I am very pleased to announce that I’ve signed contracts for a new book with Desert Palm Press. Blood of the Basilisk, my very first fantasy novel, and my 5th novel over all, is an exciting tale set in a fantasy world filled with magic, adventure and a touch of romance.
Here’s a quick look at what to expect:
Kota, a sorceress who works as a detective with the Grimmani Detective Agency, is on her way to a new posting on the world of Proxemus. She’s been charged with transporting a mystical artifact called a Keystone that will allow Proxemus to build a magical gateway back to Kota’s homeworld of Emake Maa. When the Aethership Kota is attacked by pirates, Kota helps fight them off, and finds herself taking care of a half demon woman Nadani who was being held as a slave on the pirate ship.
When Kota and Nadani arrive on Proxemus, Kota is injured in an attempted assassination, and finds herself embroiled in a plot involving cultists who want her dead for some reason. Kota begins to dig into the motives of the assassin, while trying to navigate her growing feelings for Nadani. Something made all the harder by more attempts on her life, and the emotional minefield that Nadani’s past as a slave left behind.
When Kota learns that the assassins may be after Nadani as well, she becomes desperate to learn what they want. Something that puts her on a collision course with a cult that wants to use Nadani and the Keystone to open a permanent gateway to hell itself.
Blood of the Basilisk will be released on February 28th, 2023
Until then, you check out Molly’s other books, Scatter: Hearts of Heroes 1, Transistor: Hearts of Heroes 2, Mail Order Bride, and her latest release, The Master of Puppets: War of Souls 1.