Incorporating myths from Cherokee, Wiccan, and Celtic cultures, this complex sequel to Harvest of Changelings explores many facets of prejudice within an adventurous storyline. After their last battle, the four changelings have been living in Faerie, examining their newly discovered powers. Meanwhile, the defeated Fomorrii are quietly influencing human movements on Earth—organizing religious and governmental “antimagical” groups. Sensing this shift towards intolerance, Malachi and Hazel return to help the fae who need to cross over. When Malachi is kidnapped, Jeff and Russell come to Hazel’s aid. Gathering an army of noble allies from the magical beings that are currently reviled on Earth, they ready themselves for a deadly battle for control of the opening gateway between the universes.
Warren Rochelle lives in Crozet, Virginia. He retired from teaching English at the University of Mary Washington in 2020. His short fiction and poetry have been published in such journals and anthologies as Icarus, North Carolina Literary Review, Forbidden Lines, Aboriginal Science Fiction, Collective Fallout, Queer Fish 2, Empty Oaks, Quantum Fairy Tales, Migration, Clarity, Innovation, The Silver Gryphon, Jaelle Her Book, Colonnades, and Graffiti, as well as the Asheville Poetry Review, GW Magazine, Crucible, The Charlotte Poetry Review, and Romance and Beyond. His short story, “The Golden Boy,” was a finalist for the 2004 Spectrum Award for Short Fiction.
Rochelle is the author of five novels. The Wild Boy (2001), Harvest of Changelings (2007), and The Called (2010),were all published by Golden Gryphon Press. The Werewolf and His Boy, originally published by Samhain Publishing in September 2016, was re-released from JMS Books in August 2020. His fifth novel, In Light’s Shadow, was published by JMS Books in September 2022. His first story collection, The Wicked Stepbrother and Other Stories was published by JMS Books in September 2020. His second collection, To Bring Him Home and Other Tales, was published in September 2021, by JMS Books.
A stand-alone story, “Seagulls,” was released by JMS Books in September 2021. A second stand-alone story, “Susurrus,” was published by JMS Books in November 2022