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The Moonrunner (The Borderlands Saga #3)

Katje van Loon
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Part of the The Borderlands Saga series:
  • Stranger Skies (The Borderlands Saga #1)
  • From the Ashes (The Borderlands Saga #2)
  • The Moonrunner (The Borderlands Saga #3)

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: The Pack Press
Genres:
portal fantasy

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Rewolfing the Soul

Katje van Loon

Micropoems

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Pages: 194
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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.

Rewolfing the Soul: micropoems

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Published: August 14, 2019
Publisher: The Pack 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.

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From the Ashes (The Borderlands Saga #2)

Katje van Loon
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Part of the The Borderlands Saga series:
  • Stranger Skies (The Borderlands Saga #1)
  • From the Ashes (The Borderlands Saga #2)
  • The Moonrunner (The Borderlands Saga #3)

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.

Coming Soon. I promise.

Publisher: The Pack Press
Illustrators:
Autumn Skye Morrison

Genres:
portal fantasy

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Anala (The Bellica Trilogy #3)

Katje van Loon
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Part of the The Bellica Trilogy series:
  • Bellica (The Bellica Trilogy #1)
  • The Jade Star of Athering (The Bellica Trilogy #2)
  • Anala (The Bellica Trilogy #3)

If you’re seeing this page it’s because you clicked on a link in the back of one of my books hoping to check out the final book in The Bellica Trilogy.

Alas, it is not finished yet -- but I've started outlining it, and it's going to be a beast.

You can follow me on Facebook to see my periodic updates, 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 weekly updates on my writing.

Thanks, and have a great day!

-Katje

Publisher: The Pack Press
Genres:
epic fantasy

Tags:
The Third Age

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The Jade Star of Athering (The Bellica Trilogy #2)

Katje van Loon Posted on November 25, 2014 by Katje van LoonJanuary 17, 2022
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Part of the The Bellica Trilogy series:
  • Bellica (The Bellica Trilogy #1)
  • The Jade Star of Athering (The Bellica Trilogy #2)
  • Anala (The Bellica Trilogy #3)

Prophecy. Calamity. Faith.

Leader of the Thirteenth Regiment, protector of Athering, and spouse of a good man, Bellica Agate has simple goals—peace and privacy. War with neighboring Ixtepan threatens every part of her world; yet she must act, her every step haunted by dusty prophecies that foretell the coming of one who will save Ixtepan and end the bloodshed.

Who is Sho-qoot-Bak? Will she appear before Athering and Ixtepan rip the world asunder?

The voice of a goddess whispers in Agate’s ear: You cannot escape what you were born to do. Every step of the perilous journey moves Agate closer to a fearsome truth: she must face her past to save the future. The price of peace is courage.

The gods demand blood. Hers.

 

The Jade Star of Athering is the second installment in epic fantasy series The Bellica Trilogy. If you enjoy heroines with spines of steel, stories of faith in the face of insurmountable odds, and themes of Mesoamerican mythology, you’ll love Katje van Loon’s tale of sacrifice, courage, and self-acceptance.

Join Agate on her journey and travel to Ixtepan today.

 

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Read the Trilogy!

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Bellica (The Bellica Trilogy #1)
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The Jade Star of Athering (The Bellica Trilogy #2)
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Anala (The Bellica Trilogy #3)

 

Published: November 25, 2014
Publisher: The Pack Press
Genres:
epic fantasy

Tags:
The Third Age

Reviews:WalksWithin on Amazon wrote:

Once again, Katje van Loon's work held me riveted to the very end. I loved the interspersing of myth with the story. The only disappointment is that it ended, and now I have to wait for the next installment! Katje has a gift for storytelling, and I'm so grateful ze shares it with us.


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Stranger Skies (The Borderlands Saga #1)

Katje van Loon
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Part of the The Borderlands Saga series:
  • Stranger Skies (The Borderlands Saga #1)
  • From the Ashes (The Borderlands Saga #2)
  • The Moonrunner (The Borderlands Saga #3)

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 gone missing for reasons unknown. 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 try to 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-fiction-fantasy series that spans the universe and messes with the idea of linear time. If you enjoy portal fantasy, queer romance, 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.

Published: October 4, 2013
Publisher: The Pack Press
Illustrators:
Autumn Skye Morrison

Genres:
portal fantasy

Read the story behind the story: The Borderlands Saga at WorldAnvil.

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Bellica (The Bellica Trilogy #1)

Katje van Loon Posted on November 25, 2011 by Katje van LoonSeptember 28, 2022
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  • Bellica (The Bellica Trilogy #1)
  • The Jade Star of Athering (The Bellica Trilogy #2)
  • Anala (The Bellica Trilogy #3)
Editions:Paperback - Library and Bookstore Edition: $ 27.99
Size: 5.50 x 8.50 in
Pages: 790

 

Can Yarrow refuse a goddess's call?

From country's second-best princess to its best warrior, Yarrow's worked hard to build a life she can be proud of. Lousy bellica's pay, the camaraderie of her fellow soldiers, and all the wenching and drinking she can stand -- why would she want any of that to change?

Yet other forces have their own ideas of how the world should look. The goddesses of light and dark have chosen their champions, and Zardria, next in line to the throne and Yarrow's twin sister, has already accepted the job willingly.

Things will change whether she wants them to or not. Yarrow must heed the call of the goddess of light, or those changes won't just mean an end to her life.

They'll mean the loss of her soul.

 

Bellica is epic pagan fantasy in a world run by queens and goddesses, dealing with the age old question: can the power of love defeat the love of power?

 

Published: November 25, 2011
Publisher: The Pack Press
Genres:
epic fantasy

Tags:
Aradian Universe, The Third Age, Zarqon

Excerpt:

Jules

It was quiet in the hallway.

The only sound that reached his ears was his breathing, heavy as his footfalls against the stone as he ran. His scabbard bounced against his legs with every step he took. His breathing was getting short; he’d been running for a long time. At the end of the hallway he could see a wide, open space. He pushed on.

Abruptly he broke free of the narrow hall. He stood in a field, no evidence of a hall or any structure made by woman. In front of him she stood, a queen’s coronet on her fiery red hair, rising as she was anointed by the priestess. Before he could shout out for her to stop,

Yarrow had drawn her sword and cut the priestess down. As the woman fell Jules saw his sister’s face.

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He screamed, but no sound came out. He ran towards the bellica–no, queen, who now was surrounded by bodies that had come from the ether, lying prone before her and rapidly decomposing, and before he could stop her the virulence of the poison hit him too. He could feel the terrabane running through his system, liquefying his insides and he stumbled and fell to his knees, last sights on Yarrow’s grim smile, a dark power looming behind her.

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Jules woke with a gasp that nearly became a shout, his body soaked with sweat. He turned to set his feet on the floor, sitting on the edge of his bed, and placed his head in his hands. His heart was beating rapidly and his breathing was coming short; with difficulty he calmed himself and tried to banish the dream.

You know it’s not true, Old boy, he thought, trying to reassure himself. What you saw in Nucalif doesn’t mean she did it. She was set up. Obviously.

It was the same litany he’d repeated each night, each day, after each nightmare since the end of the East Campaign. Why he continued, he didn’t know, as it failed to banish the nightmares. All it does is bring me a terrifying numbness.

He sighed and raked his hands through his short hair viciously. “Get out of my head,” he whispered. Maybe if he said it out loud it would work.

Looking across the barracks to the water-clock on the wall, he saw it was only a few hours after he’d gone to sleep with the help of the tea Ghia had given him. He sighed, now too awake to go back to sleep.

Nor do I really want to, he thought as he rose from his rack and grabbed his towel. A brisk shower was in order.

~

Leaving the showers, head clear and a towel wrapped around his waist, he nearly knocked Healer Ghia over as she headed down the hall, away from the barracks. She made a small exclamation as she fell against the wall. A small blush rose up on her cheeks.

He suppressed a smile at her discomfort and merely gripped his towel a bit tighter. She’d always been like that―clinically cool in the hospitalis but easily embarrassed in any informal situation.

With his other hand he touched her shoulder gently. “Is your head alright?” he asked, glancing at where she was rubbing it.

She nodded, even more embarrassed. “I was just coming to see if the tea had worked,” she said, waving a hand in the direction of the barracks.

He smiled at her concern. “It did. For a while,” he amended, and then stopped himself from speaking again. It wasn’t something he really wished to talk about. “What are your plans for Midwinter’s Eve?” he asked. Anything to avoid discussing his nightmares.

She wrinkled her nose prettily. “I’m working at the Cauldron.”

He sucked in his breath sharply, making a sympathetic face. “I do not envy you.”

She gave a bark of laughter. “Please, Jules―we all know you secretly wish you were a short nineteen-year-old woman,” she said, merriment in her eyes as she teased him.

Jules made a moue of astonishment as he held his hand up by his chest. “My secret is out! However will I live now, so malcontented being my old, tall, male self?”

She put her hands on her hips and gave him a once-over. “I’d lend you my peplos, but I doubt it would fit.”

“I may surprise you,” he said, mock-serious, and she laughed again. “Do you want some company for your trip to the tavern?”

She shook her head, mirth gone now. “You should sleep. You don’t look much better than when I last saw you.”

He knew she was right, as usual when it came to matters of his own health. But he couldn’t bear the thought of more nightmares, and left alone and awake he’d be bored out of his skull. He sighed and rubbed his chin. Without having to talk about the nightmares, how could he tell her he’d rather not sleep, ever, again? He realised by the stubble that he’d forgotten to shave.

Dammit, he thought. Probably look ten years older. Just what I need.

“Truthfully, Ghia, I’d rather lose myself in a mug of ale tonight and try to pass out that way.” He looked at her, hoping she’d catch on to what he didn’t say.

Understanding creased her brow and she nodded. “Better get dressed then; I’m leaving in a few minutes. Meet you at the stables in ten?”

He smiled in gratefulness and saluted her, making her laugh again, before running back to his rack to change. What better Midwinter gift than a night away from the dreams that plagued him―and how better than to spend that night than in Ghia’s company?

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Reviews:Mary Malinski on Circle of the Sacred Muse wrote:

Katje’s character development is fantastic. She feeds details about the characters (and there are a lot of them, but don’t let that intimidate you!) in just large enough doses to keep you on your toes. Just when you think you know one of the characters…some new piece of information is released that changes what you thought you knew.

Robin A. Sams on Robin A. Sams: author and culture resister wrote:

Bellica is filled with vivid characters, and I greatly enjoyed reading their different viewpoints. I was also angry when certain characters died, even if it was necessary to the story. This novel overflows with intrigue, passion, and magek.


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Anala (The Bellica Trilogy #3)

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glasstown

Katje van Loon Posted on November 2, 2009 by Katje van LoonJanuary 17, 2022
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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: November 2, 2009
Publisher: The Pack 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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