Raven Thornheart Books

Majyp- When Tristan Anderson was dying from heart problems, his mother could not bear the idea of burying her 19 year old son.   To ease her pain, Tristan agrees to allow his mother to have him cryogeniclly preserved.  With a kiss from the girl he had loved since gradeschool, Tristan closed his eyes.  He was very surprised to open them again 300 years later. Completely well, Tristan must be acclimated to his new life in a world where no one goes through puperty until the age of 20.  The onset is while attending school to learn how to have quality sex, lingoni, by several means, including hands on education.  Rayn Brooks is a Majyp, an advanced teacher of lingoni.  She is studying to be a tantric master, a Tantrika, when she is assigned to instruct Tristan so he could soon join society again.  Tristan struggles with the sociological changes, including the difference between sex for fun and soul melding lingoni.

My Life in Service: Memoirs of a Tantrika- In 2310, lingoini is the sacred art of making love.  Nadeah Tarokev knew before she entered gender education that she want to serve.  She entered training to be a courtulate as soon as she was allowed.  Her 30 year to journey of learning and teaching the ultimate pleasure is full a joys and of tearful heartache.  As she prepares hersself for her final assension, she remembers the pleasures of her education and those that traveled with her.

 I'm drowning as fast as I can - (co-written with her son Taliesin) - Josh Fisher was an average suburban thriteen year old 7th grader. He liked to read and draw comic books when he wasn't hanging out with his friends or playing video games or trying to master pre-algebra. His life is turned inside out when his mom dies suddenly of breast cancer.  His father is left to raise  Josh, his older brother Peter (15), his older sister Carrie (17), his younger sister Taylor (9) and his younger brothers Sam (11) and Mitch (7) alone. The family moves to the backwoods county where there are more cows than people to live with his crazy great aunt Edith. Being the middle kid when he mom was alive wasn't easy, but after she died Josh got lost in the crowd. The only place he had to go was his comics and crazy aunt Edith.

Genesis XI

LEGEND OF THE FAERIE MAIDEN

Dagda's Vesta- Cyritium village is attacked Benedictine, an extremely high powered wizard. Rhowena and her little sister Dove are among to survivors .  Bent on revenge Rhowena picks up her father's ranger sword and begins a quest for justice.  Dove was training to be a cleric like her mother and joined her sister tracking down Benedictine and reclaim the Holy Seplicur their village was given by Dagda. If they do not succeed, the gods will cancel the spell that created mortals. In her journey Rhowena meets an eclectic cavelcade of characters like Tyrr de Saloz, a human warblade; an obnoxious dwarf , Wolfgang Ironballs; Brynmarm, a  happly-go-lucky young halfling bard;  Dorulin, an  archer  that's half-elf, half-dragon and full bad attitude. Scalper the Theif King wants to reclaim the staff for his own purpose. The unlikely companions band together on the quest for revenge and  become friends along the way.

SavingTomorrow- Rhowena has a vision of  the murder a mystic priest,  Lótiselmo Elwaril Vonyatári, and the destruction of the temple to he serves. She calls together the band of unlikely friends that fought at her side before.  Together with her cleric sister Dove, warrior for hire Tyrr, the growing bard Brynmarm, the archer attitude Dorulin and the comic relief/ would be fighter Wolfgang, Rhowena tries to save the priest and keep the temple in tact against their old enemy Scalper. Scalper and his growing army are hold up in an old castle magicaly hidden and surrounded by swamps enchanted by a wizard that has gone insane, his experiments that got loose, an army of  harpies that have been altered by dark magic,  a pack of weregators, a band of  Gray Linnorm,  a swarm of bulrogs, a brain damaged merrow that thinks he's paladin and a Great Wyrm Mist Dragon

Vampiric Quest -  Scalper the Thief King always lives up to his name and his reputation. He has many enemies he has pissed off over the years.  Chief among his enemies is the beautiful and deadly ranger Rhowena. But when his life and more are on the line, Scalper must throw himself at Rhowena's mercy and hope she and her band of misfits can stop the vampire Count Stefano from not only taking Scalper's thieving crown but his eternal soul. The good Count made Scalper a deal that provided invincibility against actual death, but he wanted a live unicorn to feed on. The Count has come for his unicorn but Scalper has yet to provide one. The Count shows Scalper that even though he would  not technically die, Scalper would be amaed at what one could survive. The Count needs to feed off a living unicorn to make himself immortal, including the ability to day walk and bathe in holy water without any discomfort or death.

Queen Regent - Rhowena becomes the Queen of a troubled kingdom when she saves the infant daughter, Amarantha, of King Sorennacil of Tasminthias when they are attacked by maurading mercenaries hired byTasminthias' King of  Bythorcium, Ottannis vif Rhisennhir. Amaranths is known as the Morning Star of Tasminthias. Queen Regent Rhowena is to hold the throne for the Morning Star is of age at 19.  Ottannis feigns innocence of Sorennacil's death and wants to set an arranged marriage for the two year old Morning Star to Brucsis vif  Ottannis, the Glorious Tigerdragon of Bythorcium,  his three year old son. The signing of the cotract is the highlight of auniversal peace summit with Tasminthias, Brythocium, and their three neighbor kingdoms,  Zeelyrius,Cyprinthya and Namarctand. Ottannis really uses the summit to cast spells over the three other leaders to steadily give control of their lands, armies and treasuries while pursuading Rhowena to place one of the flunkies of Ottennis as Regent. He uses the arguement that he is sure Rhowena has better things to do than babysit someone else's infant and collapsing kingdom. Rhowena's band of friends act as her counsil and each of them are subjected to ploys by Ottennis to get them to convince Rhowena to walk away from the problems that aren't really hers. What Ottennis is really doing is one of his alchamists has discovered a mother lode vein of espontya, the rarest and most expensive magical gemstone. A mere half caret, uncut gem multiplies the manna of the bearer fifty times.

Souls of the Moonstone- Being a single parent is hard. Being the single parent of a demi-goddess is even harder. Rhowena didn't know what was worse, that she got immpregnated by Dogda, that her daughter has many of her father's charming traits, that Dagda isn't Mr. Mom or that the other gods were trying to make him be.  Dove is abducted by an evil (as if their were any other kind) warlock, Ugothma, who's own powers are linked to a very ancient  moonstone which was taken by Scalper the Thief King. Ugothma is willing to exchange Dove for the stone. The problem comes when Scalper accidentally looses the stone when he leaves it in a small coffier that is mistaken for one of the hundred coffiers Scalper's half brother, a Sapphire Dragon Shaman, made as largess for his own king who gave them as gifts to ten kings of neighboring lands. The moonstone is enchanted ad can only be seen by someone who knows they are looking at it or are trying to see it. To free Dove, Rhowena and her band must find the moonstone before the summer solstice. That's when Ugothma anually offers the souls of  the pure he has captured to give to his evil deity Erythnul who eats the souls of the pure as they die. The moonstone is the key to the ethereal oubliet he keeps who he captures trapped in after he binds any powers they might have. Rhonwena, Tyrr, Wolfgar, Brynmarm, Dorulin and a beginning student of Dove's,  must find the stone, get it back to Ugothma, free Dove and try to recue the pure Ugothma has captured before he can give them to Erythul. All in a day's work when you are garnering a reputation as a reluctant do-gooder and trying to get home to feed the baby.

Celedhwalrel Mountain Treasure-As a reward for freeing the pure, virgin daughter, Titania, of Vacranthir's King Ionaerax, Rhonwena is given her own castle and providence. The mountains of Celedhwalrel have a magical vein of  espontya that never ends. Celedhwalral is a lush fertile province. There are only two catches. The first was easy, Rhowena had to give him 10% (negotiated from 20) of esontya mined from the mountains. The second was she had to clean the place of uninvited squatters. The castle and province was being used as a stronghold for a sha'ir duskblade mercenary,  Ophelia von Corvida. Ophilia  betrayed her djinn who had become her lover causing his death. For this inforgivable transgression, Ophelia has been marked and as such so no genie of any kind will do anything for her. She was forced by this to become arcane magic for hire. She has become well versed in spell writing, potion making and enchanting objects for nepharious villain and villainess clients. The mark of shame also limits her personal battlecasting.  She cannot cast anything for her own personal gain, even when her own life coud be in danger. Her lophole is that what she does will save other with her no matter how bad the other is. She is intoxicatingly beautiful, but is bitter, angry and veryquick to temper. She is almost militant in her hatred for men of all specises and planes. Her last attempt at a spell for herself was to make her a sucubus. It failed, but it did make men want her even more. The cruelest part of the failure was though they want her physically to the point of obsession, they drop her like a hot rock the second the sex is over. Ophelia was hatching her most demented scheme ever to punish them all when Rhonwena came calling to evict the unwelcome residence. Ophelia wasn't giving up or getting out without a fight.

The Children of Forestbourne- Most two year olds go through the terrible year with plenty of tears and tantrums and the occasional projectile throwing. But most two year olds aren't demi-goddesses with a piece of Dagda's staff for ateething toy. As Melody was growing so were Rhowena's concerns about her daughter's non human half. Rhowena has no choice but to take Melody with her when she leads Dove, Tyrr, Wolgar, Brynmaem and Dorulin to the iced lands of the north. They answer a plea to Rhowena from a childhood friend for help. Twishann is a gentlewoman with golden hair, grayish blue eyes, and a honest personality who would give her last coin to anyone who needed it. When three village elders died, there was no one run the school in  Forestbourne . The two men and one woman all died in their own beds in three nights. Nothing odd appeared regarding the deaths other than their timing. Then the students began to disappear one by one. The entire village was gripped with terror. Rhowena and her band of adventurers were West Forestbourne Vale's only hope. Seven children were missing by the time Twishann sent the messenger. Eleven were one by the time Rhowena and company arrived to find the remaining children locked in a holding cell under the floor of the Great Hall. There was only one way in or out and the chieftan held the only key and his throne was set on the door. Still the first night the children were locked in, another child vanished from the cage. Where were the chidren? What magic removed a child from a closed cage in the floor?

A Mother's Vow - What do you give a four year old who has everything, including the powers of a demi-goddess. Rhowena, affectionately called Mighty Bitch by her brief paramour Dagda, has her hands full with Melody. Melody is Rhowena’s child by Dagda when she made on off the cuff comment that Dagda took literally. Rhowena doesn’t like to sit still in her castle for long. When her old friend Tyrr hears about a half human Amethyst Dragon that has been kidnapped, he convinces Rhowena, Dove and the rest of the company to try and rescue the dragonchild. Melody’s powers are growing with her body, but having them doesn’t mean controlling them or knowing how to use them. Rhowena must help her daughter mature into her powers or force her father to bind them irreversibly.

The Sword of Mathinglalor - Dagda is a fairly laid back kind of god. He never takes himself too seriously. His jealousy is peaked when Rhowena falls in love. A rouge ranger named Rimarangian Serethlingon is found severely injured on the outskirts of Celedhwalrel. He’s brought to Rhowena who has Dove heal him. The injury is from a powerful magical weapon, The Sword of Mathinglalor, and takes several days for Dove to heal. Rimy wants to find the wielder of The Sword of Mathinglalor, Aravril Serethlingon, who killed Rimy’s parents and sister. Rimy barely survived the attack. He begs Rhowena to help find Araril, destroy The Sword of Mathinglalor and return the treasure of Elevorn Temple that Aravril stole. Rhowena must leave Melody behind in the care of an old bard friend, Cormac MacCumail who had come to Caer Espontya to tutor the growing Melody. As Rhowena and Rimy get closer, Dagda gets uncomfortable. Under the guise of a father concerned about the people Rhowena lets in Melody’s life, Dagda meddles in Rhowena and Rimy’s relationship.

A Place of My Own - Being a twelve year old girl is rough for any young lady. When you are the demi-goddess daughter of Dagda and the legendary Mighty Bitch Rhowena it’s even harder. Melody wants to find and follow her own path. While Mom is out adventuring with Aunt Dove and the rest of Rhowena’s band, Melody takes a chance with an adventure of her own. A messenger comes to Caer Espontya asking for help to break a spell that has the dauphin of Sunny Vale unconscious. The cocky demi-goddess decides to take matters in her own hands. What could possibly go wrong? Melody recruits her best friend, a half elf Shadowdancer wanna be named Winter Rose; her tutor, a semi-retired human bard, Cormac MacCumail and gnome paladin in training they meet on the way. She also gets into mom's armory. Melody must get to Sunny Vale, reverse the spell, get back to Caer Espontya before her mother gets back and avoid getting caught by dad.