Jousts, book 12 of the Curse Breaker Series. I talk about the story behind it in this episode. What I’m writing next: Chaos Reigns, the next book in the Riders of the Apocalypse series. Where to get Curse Breaker Jousts: Follow the kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/melindakucsera/two-riders-of-the-apocalypse-illustrated-epic-fantasy-quests Where to find your host: Newsletter: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embed website: https://melindakucsera.com/