Frances Pauli

Of Birds and Branches

An Aced Pocket Shot

Kartoniert (Kleinformat), 66 Seiten, in englischer Sprache 6,50 EUR

Paperback (pocket format), 66 pages, 6,50 EUR

Cover by John Ramsey

Mima is set to be the next queen. She’s got the knowledge of the rituals and the love of her people, but one thing is missing, the one thing she dreads the most: finding a mate.

Though she has zero interest in nesting, her Father has selected one of his finest warriors to woo her. Now Mima is forced into a ritual dance that could devastate her future, destroy her reign, and alienate her most treasured friend.

This is the first original story (but also the last) Pocket Shot.

Mary E. Lowd

Lunar Cavity

A Thoughtful Pocket Shot

Kartoniert (Kleinformat), 64 Seiten, in englischer Sprache 6,50 EUR

Paperback (pocket format), 64 pages, 6,50 EUR

Cover by LYCHGATE

When faced with a natural disaster beyond their abilities to handle, the bat-like people of Wrombarra gather scientists from every corner of the galaxy to help. Druthel escorts an elite team of human scientists from Wespirtech back to his planet, but in his heart, he believes only one of them has the necessary background and intellect to save his world.

Can Druthel convince Rhiannon - a brilliant physicist with a dark secret - to put her past failures aside and open her heart to science again?

This story was first published in THE FURRY FUTURE, available from FurPlanet.

Kandrel

Bringing Down Upworld

Kartoniert, 168 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 16,50 EUR

Paperback, 168 pages, 16,50 EUR

Cover by Unciaa

Life in Upworld is just as easy as it is short. Do your Duty. Take your Moan. Sex, drugs, sleep, and do your Duty again. If you're a smart Upworlder, you might even live long enough to learn the rules, but Upworld doesn't play fair, and you're always just one stupid accident away from a quick trip to the recycling tube.

So if you find that someone special, hold on to them for dear life, because chances are it won't last very long. When the inevitable does happen, how long will you carry your burden? Will you cling to that spark, or will you change the channel? Will you throw yourself from the highest peak, screaming vengeance at the gods that spawned you?

In Upworld, there is no easy answer.

Also available by Kandrel is PILE from Rabbit Valley.

Mary E. Lowd

When a Cat loves a Dog

Kartoniert, 138 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 13,50 EUR

Paperback, 138 pages, 13,50 EUR

Cover by Mindy 'Idess' Sherwood

Dogs snicker and cats flatten their ears as Lashonda and Topher walk down the aisle, but the outside world can't change their love.

When a feline scientist and canine comedian start their life together in Old York, the judgement of their friends and family is only the first hurdle they have to face. As Lashonda continues her research and Topher climbs the ladder of fame, their quest for happiness takes them to the otter seastead of Friedan Isle where Dr. Flockhart, a rogue scientist, operates outside the laws of the mainland and promises to make their dreams come true.

If Dr. Flockhart succeeds, the nature of their society may be changed forever.

This story was first published in FIVE FORTUNES, available from FurPlanet. It is set in the Otters in Space universe. 

You´ll find the original Otters in Space novels on our other FurPlanet page.

Ian Madison Keller

Bloodline of the Ancients

Changing Bodies Book 2

Kartoniert, 190 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 17,50 EUR

Paperback, 190 pages, 17,50 EUR

Cover by Zee Coshow

Transitioning was difficult, but vampirism is even more challenging...

Everett is still struggling to come to grips with his new vampire nature—although being able to eat people who misgender him is pretty satisfying.

Less satisfying is that Lin, his new vampiric mentor, is not helping with her constant snipping. Also the mysterious golden amulet still seems to be influencing him; at times a strange voice whispers in his mind, and his body wanders while he sleeps.

Meanwhile Jack, his were-jackal boyfriend, is hunting Everett’s maker across the globe. As the trail of murdered vampires get closer to Portland, Jack worries the mysterious master is coming for Everett.

Can the two of them piece things together before disaster strikes?

Ritual of the Ancients

Changing Bodies Book 1

Kartoniert, 170 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 16,50 EUR

Paperback, 170 pages, 16,50 EUR

Cover by LYCHGATE

Everett Boesch is an art restoration intern, a trans man, and a thief.

After Everett is mugged, he develops an unnatural thirst for blood and an aversion to sunlight, yet he counts himself lucky that he managed to keep hold of his newest acquisition: an ancient gold amulet. 

Only newly inducted to the supernatural community himself, Jack Smith, Everett’s hunky were-jackal neighbor and former cop, feels compelled to help the new vampire. Even as their relationship heats up, the danger grows.

With killers closing in, can Everett find a way out before it is too late?

Recipient of a Leo Award 2020.

Frances Pauli

Freedom Ring

Serpentia: Book 2

Kartoniert, 292 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 19,00 EUR

Paperback, 292 pages, 19,00 EUR

Cover by Ilya Royz (Leo Award 2021)

Sookahr is in exile, marked a traitor and separated from his home and his lover, Viirlahn. If he means to release the citizens of the Burrow from the corruptions that plague them, he’ll have to venture deep into the jungle that nearly killed him once before. He must negotiate a new way for his people, and with the help of an unlikely ally, perhaps win a victory for their rodent servants as well.

In a hostile new world populated by ravenous insects, drug-addled lizards, and the dark secret hidden in the belly of the serpents’ nursery tower, Sookahr must face his deepest fears.

Sometimes the hardest part of being the hero, is knowing when not to.

Winner of the Cóyotl Award for Best Novel of 2021 and recipient of a Leo Award 2021.

Disbanded

Serpentia Book 1

Kartoniert, 238 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 17,50 EUR

Paperback, 238 pages, 17,50 EUR

Cover by Ilya Royz (Leo Award 2020)

Come forth, for you are special.

Sookahr the architect is just one of many snakes within Serpentia, an underground society where snakes and their rodent companions have lived in peace for as long as anyone can remember. Their destinies are preordained at birth, when they are fit with skymetal bands to enhance the telekinetic powers that aid them everyday.

Given an opportunity unheard of for a snake of his caste, Sookahr and Kwirk, his mouse aid, venture to a recently-destroyed outpost at the far edges of Serpentia, hoping to redesign the structure and prove his skill as an architect. But something watches from the jungle, and whatever attacked the outpost is poised to strike again. Will Sookahr's drive to rise above his station get his team killed? Or will he respond to the call he's heard since birth, and be the hero who can save them all?

Recipient of a Leo Award 2020.

"From the hero's perspective, Pauli unfolds a fascinating - as well as unjust - society of snakes, gives deep insights into its nature and shows the resulting complexity of relationships with other species. A special reading pleasure that is worth getting involved with!" - Fiete Langohr (#BooksOnHooves)

Also available by Frances Pauli:

Throwback

Hybrid Nation: Book 1

Kartoniert, 292 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 19,50 EUR

Paperback, 292 pages, 19,50 EUR

Cover by Julian Norwood aka CadmiumTea

Jode is a throwback, given up by his parents and raised in an institute that was never meant to serve his needs. All he wants is to get free and find his mother, and when Gen-Fang scientist Rowla Arl shows up to study the genetic anomalies in children in the facility, he tries to convince the wolf to help him.

Rowla has her own agenda and secrets, and the kid’s atypical blood might hold the answers to her own genetic problems. But if she wants to unlock his DNA, Rowla’s going to have to convince him to take a chance so big it could shake the whole Hybrid Nation.

They’ll have to work together to keep Jode out of enemy hands, keep his DNA away from a psychotic monkey, and keep the biggest secret in Hybrid Nation history from destroying them both.

(Recipient of a Leo Award 2021.)

Rightful Salvage

Kartoniert, 82 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 10,00 EUR

Paperback, 82 pages, 10,00 EUR

Cover by Oku

A strange ship lands on Paris V, ten years after the plague world has been abandoned by all except one left behind General Labor android unit. All GL wants is to be free, but when the crew of the Sleuthstar discovers her stowed away on board, she's confronted by a trio of suspicious ursines and a very uncertain future.

Can GL convince them to let her earn her passage? Can she find her place among the SLEUTHSTAR's crew? At this point, she'd settle for not being thrown out of the airlock.

Winner of the Cóyotl Award for Best Novella of 2020 and recipient of a Leo Award 2020.

"What starts a bit like Goldilocks and the three bears develops into a good story about forgiveness, trust and betrayal. Lovable characters and a well-constructed storyline kept me hooked and well entertained." - Fiete Langohr (#BooksOnHooves)

Ben Goodridge

Akela

Kartoniert, 282 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 17,50 EUR

Paperback, 282 pages, 17,50 EUR

Cover by Sidian

Legend has it that when the first humans evolved, the Ambimorphs were already there, first as our protectors, and then our teachers. Over the centuries we've created separate worlds on the same planet. Every once in a while, those worlds collide.

Akela is a leader among the Ambimorphs, a great teacher of their songs, and the keeper of a prophecy that foretells the sunset of the human race. When a deal with the wrong side goes bad, he wakes up in the desert to find that he's lost three years of his life, his family has been taken by humans, and his community has scattered. With his people on the brink, Akela is offered a fatal choice: he can reclaim his family and save his people, but only at the cost of his heritage and history.

It's Akela's job to protect them, whether they want him to or not.

Recipient of a Leo Award 2019. 

Lucas D'Aquina

Heirloom of the Rusks

Kartoniert, 370 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 18,00 EUR

Paperback, 370 pages, 18,00 EUR

Cover by Ilya Royz

Meet Cinnabar Rusk, a robust—never call him fat—leporine bookworm of a well-known lineage. His soul is full of adventure beyond their quaint home in the Flower Valley, and his heart is full of love for Lyra Mársk. Life is simple, until an army of creatures defying even myth crack the Rim which surrounds their world and wages war, killing all in their path, leaving Cinnabar and his townsfolk to flee for their lives.

In the first book of this Redwall-esque tale, Cinnabar must pull together his smarts and unite his friends in order to save his home and those he loves. Will he be the hero he dreams to be, or will he be the fat nerd his kind sees him as?

This is no longer the stories of heroes past Cinnabar has read; this is for real, and war is the most unimaginable hell.

Recipient of a Leo Award 2018.

Jako Malan 

reKindled

Artisans and Opportunists: Book 2

Kartoniert, 416 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 20,00 EUR

Paperback, 416 pages, 20,00 EUR

Cover by Erkhyan, Interior Art by Juniper and Exobiota

Twenty seasons’ hopes and dreams are dashed as the love Oakmore the kudu thought would last a lifetime ends. Down and out, he wonders if the Mammalæ megacity of Bridgend has any further use for him.

An incident at another dead-end job sees the buck thrust deeply into the ranks of the burgeoning workers union. He finds comradeship and purpose anew…but at what cost? The friendly eyes of a wealthy doe kindles a flame inside he thought would never burn again, but there is another fire: Greenfields—a pernicious human relic rediscovered that brings both hope and peril for a city on the brink.

Already in too deep—and too close to the truth—to cut and run, Oakmore finds himself cresting a revolution about to break. He will learn a valuable lesson: Not all things lost are gone.

Featuring an all-anthropomorphic animal cast in a gritty post-human world, reKINDLED is a continuation of the Artisans and Opportunists saga first introduced in the author’s award-winning debut novel, reWRITTEN.

reWritten

Artisans and Opportunists: Book 1

Kartoniert, 210 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 14,90 EUR

Paperback, 210 pages, 14,90 EUR

Cover by Tim Jardim

Against his better judgement and born of circumstances beyond his control, Professor van Elsburg is hired to lead a troupe of mercenaries deep into the unexplored wastelands that surround their world. Their objective: unravel the mystery surrounding an undocumented archaeological site, and to discover the fate of the last expedition that vanished whilst trying not to do the same.

REWRITTEN is an existential horror story set in a gritty post-human world, littered with the rubble of a once-mighty civilization that fell suddenly, now inhabited entirely by anthropomorphic animals. It provides a glimpse into the origins of this crudely industrialized dystopian-utopia and the MammalAE that keep its engines oiled, its boilers fired, and its printing presses rolling.

In a world only superficially similar to our own, it asks questions that have no easy answers, and answers questions that may have been better left unasked. Knowledge can free the mind, but it can also destroy the soul.

Recipient of a Leo Award 2017.

"J. Mulan creates an immediately gripping adventure novel, set in a post-human South Africa, that becomes increasingly mysterious and sinister as it progresses, reaching its philosophical climax at the end. Absolutely recommended reading!" - Fiete Langohr (#BooksOnHooves)

Sylvain St-Pierre

Crimson

Tristan Book 2

Kartoniert, 412 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 20,00 EUR (Altersnachweis erforderlich)

Paperback, 412 pages, 20,00 EUR

Cover by Nomax

Coercionist, lover, prisoner. More? Alexander Bartholomew Crimson only ever wanted a few things out of life: a good job, friends, and a man to love—no, an alien man to love. He got the first even before he was done with school, the second not long after he started his new job on a new planet.

The third he'd given up, on until he'd met Jack: a tall, handsome, funny, loving, furry Samalian. For a few weeks, Alex didn't think life could be any better. But then Jack was taken from him. Worse, the company he worked for accused him of being in league with the alien who attacked them, the same alien who took Jack.

Now, Alex only wants one thing: to get him back. Unaware of the choices he will have to make or the dangers he will face, he embarks on a trek he hopes will take him to the monster who took Jack from him. But with each danger he faces comes the realization that who he is might not be enough to reach his goal.

With each choice he makes, Alex changes. What cost is he willing to pay to get to the man he loves? Will there be enough of himself left when he gets there to be recognizable?

Tristan

Tristan Book 1 

Kartoniert, 242 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 15,00 EUR (Altersnachweis erforderlich)

Paperback, 242 pages, 15,00 EUR

Cover by Nomax

Researcher, mercenary, thief, killer.

He wakes up to find out time has been taken from him. He doesn’t know who did it, but he suspects where it began. Now he has his sights set on taking his revenge. Taking on the prison that holds him, the people who set him up, and even the bounty hunter who once caught him doesn’t worry him. No, it’s the pawn he decides to use that could prove to be his undoing.

Will Alex prove stronger than Tristan anticipated? Can Tristan bend him to his will so his plan can be unleashed on those he needs to punish? When it’s all said and done, will Tristan be able to let go and move on? Will he remember that only he matters? Or will, for the first time in his life, someone else come first?

"I hate furry sci fi. ... But this Goal Publications' title, TRISTAN, by Sylvain St-Pierre, blew my f***ing mind." - Thurston Howl (Furry Book Review)

Sylvain St-Pierre

Trustless Shadows

Demons Book 2

Kartoniert, 218 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 15,00 EUR

Paperback, 218 pages, 15,00 EUR

Cover by Nomax

Derick has left behind Amanda, Jason, and the organization they represent. He's even left Claws in the Dark behind in an attempt to figure out what he is.

He finds a place to settle in and try to be human, to be normal. He tries to leave hunting demons behind too, but he finds he can’t—he can’t leave humans to die, even if sometimes he wants to kill them himself.

Still, he thinks he can stay there, until the army shows up "asking" for his help; Amanda's gotten herself captured by an old creation of hers. Derick is ready to tell them no, but she's not the only one who's been captured.Having made his choice, he goes with the army to face Amanda's old creation. But will Derick end up facing more than he can handle?

Demons

Demons Book 1

Kartoniert, 196 Seiten, in englischer Sprache, 15,00 EUR

Paperback, 196 pages, 15,00 EUR

Cover by Nomax

Derick hunts demons. He has been doing it for as long as he remembers. He does it because protecting the people in his city is his duty. It’s always been a straightforward job, until a demon saves his life.

What does it mean for Derick that a demon wants him to live? What does it mean for the world he knows? The people he is supposed to protect? When the most basic fact his life is built upon might not be true, how is he supposed to figure out who the enemies are? Who his allies are? And if all sides want him dead, should he even bother fighting them?