From the world of The Hunger, "Crude Magic" is a short story about Meckule, a mage nobleman who needs to be the first to harvest a magical fossil from deep in the earth to prevent a war but can’t figure out how to do it in time.

The world has already burned. In the wake of Rahim’s Wrath, the clans lie shattered, their keeps reduced to ruin and ash. Mals roam the land in mindless hunger, and the surviving Remnant cling to life beneath darkened skies and three silent moons.

Feed your Hunger. In a distant, war-torn land, every man, woman and child must either consume the magical substance known as Sustenance or succumb to the Hunger. Those who succumb develop deformities and face exile — or even death.

The ocean has always kept its secrets—until one of them comes ashore. When a routine fishing trip turns into a blood-soaked fight for survival, Captain Hal Stonebrook must stop an ancient predator before it transforms the quiet town of Destiny, Maine into its next feeding ground.

An orphan boy with special abilities is separated from his loved ones and forced to serve in the military that decimated his people. This gritty space opera features galactic war, dark empire, people with special abilities, and non-human main characters.