Stone

Rael’s father, Drase of the line of Peor, is the best stonecutter Taraf the City has ever seen. Stonecutting isn’t usually women’s work, but Rael—a head taller than her brothers, and as broad across in her shoulders as her father—finds it fits her well. Until the day her brother Tei is killed by a desert tribesman.

In this return to the world of Sunset Mantle, Alter S. Reiss continues to explore the harsh realities as well as the joys of an Iron Age culture that never was, where God’s law and family duty are paramount, yet moral certainty is as rare as water in the desert.

Schemes of the Wayfarer

Seventeen years ago, Keth Caider’s parents were killed in a mysterious attack. To escape the ensuing court scandal, Keth enlisted in the army, while her school rival Theraine Carfan disappeared into the Wilds. Now, Keth is the commander of the Capital Guard, and Theraine has just returned to the Imperial Court, bringing with her magical gifts from the Wilds—and the chaos of the Wilds as well.

Schemes of the Wayfarer is a standalone fantasy novel by Naomi Libicki and Alter S. Reiss, writing together as Drew Sarkis.

Sunset Mantle

With a single blow, Cete won both honor and exile from his last commander. Since then he has wandered, looking for a place to call home. The distant holdings of the Reach Antach offer shelter, but that promise has a price.

The Reach Antach is doomed.

Sunset Mantle is a heroic fantasy novel of law, loyalty, and duty.