The Seven Talismans
The Seven Talismans

Author: Ray McCarthy

Publisher: Corvids Press

Published: 2019-10-19

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1801021716

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Jorath is hardly adult but hopes to find the Talismans of the High Lords. They must do something to fight the people that want to eradicate their tribe. Set in a mediaeval style fantasy word with no ship’s clocks or black powder, this story is based on a novelization completed in 1992. The sequel was nearly completed in 1996 and now is called ‘The White Fire Stones’. Both stories can be read on their own. The cover is based on ‘Pauvre Fauvette’ (1881) by Jules Bastien-Lepage. About 55,300 words.

The Mission's Talent
The Mission's Talent

Author: Ray McCarthy

Publisher: Corvids Press

Published: 2024-07-11

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1801022313

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Talents Universe 7 This novel is set about four years after the events of “The Legal Talent.” Maisie has just returned from Morglun yet has to assemble an unusual “First Contact” mission to Andromeda with the support of the Arch Chancellor and the Military. The cover image is a photomontage. About 80,100 words

The Legal Talent
The Legal Talent

Author: Ray McCarthy

Publisher: Corvids Press

Published: 2019-12-12

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1801021368

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Talent Universe Series 6 Maisie finally has to do the Legal training suggested some years earlier. Why is there a sudden urgency? Is it because someone shot at a delegation from Morglun? The start of this story is set almost three years after “The Master’s Talent”. With a nod to Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and also Ursula Le Guin. The photo montage is “Capitol by Night”. Summer 2024 revision. About 53,700 words.

The Fay Child
The Fay Child

Author: Ray McCarthy

Publisher: Corvids Press

Published: 2018-07-18

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1801020787

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Celtic Otherworld IX It’s a year since Daniel (Kevin and Órlaith’s child) was born. So now the Fay Godmothers must return, but they too now have children. Why does Morien want her child minded on Hy Brasil and why is Manannán visiting the Queen? The cover is based on “The Fairy Godmother” by Sarah Stilwell Weber. This is the corrected Spring 2024 edition. About 59,350 words.

Under the Stone of Destiny
Under the Stone of Destiny

Author: Ray McCarthy

Publisher: Corvids Press

Published: 2016-11-17

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1801020701

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Celtic Otherworld I Four teenagers are trying to end the ruinous war. They are a human, a runaway Elf Princess, a Dryad Mage and a Dwarf Wizard. Or at least that’s what Caoimhghín (Kevin), the student Magus thinks they are. Most of the action is on a legendary Celtic Otherworld, in Magh Meall where all the Tuath Dé live. Out of food and close to despair in the mountains they are told to wait for another companion by Corbie, the rook Familiar of Dean David, from the Magi College. The cover is edited from a detail of “Miranda, The Tempest” by John William Waterhouse. Under the Stone of Destiny was originally written during July & August 2015 with parts in 1996. This is the corrected Summer 2024 edition. About 78,200 words.

Hero Genesis
Hero Genesis

Author: Ray McCarthy

Publisher: Corvids Press

Published: 2017-06-13

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1801020736

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Celtic Otherworld IV Urban fantasy mostly in Worcestershire, also called Wychavon. Four teenagers doing A Levels get sucked into a strange situation with superheroes and aliens. They are rescued by the High Queen of the Aés Sidhe. The cover image is a detail from “Freya” by Doyle. This is the revised Summer 2024 edition. About 80,750 words.

The Journeyman's Talent
The Journeyman's Talent

Author: Ray McCarthy

Publisher: Corvids Press

Published: 2016-06-05

Total Pages: 566

ISBN-13: 1801021325

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Talents Universe 2 Maisie is no longer an Apprentice, but a Journeyman studying to be a Master, three times over, at the Circle College for Talent, 80,000 light years from Earth, on Caemoria. But on a visit to Laramos city to sign a contract for her full spectrum colour system she narrowly escapes being murdered. Why does she want to own a Flitter? Why was the Mogul of House Funathim assassinated? Summer 2024 version What will she spend her rapidly growing quantity of credits on? How has Earth managed to build a fusion powered starship without Talent? Maisie thinks it’s a bad sign that Earth has named them the ‘Valkyrie Class’ and that Russia, China, Europe and USA have all switched their military budgets to co-operate and build Valkyries, all managed by the Solar Alliance. The Wildgrave Plonnis seeks to understand by questioning Maisie while helping her to spend her new found wealth. She’s still the only Tellurian to ever leave the Solar System till the first Valkyrie ‘jumps’ just beyond the Kuiper belt. The cover is a photo-montage by Michael Watterson. About 132,000 words

The Apprentice’s Talent
The Apprentice’s Talent

Author: Ray McCarthy

Publisher: Corvids Press

Published: 2016-06-07

Total Pages: 678

ISBN-13: 1801021317

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Talents Universe 1 Mei Zhen Kelly is a twenty-three year old computer programmer from Belfast working in Dublin for nearly three years. She’s talented and very dedicated to her work. People think she’ll go far, now that she’s had her second major promotion. Only her Chinese mother called her Mei Zhen, her official name. Her parents died while she was at university and now everyone calls her Maisie. Wrapped up in her personal issues, she doesn’t pay a huge amount of attention to the news of the alien starship appearing at the edge of the Solar system. About 160,450 words

The Master’s Talent
The Master’s Talent

Author: Ray McCarthy

Publisher: Corvids Press

Published: 2017-10-12

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 180102135X

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Talents Universe 5 Maisie has returned from her visit to Tellus (Earth). Maisie is reaping the results of her foolishness. How can she teach class and be the Emperor’s Emissary on a “First Contact” Mission? How can she put off any public announcement about her relationship with Olef? Though the last part of the Maisie Trilogy (The Apprentice’s Talent, The Journeyman’s Talent) and book 5 of the “Talent’s Universe”, it’s best read after “The Solar Alliance” and “Starship Chief”. Summer 2024 revision. About 114,850 words.

Goths and Rooks
Goths and Rooks

Author: Ray McCarthy

Publisher: Corvids Press

Published: 2024-05-08

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1801020817

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Celtic Otherworld XII Who is the mysterious Marianne that’s started in Upper Sixth form after the Christmas holidays? What killed the two girls last term? The cover is based on “The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” by Caspar David Friedrich. About 88,500 words.