James McLeod — fantasy author

In the sprawling, rainforest city of Torril, crime is on the rise & the idyllic life the Seat assures its citizens seems to be eroding. So when the city museum is robbed of three precious artifacts at once, word spreads quickly.

Luckily for the Bureau of Security, however, Piria & Akteron are on the case!

With their wits, some luck, & a little magickal help, retrieving those relics should be a snap … or will it uncover a disturbing plot which threatens not just Torril City, but the whole world of Aliru?

A PINCH OF PERIL is PART ONE of THE TORRIL CITY MYSTERION, a series set in the world of Aliru.

WHEN A MYSTERIOUS CURSE causes a string of escalating misfortunes across Torril, Akteron and Piria are called on to forestall further damage. Thrust into the opulent and treacherous world of the city's elite, the duo must work the case for Stoica Salaa of the prestigious Ironward family while superstition and reason vie for control, and order unravels around them.

Meanwhile, the mysterious individual behind the theft of the Umbral Blade is still at large. With a recent string of disappearances and odd phenomena reported across the city, the pair close in on their quarry but sense that whatever is brewing, it doesn't bode well…

A TRACE OF TREACHERY is PART TWO of THE TORRIL CITY MYSTERION, a series set in the world of Aliru.

When hard-edged green-thumb Reiuk arrives in the jungles of Taen Lua to save a rare and precious flower from extinction, he finds the outpost a timely opportunity to escape the city, its sea of people, and the life he hates, to boot.

In this far-flung tangle, the air steams and ruins lie awaiting discovery. The inhabitants have long since fallen out of memory and his chances of having to talk with anyone are slim — until a sabotaged boat and a murder change that.

Cut off from the world, Reiuk, along with the snap-witted journalist Kindri and the unlikely, distant archaeologist Teth will have to keep together and survive — before the jungle's secrets devour them whole…

THIS EMERALD CRUCIBLE is PART ONE of OF SAND AND SOIL, a series set in the world of Aliru.

The Storn have controlled every aspect of life for over a thousand cycles, the past and the outside are forbidden topics, and even mentioning the mythical, ancient force known as 'nathri' is punishable with subduction or death.

Awoken and raised in the colossal, stone citadels known as 'Velar', the Storn's acolytes and adherents, the higher mediaries, and even the lofty auscultos live to serve. Their work, their dedication to the Beings, and gratitude to the Preservers are sacred. And nobody would dare question otherwise.

Unless they stumbled upon a hidden place with a powerful and dangerous secret, that is.

THE BINDING OF SILTARI is the first book in a series set in the world of Aliru.