First in a three part series. Destiny's Odds is full of mystery, crime and intrigue. (Mystery, Crime) What are the Odds that eight separate people's lives can change based on one solitary incident that occurs in one home? That is exactly what happens in Destiny's Odds.

In a world where lives intertwine in a surreally unpredictable way, destiny awaits an eclectic blend of souls who desire love more than anything. A man sits alone in a restaurant, his mind perfectly at anchor with his living memoir as he quietly observes the only other person sharing the room with him: an unaccompanied woman also lost in her thoughts. Absurdly drawn to her while he waits for his brunch date to arrive, Richard silently wills her to speak to him. Amid the stirring echoes of memory, the noise of the stock exchange, the sophistication of the theater, and the serendipity of private business, two tortured souls who long for love must somehow manage to find each other amid a crowded world. This unique novel opens the door to a new way of looking at the nature and purpose of relationships, as a man and a woman await their destinies and long for love.

Ready or not, Katriana was going to the council. She couldn’t control her aura, the power that those in council had, but she still had been chosen. She was glad to go. Everyone she cared about would be there. Darius, Mischa, Ivo, and the rest. They would all be together. But trouble in the lands and stirrings of prophecy would test everything Katriana thought she knew. Destiny had surprises for them all.

At a frontier outpost on the fringes of the civilized world, an orphaned messenger named Xander witnesses the destruction of all he knows at the hands of the Fallen, the great enemy thought vanquished during the War of Magic. Abruptly, Xander’s life is changed forever. Now he must seek out an ancient artifact of legendary power in the hopes that it can stop the Fallen hordes from destroying the entire kingdom. Little does he realize that the hope of all mankind rests on his young shoulders, as powers of unimaginable might set out to stop him at all costs. Aided by his friend Genica, a mysterious thief named Vreen, and a crafty Sion of unknown loyalty, Xander journeys into the heart of the world, where long-hidden secrets will be revealed that could shatter the delicate balance established by the great Cataclysm a thousand years earlier.

After solving two murders and witnessing things that he couldn't fathom, Sheriff Xavier 'Zay' McKendree, was hoping to get Sassbeaux back to some kind of normalcy. He soon realizes that there is nothing normal about Sassbeaux. Especially, when he is told a story about the town that is impossible to believe. While trying to find proof of the things that he didn't believe were true, a young man is murdered and a threat is made that may possibly change the town for good. How will he solve the young man's murder and extinguish the threat against the town with insufficient staff and secrets to protect?

As the ruthless rulers of the Malwa Empire dominate sixth-century India, assisted by an abomination from the future, peacemakers from the future send a crystal, Aide, to stop their advance, with the help of Count Belisarius of Byzantium.

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