Skymaster, page 23
part #3 of The Guildmaster Saga Series
"It's not," Bayar agreed, almost smiling. "I have told no one until now. Not even Agnet." The trace of a smile faded, and pain lanced through Rasim's heart.
Nasira was still snapping her gaze between the two young men, black eyes furious with indignation that there was no one to blame. Then, much as Rasim had done, the captain herself threw her hands in the air, yelling, "Fine! By Siliaria's tears and tongue and teeth, fine! Set sail for the Northern bloody Sea, and nobody surprise me again before we get there!"
With that, the captain stomped belowdecks, and after an exchange of glances, the Waifia's crew set sail northward.
to be concluded in SUNMASTER
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The Guildmaster Saga
Seamaster * Stonemaster * Skymaster * Sunmaster (preorder)
The Walker Papers
Urban Shaman * Banshee Cries * Thunderbird Falls * Coyote Dreams * Walking Dead * Demon Hunts * Spirit Dances * Raven Calls * No Dominion * Mountain Echoes * Shaman Rises
& with Faith Hunter
Easy Pickings
A Walker Papers/Skinwalker crossover novella
The Old Races Universe
Heart of Stone * House of Cards * Hands of Flame
Baba Yaga's Daughter * Year of Miracles * Kiss of Angels
The Worldwalker Duology
Truthseeker * Wayfinder
The Heartstrike Chronicles
Atlantis Fallen
From Coffin to Grave, a Heartstrike short story
Coming to America, a Heartstrike Grudge
The Border Kingdom
Roses in Amber, a Beauty and the Beast story
Wintergate, a Snow Queen story
Stories of the Rising
Siryn,a retelling of The Little Mermaid
Keys,a retelling of Bluebeard
Them Shoes, a retelling of The Red Shoes
The Strongbox Chronicles
The Cardinal Rule * The Firebird Deception * The Phoenix Law
Bewitching Benedict
a Regency romance
Redeemer
a book of the Redeemer Wars
Magic & Manners
an Austen Chronicle
Stone's Throe
a 1930s pulp novel
Take A Chance
a graphic novel
The Inheritors' Cycle
The Queen's Bastard * The Pretender's Crown
Content Warning: The Inheritors' Cycle is very good, but much darker than the rest of my books
writing cozy mysteries as Catie Murphy
The Dublin Driver Mysteries
Dead in Dublin * Death on the Green * Death of an Irish Mummy
& writing paranormal romance as Murphy Lawless & Zoe Chant
Alaskan Totem Shifters
Raven Heart (a stand-alone HEA)
Gladiator Shifters
Gladiator Bear * Gladiator Cheetah * Gladiator Hawk * Gladiator Wolf * Gladiator Tiger (pre-order)
The Virtue Shifters (Zoe Chant)
Timber Wolf * Librarian Bear * Sealed With A Kiss
Acknowledgements
All hail Sharon Corbet, Mighty Finder Of Typos, and also Rachel Gollub and B. W. Reisman, who are also Mighty Finders of Typos but perhaps not quite as many as Sharon. You early proofreaders help more than you can possibly know, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
My editor KB Spangler has made what was a good book into a much better one, and I'm particularly grateful for the revisions to the end of this story, which I had never been terribly satisfied with and now like quite a lot. You're a star.
Cover artist Aleksandar Sortirovski has created an absolutely beautiful piece of art for this book, and I am so, so happy with it. Cover designer Tara O'Shea has improved upon my attempts, and I wiggle with glee, thusly: *wiggle*!
And finally, of course, all my love and thanks to my family: to Ted for agreeing me getting an out-of-house office during the pandemic was a good idea, for my dad, who babysits, and for my son, who is now just about the same age my eldest nibling was when I thought I would finish this series. If I take much longer with the last book, this is gonna turn into a whole generational thing, but I'll try to do better than that. <3
-Catie
About the Author
CE Murphy began writing around age six, when she submitted three poems to a school publication. The teacher producing the magazine selected (inevitably) the one she thought was by far the worst, but also told her–a six year old kid–to keep writing, which she has. She has also held the usual grab-bag of jobs usually seen in an authorial biography, including public library volunteer (at ages 9 and 10; it's clear she was doomed to a career involving books), archival assistant, cannery worker, and web designer. Writing books is better.
She was born and raised in Alaska, and now lives with her family in her ancestral homeland of Ireland.
C.E. Murphy, Skymaster
