BOOKS & SHORT STORIES BY EC GARRETT
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THE FORGOTTEN & THE FEARED (THE DRAGON QUEEN #1)
Genre: Grimdark Romantasy
The only way to survive is to win.
The only way to win is to slay a dragon.
In a realm where power determines life or death, two young women are thrust into a deadly tournament where the only path to survival is to slay a dragon. Forced to participate in the brutal Gauntlet, Amalia and Dyana enter the dangerous world of the Fae. But humans aren't the only ones being forced to fight...
Dragons, once revered as Gods, are on the brink of extinction. Enslaved by the Fae and forced to fight, they've given up hope of ever seeing the skies again.
As the two women train for the battle of their lives, Amalia Roth grows closer to stony yet magnetic Gauntlet head trainer Os, while her adopted younger sister Dyana finds herself falling for enigmatic Mirielle; a fellow Gauntlet candidate from the coastal Eastlands.
Driven by fear for herself and her sister, Amalia will have to decide whether to stay in the shadows or to accept her birthright...if she can survive the dragons.
PLAY THE GAME.
SLAY THE DRAGON.
WIN THE GAUNTLET...OR DIE TRYING.
**Author's Note: The Dragon Queen series is a Grimdark Romantasy series set in a dark fantasy world. Grimdark is a subgenre of speculative fiction with a tone, style, or setting that is particularly dark and violent. The Forgotten and The Feared and the entire Dragon Queen series features mature situations and graphic violence. This book has multiple TW/CWs. Please check the book's trigger warning page in the table of contents for more information.
Available in eBook (Kindle Unlimited), Paperback, Hardback, and Audio everywhere.
THE BROKEN & THE BRAVE (THE DRAGON QUEEN #1.5; A NOVELLA)
GENRE: GRIMDARK ROMANTASY
FEAR THE BROKEN.
486 years ago, a Dragon met a Prince.
200 years ago, a Prince became a Rebel.
80 years ago, a Wolf found a Wytch.
2 years ago and their world shattered.
Part novella, part prequel, part alternative-pov to The Forgotten and The Feared, The Broken and The Brave is a collection of never-before-seen stories from the characters you’ve come to know and love in EC Garrett’s Dragon Queen series. Featuring POV’s from Remus ‘Os’ Ostia, Prince Nyall Drayven, the Dyre Wolf Virgyl, the Dragon Vesimyr, and more.
Available in eBook (Kindle Unlimited), Paperback, Hardback, and Audio everywhere.
THE DEFIANT & THE DAMNED (THE DRAGON QUEEN #2)
GENRE: GRIMDARK ROMANTASY
POWER HAS A PRICE
The High Council is gone and the Archmage has risen. Storms shake the continent. Ur Daoine lies on the brink of civil war. In secret, the heretic Prince Nyall Drayven leads the growing rebellion, while Amalia hunts down the Fae that wronged her.
Across the Midheym Sea, Dyana grapples with her newfound magyk with the help of her new Dragon companion. Lost and alone, Mirielle begins plotting a way back home, regardless of the risk.
When one of the rebels’ carefully planned missions goes wrong, a familiar face steals Ryu and reveals a truth that will change everything; someone from Amalia’s past is alive.
Return to a world full of rage, romance, and rebellion in the age of Dragons in the stunning sequel to EC Garrett’s bestselling grimdark romantasy The Forgotten and The Feared.
Available in eBook (Kindle Unlimited), Paperback, Hardback, and Audio everywhere.
THE WICKED & THE WORTHY (THE DRAGON QUEEN #3)
GENRE: GRIMDARK ROMANTASY
THE END IS HERE
Ur Daoine is torn apart and the Gods walk among us.
The Rebellion is in chaos. Amalia has to make an impossible choice; save her mate and become the weapon she’s always feared being, or hide in the shadows and watch as her world—and her family—are destroyed.
As the rebels scramble to gather their might, so does Constantyn from the safety of the Eastlands. Amalia, Dyana, and Mirielle will have to decide just how much they are willing to sacrifice to save this world and all who live within it.
COMING NOVEMBER 11, 2027
Ebook currently available for pre-order. Kickstarter (paperback + hardback pre-order) coming late Spring.
HERE THERE BE MONSTERS (Republica Helvetorum #1)
GENRE: GOTHIC WHY-CHOOSE ROMANCE
Beware the forest - that way monsters lie.
In Republica Helvetorum, magic is dangerous. When witch Elsing Wylder is accused of using witchcraft to commit murder, she’s convicted and sentenced to a fate worse than death.
Elsing will be sacrificed to the Mountain Gods. Every solstice, the town of Interlaken sacrifices someone to the Mountain Gods. In exchange, the Gods leave the town of Interlaken alone, staying within the borders of their dangerous mountain home.
But where Elsing expects death, she instead wakes to two gorgeous males and an enigmatic, mysterious God. The Mountain Gods are supposed to be monsters, but the only torture they have in mind is of a much more pleasurable kind…which means someone in Interlaken is lying - and Elsing knows who it is, because she’s lying too.
As Elsing grows closer to her new companions, the mystery of the mountain begins to unravel and dark truths come to light. But what the Mountain Gods don’t know, might just kill them.
Not all monsters come with fangs and claws.
Author's Note: This is an intense and dark book featuring an MMMFF why-choose, violence, and gore. Please read the trigger warning list at the start of the book before reading, or on EC Garrett’s website.
THE HOME FOR WAYWARD CREATURES (VOL 1)
GENRE: SPACE ROMANTASY
LOVE IS UNIVERSAL
While Henri looks like the average girl next door with just a bit of an animal hoarding problem, in reality Henri is half-witch, half-alien who runs the only animal rescue in the galaxy.
With a pygmy kraken in her fish tank, a talking bear who hogs the tv, and a quantum portal in her basement, life for Henri is never boring.
Until the day someone steals her pets. Someone not from this Planet.
Left with no other choice, Henri leaves Earth and ventures deep into cosmos, searching for answers. A chance encounter leads her to a possible solution. Orion Worldkiller; criminal, murderer, prisoner, out-of-this-world attractive, and a giant Dragon.
Orion Worldkiller offering to help Henri find her pets is the last thing she expected, but she has no other choice. Stuck in a spaceship at the far reaches of the galaxy, Henri fights both her growing worry and her newfound feelings. The closer they get to saving her pets, the harder she falls for Orion.
When their mission goes haywire, Henri and Orion are taken prisoner and forced to compete in a deadly tournament against vicious monsters. Even worse, they’re cut off from their magic. Henri’s only hope to save her pets is to win the tournament--even if it means risking an intergalactic war.
The fight for survival—and for Henri’s heart—is on, and Dragons do not fight fair.
The Home for Wayward Creatures is an Adult romantic sci-fi series from bestselling author EC Garrett that combines the magic and wonder of Men in Black with the funny, high-stakes space adventure of Guardians of The Galaxy and the cute powerful animals like in Pokémon. Perfect for new and seasoned sci-fi readers alike.
Available in eBook (Kindle Unlimited), Paperback, Hardback, and Audio (coming this winter).
DISCONTENT: A SHORT STORY ABOUT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
GENRE: PSYCHOLOGICAL BODY HORROR
Discontent (noun): Lack of contentment; dissatisfaction with one's circumstances.
Something is rotten in William Shakespeare.
In 1597, a play is published by William Shakespeare, and what began as a history became a tragedy. It is the story of Richard the Third, the last King of the Plantagenets—an enemy of Queen Elizabeth, England’s current monarch.
But what if Richard the Third wasn’t always a tragedy, a vilification of the very real man thusly made monstruous—what if it began as a heroic history? Not a true story, not a history, but inspired by one, DISCONTENT is a story about the man behind the pen.
This is a story about vilification and what happens when we pursue notoriety above all.
This is a story of an artist who sacrifices everything for fame...even himself.
Now is the hour of Shakespeare’s discontent.
Inspired by the real life of William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Richard the Third, the real Richard the Third, and Christopher Marlow’s Doctor Faustus. DISCONTENT is body-horror historical fiction short-story about the price of fame, the death of the creative, and what happens when we fall prey to the propaganda of the privileged.
Available in eBook and Paperback.
Rescue Me, A Short Story
GENRE: CONTEMPORARY FICTION
Two Lives Intertwined\
Rosie: Life is hard. Everyday is the same and it feels like I’m going nowhere. Finding joy anymore seems impossible. You know that feeling where you could be in a crowded room, yet be fully and completely alone? That’s how I always feel, and I’m so tired.
Sam: Life is hard. Everyday is the same. I watch my neighbors get adopted, but no one ever sees me. They walk past my cage like I’m invisible—and I’m starting to wish I was. I’m so tired.
When Rose’s therapist recommends she adopt an animal, she is reluctant. Rose has tried it all to help her depression, and nothing has worked. But fate has other plans in store.
Rose went to the animal shelter expecting to rescue a dog, but she never expected it would be Sam who rescues her.
Author Note: This is a semi-autobiographical contemporary fiction short-story that features heavy themes of mental health, depression, and the reality of life for animals in shelters. Please review the trigger warning list at the beginning of the story before reading, or on my website.