Demons of the Islands
by Monica Ponder, S.P. Nash
We did not intend to be known as Demons. Like many of the things that happen in our lives it was an accidental occurrence... Master Bard Sheer'An and her family may have stopped the Ogre King from destroying Cel'mystry, but their adventures continue for the Gods are not about to let their lives become dull. Michal has been asked by the Great God of War to return to the Islands and stop the Shaougaun from persecuting the Busshidoe there and Redbow has been asked by the Woman to be Her Champion. The rest of the Gods have made it very clear that this quest should be a family affair. What is more, they must complete their quest before it is time for them to travel with Jubal's trade caravan again. After completing their long overdue Vendetta against the Instructors at Zenithmoon's Conservatory of Music who forced Sheer'An to become a slave when she was a student there, the family books passage on a trading ship and travels to the Islands. In the months that follow they will rescue Su'lin's mother from slavery, undertake the training of Ho'ping, the young Busshidoe who has been chosen to be their assistant, fight against overwhelming odds, endure hardships, in both the Living Realms and the Shadowed Lands as they journey across the Islands to face the Shaougaun in a battle that will determine the fate of the Islands. Demons of the Islands continues the adventures of Sheer'An and her family with the same page turning action, delightful humor and strong characters that both our readers and our reviewers have come to expect from the Cel'mystry books and introduces S.P. Nash in his rightful role of co-author/collaborator.
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Author Biography
Monica Ponder's avocation is Nursing. Having made the difficult transition from bedside care to administration, she has provided a number of clinically related articles and educational pieces for use by her place of employment. Monica's vocation (and method of retaining her sanity) is creative writing. Her genre of choice is fantasy but she has dabbled with poetry, song lyric writing and other types of fiction all of which have (mercifully) remained unpublished. Monica is a voracious reader, a sometime participant in Medieval Reenactment, a passionate fan of Filk (a form of folk music which primarily uses science fiction or fantasy subjects and parody as its major themes) Music and an ardent pursuer of anything offbeat and nonconformist. She lives in Montgomery, Illinois with her two dogs and an eclectic assortment of better than ordinary neighbors. S.P. Nash is a person who values anonymity highly; so highly in fact that many people, including some of his co-workers wonder sometimes if he truly exists as a person or if he is in reality a pooka in human form. Like many authors Mr. Nash resisted the urge to write anything other than the most essential life-related notes for many years. He started giving in to the temptation to write creatively when he reluctantly consented to act as the "detail man" for the first of the Cel'mystry Chronicles. It took several years for the transformation to be complete, but the urge to be creative finally eroded his sensibility to the extent that he has agreed to "come forward" and let the magnitude of his contributions to these books be revealed. Mr. Nash is a voracious reader, a passionate fan of Filk Music, a sometime Medieval Reenactor, a martial artist, metal smith and jewelry maker by past history, a full time collector of eclectic ideas and unusual concepts, and a highly intelligent man with an engineer's mindset and an attention to detail that borders on being obsessive. Mr. Nash lives in a section of Aurora, Illinois where his presence will attract the least amount of attention.
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