Hi Everyone!

It's almost DRAGON LORD release day! Eeee!!! We are sooo excited! Hope you are, too. We thought we'd tease the book a little by posting the opening two chapters. We can't wait for you to read the whole story. We think THE DRAGON LORD is Jake's most exciting adventure yet. Enjoy! Wishing you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy Reading! ~ Eric & Gael (E.G. Foley)

​Nathan, Lord Wyvern, rematerialized from a transport spell in the moonlit field outside the Black Fortress. As soon as his body had fully recomposed from the puff of black smoke he had briefly become, he turned around to take in the sight of his handiwork in the distance and smiled.
 
A quarter mile behind him, across the rolling hills of the English countryside, the Order’s stronghold of Merlin Hall was a glorious smoking ruin.
 
Beneath the black October sky, towering flames consumed the great garden maze that hid their sacred yew trees at its center.
 
He laughed with satisfaction, then slid his wand into its leather sheath at his side. His plan to seize the throne from the sorcerer-king, old Zolond, was moving right along.
 
His attack on Merlin Hall had been brash, but this was a deed that would impress even the most skeptical tribes of the dark world.
 
It hadn’t come easy. His body hurt all over from the six elvish arrows that had pierced him during the battle. Unnaturally tall and powerful of stature, he supposed he offered a large target.
 
He had pulled the arrows out and healed himself quickly, of course, but the flesh was tender, and though triumph pumped in his veins, he was still rather dazed from that last wand blast to the head at point-blank range.
 
Not that he’d dare to show weakness in front of his ruthless followers.
 
Nearby, his top three co-conspirators also arrived in human-sized billows of black smoke. Well, human-ish.
 
Beside him, the beautiful but deadly Red Queen, Viola Sangray, was still gnashing her fangs after the fight, distraught over the loss of some of her finest vampire courtiers.
 
General Archeron Raige, warrior extraordinaire, had been in his element throughout the battle, of course. Herculean of build and every bit as mad as the berserkers in his lineage, the soldier’s camouflage face paint was smeared with sweat and his uniform was torn, but he had enjoyed himself immensely.
 
He laughed as soon as he reappeared and slapped Wyvern roughly on the back. “Smells like victory to me!”

Hi Everyone!

We have some AMAZING news that we've been dying to share with you. The time has come to let you in on our BIG Gryphon Chronicles secret. We think you're going to be very happy to hear that...

::drumroll please!::

We're Adding 3 More Books to the Series!

From Eric: As many of you know, Book 7, THE DRAGON LORD, was originally going to be The End of The Gryphon Chronicles series. But a funny thing happened on the way through the first draft... If you have a minute, you might like to hear the story. It's amazing how "alive" some characters become, like a certain ex-pickpocket of our acquaintance.

You may have heard us share about our working method as a writing duo ~ how we plan and outline our stories together on big ol' white boards (see below), then Gael writes the first draft and hands off each clean-as-possible new chapter to me, then I go through it and find ways to make it even better, and we usually end up passing it back and forth a few times, trying to really nail each scene for our readers.

ANYWAY... 

Even though Gael usually writes the scenes in linear order as they unfold, sometimes she gets inspired to jump ahead and work on one out of order. Being the right-brained type, she just flows with it. Well, one day, "The End" of the book called to her, the ending scene. So she started jotting down the dialogue between the two characters on the page, one of whom was Jake, and one Yet To Be Revealed in THE DRAGON LORD!

So the two characters had their conversation, and it was very heart-tugging, like endings are supposed to be. (She cried. She does that sometimes when she's writing, lol. Or I'll hear mischievous giggling coming from her office at the funny parts.)

She quickly drafted all the way to the end of this poignant little conversation ~ supposedly the final scene in the final Gryphon Chronicles book (sob!) ~ when, suddenly, a very strange thing happened. 

Gaeley-girl, take it from here...

The True Story of Jake Chewing Me Out

From Gael: First of all, I'm not crazy, lol. Okay, maybe a little. All writers are, they say, but I'm perfectly harmless, I assure you.

So I'm sitting there at my desk crying like a sap over the ending to The Dragon Lord, and wondering how The Gryphon Chronicles could possibly be over. Then something happened which has NEVER happened to me before in my twenty-plus years as a full-time author. 

Jake burst into my office, banging the door open with his telekinesis, marched right over to plant his hands on the other edge of my desk, and glared at me over my computer.

"Lady!" he said angrily. "If you think I'm leaving any time soon, you're barmy. I'm not going anywhere!"

Me: looking around, thinking, What is happening?

Then a sudden, totally vivid image filled my mind of exactly what could happen NEXT.

And a huge smile broke across my face. Jake faded back into Jake-world, satisfied he'd made his point, and I immediately shot up out of my chair and raced out of my office, yelling, "Honey, honey, you'll never believe this! The Gryphon Chronicles isn't over!"

And that, my friends, is the true story of how Jake got his way. (Heck, I wasn't about to mess with a doubler. Did you see what he did to those rock golems??)

From Jake: "Ha."

​Hi Everyone, Exciting news!!! THE DRAGON LORD (The Gryphon Chronicles, Book 7) just went live on Amazon for Pre-Order. Eeee!!! Below is the new cover (ta-daaa!) and the back-of-the-book description. Also, we can now announce that the books official release date is Dec. 24th. Hope you'll check it out!

From the back cover…

Wickedness has seized the upper hand…

Will goodness fall? For Jake Everton and his trusty band of friends, the stakes now could not be higher. The Order stands on the precipice of destruction, as an unimaginable enemy rises from the Pit. With a dark prophecy swirling over his head, the intrepid Lord Griffon must make a wrenching sacrifice to save all he holds dear.

Don’t miss this sweeping tale of good versus evil in the next pulse-pounding installment of The Gryphon Chronicles, where the fate of the human and magical worlds alike may rest upon the courage of the plucky ex-pickpocket, his fierce pet Gryphon, and the gutsy young adventurers willing to follow him to the gates of Hades itself.

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