Beset by Demons

by Kaje Harper

Part of the Necromancer series:

They'll take a leap into the unknown to protect the world.

There's something seriously wrong with Earth's magic. A demon has appeared unsummoned out of thin air, familiars can't return Home, and as Grim points out, rats smell like summer in the middle of winter.

Grim and Pip can deal with rats; Silas can banish one wayward demon. But soon there are other demons, more each day, and Silas's old mansion is full of mysteries. He and Darien will need their familiars, their friends, plus a whole lot of luck, as they search beyond Earth for the forces that have changed their world. And to have any chance of getting safely home, Silas will have to confront a past he's avoided for ten long years.

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Published: February 22, 2022
Publisher: Independently Published
Editors:

Alyson Roy

Cover Artists:

Kaje Harper

Genres:

Fantasy, Fantasy - LGBTQ+, Fantasy - Paranormal, Fantasy - Urban & Magical Beings, Paranormal, Paranormal - Ghosts & Haunted Houses

Tags:

format - novel <100K, format - series, identity - gay, what - topic - magic, when - period - 1960s, who - occupation - mage

Tropes: Cross-Species Friendships, Evolving Powers, Fellowship, Parallel Worlds, Quest
Word Count: 68000
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Cross-Species Friendships, Evolving Powers, Fellowship, Parallel Worlds, Quest
Word Count: 68000
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters

About the Author

I get asked about my name a lot. It's not something exotic, though. “Kaje” is pronounced just like “cage” – it’s an old nickname.

I live in Minnesota, where the two seasons are Snow-removal and Road-repair, where the mosquito is the state bird, and where winter can be breathtakingly beautiful. Minnesota’s a kindly, quiet (if sometimes chilly) place and it’s home now.

I’ve been writing for far longer than I care to admit (*whispers – forty years*), mostly for my own entertainment. My spec fic usually includes a gay romance element in a paranormal, SciFi or high fantasy setting. I also have two collections of LGBTQ Young Adult stories released under the pen name Kira Harp, which range across genres and identities.

I now have a good-sized backlist in ebooks and print, both free and professionally published. A complete list with links can be found on my Books page.
I also have an author page on Goodreads where I do a lot of book reviews. You can find me to chat there– I hang out on Goodreads a lot because I moderate the Goodreads YA LGBT Books group there. I also post free short YA stories on that group, more than 50 of them so far. Or find me on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/KajeHarper

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