Books by Nick Plumber
Curse of the Magi: The Carrion King
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Five hundred years after a great civil war that pitted the Magi, demi-gods of great power, against the First and Second Born, their human-Magi offspring, civilization has crumbled into warring city-states and barbarism, and the Magi are dead or in hiding. Far to the north, a powerful demon falls through the void between realities to crash to earth. Its goal: enslave or kill the remaining Magi. Meanwhile, in a peaceful valley hidden from the world, an old man cannot remember his past, but his memories and powers are slowly being awakened. Could he be the Wanderer, greatest and most enigmatic of the vanished Magi? Culminating in fire, war, and fury, the demon and the old man are inexorably drawn into conflict.
Black Pills and Shotgun Stories
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Poetry by Nick Plumber
The Animal Rules Us All and Children of the Blood $16.00 (signed, free shipping)
Two Scifi books in one-When the Animal Rules Us All: A planet in the throws of a multi-species plague. Chaos and fire rule the streets. Three unlikely allies must fight their way through the madness to escape the planet: a psychic crime boss, an alien virologist with a secret that could shake his culture and religion to its core, and a hospital janitor who is much more than he seems. Together they battle their way through xenophobic mobs in a city on fire where plague stalks the very streets
Children of the Blood: Sequel to the novella When the Animal Rules Us All, Children of the Blood follows the three escapees of Lenail. Portious returns to his home planet carrying the secret of the Lenail plague, knowing it will bring down the religion that has upheld his civilization for hundreds of years. Debating whether to follow the creed of his scientific background and release the information, no matter the consequences, or to keep his world-shaking secret to himself, he is thrust into an arena of complex espionage and revolution. Jad, locked in a Zintoniean prison, fights her captors, while trying to keep her psychic abilities secret. Hiroshi Parker, Zintoniean agent, struggles with his identity and the creature Control that seems to control him or, quite possible, be him. Duke Wells, an enigmatic puppet master raised by a psychotic AI, funds an expedition to a gigantic derelict spacecraft that could be a relic of the mythic Creators, while manipulating the Zintoniean Secret Service into leading him to his ultimate goal: the secret of the Creators and the key to ruling the known universe.
Whiskeyboat
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Whiskeyboat is the story of a faceless cab driver’s tortuous travels through the Denver night. Recently divorced, he starts a relationship with one of his fares: nineteen-year-old junky and sex worker, Carrie. Trying desperately to avoid becoming involved in the lives of his fares, but still painfully lonely from his divorce, the cab driver finds himself being drawn into Carrie’s life against his will. He then runs into, literally, his ex-neighbor, Jodi. Soon the cabdriver finds himself town between the two worlds- the seedy and self-destructive life of a cab driver and the stability and normality that Jodi represents. Through car wrecks, late night speed-freaks, Carrie’s downward spiral, and the allure of Jodi, the cab driver finds his life rapidly spinning out of control. Ultimately, he has to make the decision between Jodi and Carrie, between life and death, between dark and light.
Harp of the Moon
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Instrument Arcanae: powerful, sentient musical instruments, embodied with the souls of fallen gods and demons. They must be bonded with a skilled musician to wield their magic. Those chosen must be strong of will to resist the power of the Instruments. There has not been a bonding between bard and Instrument Arcanae in over a generation. This year there are two: Cochlon Baughn, the outcast part Eleondarie niece of abusive Master Bard Cadfairn, and her cousin, the ambitious Journeyman Bard Emrick Baughn. Called by the seductive voice of the Harp of the Moon, Cochlon steals the harp and flees. Emrick, chosen by the bloodthirsty Black Flute, sets out to capture Cochlon and the harp and bring them back to Brendonwyr Hall. Chased by bandits and madmen, manipulated by the powerful seeking to use their power, Cochlon and Emrick must learn control the wild power of the Instruments to survive..