BOOKS & SHORT STORIES BY EC GARRETT
The Forgotten and The Feared (The Dragon Queen #1)
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.
The first in an explosive new series brimming with magic, danger, romance, sapphic characters, and a morally gray antiheroine, The Forgotten and The Feared is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, George RR. Martin, R.F. Kuang, Samantha Shannon, and Carissa Broadbent.
**Author's Note: This is an Adult Dark Epic Fantasy novel set in a Grimdark-style 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 features mature situations, graphic violence, and mature situations. 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, Paperback, and a Limited Edition Hardback.
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THE BROKEN AND THE BRAVE (The Dragon Queen #1.5)
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.
Author’s Note: This book features mature themes intended for those 18 and up. Please review the full list at at the beginning of the book before reading. TW’s include scenes M/M romance and spice, graphic violence, torture, grief, death of loved ones, PTSD, and mental illness.
THE DEFIANT AND THE DAMNED (The Dragon Queen #2)
Amalia Roth is dead.
She died alongside the Crimson Queen in the arena two years ago. Donning her Gray Wytch persona, Amalia and the Dragon Ryu have spent the past year hunting down the Fae who wronged her. All the while, Amalia struggles not to crumble under the weight of grief.
Across the Midheym Sea on the isle of Elysium, Dyana grapples with her newfound magyk under the guidance of the ancient dragon, Vesimyr. She quickly learns that Elysium isn’t paradise - it’s a prison. Trapped under the claws of the Dragon Regent, she cannot leave. But Dyana knows Amalia is alive and will stop at nothing to get back to her sister - even if it means taking on the Regent alone.
The rebel Mirielle has lost everything. Her life's goal was to take down the High Council, but doing so only made things worse. Lost and alone, Mirielle begins plotting a way back home, regardless of the risk.
With the High Council gone, the Archmage has risen. Storms shake the continent as the situation grows more dangerous by the day. Ur Daoine lies on the brink of civil war. In secret, the heretic Prince Nyall Drayven leads the growing rebellion. After Nyall convinces Amalia to join him at the front, a divide within the rebel factions, and his carefully built control begins to crumble.
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.
FROM ASHES AND PAIN, AMALIA ASTEROTH HAS RISEN.
Return to a world full of romance, rage, rebellion…and Dragons, in the stunning sequel to EC Garrett’s debut novel, The Forgotten and The Feared.
Coming February 25th, 2025.
HERE THERE BE MONSTERS (Republica Helvetorum #1)
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.
NOTE: This is a MMMF why-choose gothic romance with dark themes, bloodplay, sharing, graphic sex scenes, graphic violence, LBGTQIA+ characters, genderfluid Gods, and both MM/FF romance.
Rescue Me, A Short Story
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.