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Stolen Fire

Katje van Loon
Book Cover: Stolen Fire
Part of the Elemental Chemistry series:

People-pleasing waitress Ingrid Spijker is having the worst day.

Fired. Dumped. Evicted.

Abducted by aliens.

Light-years from home, on a planet that seems more fantastical than futuristic -- magical elemental powers? Seriously? -- she's now running from aliens that want her as breeding stock for their dying race.

When Ingrid sees a ray gun, she takes it -- and accidentally shoots Detective Short, Dark, and Alien. Her rescuer.

Hyper-focused Detective Oris has yet to prove his worth since the truth of his caste became known.

When kidnapped offworlder Ingrid tumbles out of a stasis pod and shoots him, Oris is sure he's found the career-defining case that could fix his social status...if he can keep Ingrid safe long enough to solve it.

But Ingrid herself is a complication, and Oris keeps getting distracted by her fiery personality, luscious curves, and mysterious origins.

A half-step ahead of the kidnappers, Ingrid and Oris hunt for safety and find something more in each other's arms.

No matter how safe Ingrid feels with Oris, starting anything with her alien rescuer will complicate going home.

Oris is supposed to protect Ingrid, but the fire she kindles has him wanting to break all his planet's rules--like the one forbidding his caste from intimacy.

As their flame burns ever brighter, Ingrid and Oris are left wondering if there's enough to keep this fire alive -- or will secrets smother it before it can burn?

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Stolen Fire is readable by members of the Wild Circle. The finished book is planned to be released either late 2024 or early 2025.

Publisher: Wild Circle Press
Imprint: Wild Circle Press
Genres:
Spicy Science-Fantasy Romance

Tags:
Aradian Universe, HEA-guaranteed, Maya, Romance Main Plot, SPICY

Fate’s Promise

Katje van Loon
Book Cover: Fate's Promise
Part of the Elemental Chemistry series:

For decades, Priestess Sabina Khar'sheli has lived her life by a single mission.

Sent by the goddess Norcia, to protect one of Her chosen, Sabina is to find Draivarya S'madhara--a politician from the sovereign planet Maya, in a system bordering the edge of the Aradian Empire.

Her task is clear: guide him in his career towards greatness, and help him avoid pitfalls that could spell disaster--not only for him, but for both their peoples.

Too bad he's an infuriating jackass she'd rather guide to the nearest airlock....

 

Fate's Promise is a Wild List and Wild Circle exclusive! To get your free copy, sign up for my newsletter below or join the Wild Circle: Ream | Patreon.

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Publisher: Wild Circle Press
Imprint: Wild Circle Press
Genres:
Spicy Science-Fantasy Romance

Tags:
Aradian Universe, Cookies, HEA-guaranteed, Maya, Newsletter Exclusives, Romance Main Plot, SPICY

Fate's Promise and all books in my Elemental Chemistry series are spicy--this means they contain explicit sex scenes and swearing. The amount and sort of sex/spice will depend on the characters & what makes sense for them and their story.

The spice scenes all forward either plot, character, or world, so they are not really skippable if you want the whole reading experience. If you do not like spicy scenes, these books are not for you.

If you're looking for low/mild spice and mostly fade to black, check out Chosen of Zarqon, & if you want no spice, there's The Borderlands Saga.

Katje van Loon
Book Cover: The Fires of Pukana Lā
Part of the Chosen of Zarqon series:
Part of the Chosen of Zarqon Unordered series:
  • The Fires of Pukana Lā

The Fires of Pukana Lā

a Chosen of Zarqon prequel novella

A young man struggling between good and evil.
An island shrouded in secrets.
Can one save the other?

Pukana Lā: jewel of the southern seas, tropical paradise, and second home for Maurice Exsil Vis, heir to Mt. Voco’s throne.

For over a decade Maurice has gone every summer to Pukana Lā, first stop on his family’s yearly trading circuit. Mt. Voco gains security and luxury from these expeditions, and Maurice a brief respite from feeling inadequate back home.

But something is wrong in Pukana Lā this time: secrets no one will reveal, skittish Islanders, and a pervading sense of deep darkness at the island’s core. Maurice hunts for answers, but his friends’ reticence makes him wonder if he ever truly belonged.

To save his paradise, Maurice must confront and conquer the darkness on the island. Doing so risks his resolve to be a good man, to keep his darkest self tightly locked away.

Can he find purification in the fires of Pukana Lā? Or will they burn away the last of his resolve?

 

The Fires of Pukana Lā is available only to my newsletter subscribers.

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Publisher: Wild Circle Press
Genres:
epic fantasy

Tags:
Aradian Universe, Cookies, Newsletter Exclusives, The Third Age, Zarqon

Katje van Loon
Book Cover: Chosen of Kore
Part of the Chosen of Zarqon series:
Editions:Webnovel

Chosen of Kore

 

Chosen of Zarqon, Book 1

 

Could you refuse a goddess's call?

 

From country's second-best princess to its best warrior, Yarrow deZameera Zarqon has worked hard to build a life of which she can be proud. Lousy officer's pay, the camaraderie of her fellow soldiers, and all the wenching and drinking she can stand -- why would she want anything more?

Yet more powerful forces have their own ideas of how the world should look. The ever-warring twin goddesses of light and dark have chosen their mortal champions: Zardria deZameera Zarqon, next in line to the throne and Yarrow's twin sister, has already heeded the call of the dark goddess Umbra.

Umbra must never gain power in Athering, yet when Zardria claims her birthright that is exactly what will happen. Never one to aspire to being Goddess-touched, Yarrow now must heed the call of Kore -- goddess of light -- or the coming storm won't just mean an end to her life.

It will mean the loss of her soul.

Available on:
Publisher: Wild Circle Press
Imprint: Wild Circle Press
Genres:
epic fantasy

Tags:
Aradian Universe, Serial Fiction, The Third Age, Zarqon

Chosen of Kore was originally published under the title Bellica.

Currently it is going through a re-launch process -- new title, new cover art, and updated text. (Cover seen here is a placeholder. New cover yet to be designed.)

While it is not available as a full ebook at the moment, I've decided to release the text as I update it to my Followers at the Wild Circle. Chapters are completely free to read. You can learn more about the Wild Circle here, or go directly to Patreon or Ream to sign up.

 

Note: the text is not substantially different from that of the original book. My updates consist of tightening up loose bits and adding a bit of flavour in certain areas. The story remains the same, as does 90% of the book. This is not a re-write.

If you've read Bellica, you do not need to join the Wild Circle in order to read Chosen of Kore -- it's not a new book. That said, joining as a Follower is completely free and has other benefits. If you do decide to join the Wild Circle, I happily welcome you!

The Moonrunner (The Borderlands Saga #3)

Katje van Loon

Hi there! If you're seeing this, you likely clicked a link in the back of one of my books looking for the third book in The Borderlands Saga.

Well, it's half-done, and I hope to finish and publish it soon.

You can follow me on Facebook to see my periodic updates on my drafting and eventually editing of the novel, or get even more detail (including snippets from the book!) when you join my Patreon.

To be first to hear about the release date as well as first to get a chance at a) an Advance Reader Copy and b) preorders and/or presales, join my newsletter! I send out missives once or twice a month.

Thanks, and have a great day!

-Katje

Publisher: Wild Circle Press
Genres:
portal fantasy

Rewolfing the Soul

Katje van Loon

Micropoems

Book Cover: Rewolfing the Soul
Editions:ePub: $ 4.99Kindle: $ 4.99Paperback - First Edition: $ 19.95
ISBN: 978-1-988889-03-0
Size: 6.00 x 9.00 in
Pages: 194
Paperback - Library and Bookstore Edition: $ 19.99
ISBN: 978-1-988889-04-7
Size: 6.00 x 9.00 in
Pages: 194

Songs of yearning from the Millennial soul...for home, for family, for reconnection to nature.

Fierce, independent, determined, intelligent and loyal, wolves dedicate themselves to the Pack. Masters of communication and strategy, they teach their children well. Many millennia ago, wolves established sustainable dens throughout the planet, to the widespread benefit of entire ecologies. Humanity could do worse than learn from wolves.

These brief lyrics demand the return of the birthright of all young beings--the right to an authentic life, to run in company as honorable as wolves.

Rewolfing the Soul: micropoems

Songs of yearning from the Millennial soul...for home, for family, for reconnection to nature.

Fierce, independent, determined, intelligent and loyal, wolves dedicate themselves to the Pack. Masters of communication and strategy, they teach their children well. Many millennia ago, wolves established sustainable dens throughout the planet, to the widespread benefit of entire ecologies. Humanity could do worse than learn from wolves.

These brief lyrics demand the return of the birthright of all young beings--the right to an authentic life, to run in company as honorable as wolves.

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Publisher: Wild Circle Press
Genres:
poetry

Excerpt:

rewolfing my soul

it is time to rewolf myself
set paw to dirt
let pine needles rain down on me
& sing my sorrow to the moon

it is time to rewolf:
let the forest reclaim me
let the earth welcome home her child
and let me stand with
my furred brethren
against all odds.

Katje van Loon

From the Ashes

 

The Borderlands Saga, book 2

Brinna never thought she'd love anything more than taking care of her flock, and knitting with their wool.

Then a woman fell to the ground like a star, and changed the shepherdess' life forever. Brinna was in love, and the future looked bright.

Yet in a world where rumours and propaganda flow like water, soon Brinna's love is branded a traitor and flees the country. Brinna feels more alone than she ever had before.

When she is asked to set out for the capital on a mission of peace, Brinna accepts the burden willingly. She doesn't know if she'll succeed, or if she'll even live through the experience.

She only knows that if she doesn't try, she'll never see Thalaea again.

And that might actually kill her.

Early draft coming soon to the Wild Circle.

Publisher: Wild Circle Press
Illustrators:
Autumn Skye Morrison

Genres:
portal fantasy

Katje van Loon

Stranger Skies

 

The Borderlands Saga, book 1

 

Divinity. Mortality. War.

Silva, Queen of Wolves, Lady of the True Woods, seeks her only friend Etan, who, along with other deities of the Council of Divinity, has disappeared. Her search traps her on a world where the wolves have lost faith in her; she falls from grace, becoming a mortal woman whose remaining powers could brand her a witch.

Hot on the scent, Silva refuses to give up her hunt, even as mortal life threatens to tear her apart and the smoke of war hangs heavy on the horizon. Should she regain her godhood and save her faithless followers? Or should she resign herself to mortality, and find what brief happiness human love can give?

Through the chaos of political upheaval and the turmoil in her own heart, Silva can’t escape a persistent feeling: her fall was not an accident.

 

Stranger Skies is the first book in The Borderlands Saga, a science-fantasy series that spans the universe and messes with the idea of linear time. If you enjoy portal fantasy, romantic subplots, and wolf-witch heroines, then you’ll love Katje van Loon’s story of gods gone mortal on alien worlds.

Enter the Borderlands and discover the secrets of the wolf goddess.

Read on Ream.

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Publisher: Wild Circle Press
Illustrators:
Autumn Skye Morrison

Genres:
portal fantasy

glasstown

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A collection of confessional poems on topics ranging from heartache to sexual awakening to rage. This is Katje's first collection of poetry.

Published:
Publisher: Wild Circle Press
Genres:
poetry

Reviews:Kaimana Wolff wrote:

Katje van Loon is the clear, forthright voice of a generation as hooked on poetry as any in history. By turns yearning, outraged, wistful, and funny, these poems won’t let us get away with forgetting the past or denying the present. Her muscular command of language demonstrates what it means to be a young word-wrighter today. Poetry’s future rests in good hands.

Eric Shaffer wrote:

Katje van Loon is a runaway who not only clearly sees what she’s fleeing, she definitely knows what she’s seeking: a place where the world makes better sense and writing really can make, enrich, and save your life. Her instruments are ones “of soul and sass,” and her good work will thoroughly kick that part of your anatomy that rhymes with the latter as she wrings your brain with necessary thought. Don’t be glancing around as you read; she’s speaking to you.


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