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Sinner

Sinner is book five of the Feathers and Fire series.

Sinner

## Blurb

**If you want to get to Heaven, you’ve got to raise a little Hell…**

Callie Penrose is struggling to find her special purpose in life. Rather than allying with any of the powerful supernatural groups begging to sign her up—the Vatican, the vampires, the shifters, or the Armies of both Heaven and Hell—Callie has been picking fights with all of them.

But when she’s abducted by a Host of Angels, and a Greater Demon begins hunting her through the daytime streets of Kansas City, Callie learns that her past has come back to haunt her.

Thanks to her actions in recent months, Solomon’s Temple has been opened, and the estate sale is on a first-come, first-served basis.

To win her birthright, Callie is going to need Cain’s help. Even then, she’s going to have to cut some corners, cross some lines, to take a bite out of an apple…

But they say every Saint was once a Sinner…

## Opening

*The penthouse overlooked the glittering streets below. I watched the people walking from storefront to storefront, taking advantage of the cool evening air. Expensive cars cruised past, likely blaring music to attempt to impress any single females walking by—like a bunch of hairy fishermen running a large trawling net across the ocean floor to pick up some crabs.*

*Pun intended.*
Halo Breaker

Halo Breaker is Book ten in the Feathers and Fire series.

Halo Breaker

## Blurb

**The White Rose marches for war. The angels will weep, the devils will cry, and mankind may die.**

Callie Penrose wields the Spear of Destiny and wears Envy’s Halo—the corrupting power of darkness balanced by the legendary blade of light. Both fight for dominance of the White Rose, but which force will win? Her best friend, Claire, has been abducted or killed, and her only surviving family has been ritualistically murdered to hide the truth of the Divines and the *Sev’n Most Sinist’r.*

Heaven has deemed her a criminal and Hell begs her to be their queen or die.

The Vatican is preparing to march on the City of Fountains to defend mankind against the horrors of the White Rose, the new Master Dracula, once and for all.

The answers to her past—and mankind’s future—are hidden deep within Solomon’s Temple, locked away for very good reason. Callie will have to face some dark, painful truths to bring harmony to a world gone mad. To discover why Heaven and Hell are so eager to bring her under their control.

But the Horsewoman of Despair is not alone. The Horseman of Justice and Absolution ride to Kansas City to lay waste to her foes. Three of the Dread Four will march against the forces of Heaven, Hell, and the Vatican.

And Kansas City is not the only battleground. The Garden of Eden is in grave peril, and no one knows if Callie is the danger or if she’s the savior.

After all, how good can Master Dracula be? The Halo Breaker rides a path as thin as the edge of a sword, and even she doesn’t know what is right or wrong.

But that’s what family is about. Getting into—and out of—trouble.

Let’s just hope the city can survive. Let us pray that the Garden of Eden will thrive.

The flip of a coin will decide the fate of the world.

## Opening

*Master Dracula faced the crowd of silent, bloodthirsty monsters surrounding her on all sides. Then she uncapped the permanent marker in her hand and drew a dick on the decapitated Archdemon’s forehead. Thankfully, it had only been a few hours since I had removed it, so it was particularly fresh.*

*The crowd exploded with laughter and screams, roars and cheers, hurling wreaths of white and red roses into the arena of the Coliseum. It was Fight Night and I had requested the first bout.*
Alistair Specter Silverstein

Alastair Specter Silverstein never actually appears in the Temple Series, though he figures into the story posthumously. He had been the owner of the original Kinder- und Hausmärchen, Grimms' Fairy Tales, which is actually a journal and grimoire. Alistair is killed by Kyle for the book, as demonstrated by Barbie via a spell that allows her, Nate and Gunnar to see into the past.

Alistair's home figures into the story again later when, in Grimm, Nate and Team Temple battle the Grimms there.
Old Fashioned

Old Fashioned is book three in the Phantom Queen Diaries.

Old Fashioned

## Blurb

***Welcome to Boston, where all your nightmares come to life… To the tune of a Christmas jingle.***

Quinn MacKenna learns that the cure for a blinding hangover is simple…

Stay in bed, and whatever you do, don’t answer your freaking door.

Otherwise, you might find yourself roped into a murder investigation with a psychopath attempting to rewrite the *Twelve Days of Christmas* as a holiday homicide special, asked to rescue a former international spy, forced to dodge bullets with a Valkyrie, or to take on a power-hungry Fae intent on freezing everything he touches.

Hypothetically speaking.

In hindsight, snorting crushed aspirin in a dingy alley would have been the wiser choice…

Especially when Quinn learns the only way to find the answers she seeks is by... sampling some magically-infused, hallucinogenic flowers. And that someone is waiting for her on the other side of her out-of-body experience.

And they've been waiting a very long time...

## Opening

*The vicious pounding of a heavy fist on my apartment door woke me from a bleary-eyed sleep. I groaned, rolled over, and thrust my head under the nearest pillow, begging God to make it stop. But—seeing as how God didn’t owe me any favors—the racket continued until I was compelled to plug my ears and swear, for the thousandth time, that I would never, ever, drink again.*

*Or, you know…drink less, at least.*

*I clenched my teeth, wondering why on Earth the maids had chosen to ignore the Do Not Disturb sign, before I remembered that I was in my own bed and not my Las Vegas hotel room; I’d flown in last night on the red eye after a wild weekend. The wildest weekend, in fact, I’d ever had. And—to put that in perspective—I should mention that my weekends routinely involve life-threatening danger, fucking* magic*, and copious amounts of booze.*
Queens of Fae

Summer and Winter Queens

The Fea Queens are the power hungry and ruthless rulers of Fea. Sisters. They claim dominionship over all Fea and fea powers. They rule one at a time spilting the year in half changing over the responciblity durning the solstice. The seasons are a result of the tranfer of balance between the Summer Queen and Winter Queen. If one of the queens were to die the earth would suffer the fate of being destoryed by the others unbalanced power.

The pixies Barbie and Inky come to warn Tory to not use her powers because the Queens were looking for her. Tracking her by the powers that were gifted to her by their sister in the Grimm Wars. They explain the queen planned on leashing Tory and Alucard. Durning the battle of the beast masters the queens pull Tory and Alucard to Feary land with Nate being dragged along.

**Powers**

Grammery (the art of making things be) glammery (the art of making things seem). Heat and Cold.

**Appearance**

Winter Queen is discribed in the book as skin glowing a pale pale blue like the faintest saphire hued hitting sunlight, glishing fangs, pointed ears, with frost hanging from her eyelashes and ear lobes. Wearing furs of purple and blue but not to keep her warm.

Summer Queen is described in the book as looking smaller, younger, and more fragile compared to her sister. Wearing a dress living fire as clothes and molting lava for heels with finger tips dripping ember and eyes of fire. spring following her in her wake.
Witches Brew

Witches Brew is book six in the Phantom Queen Diaries.

Witches Brew

## Blurb

**Fae are missing all over Boston, and apparently, no one else is suicidal enough to look into it.**

Good thing Quinn MacKenna—black magic arms dealer and Fae half-breed—has been searching for a way to earn back some of Boston’s goodwill after almost destroying the city…twice. Besides, favors for the Fae usually pay dividends if you play your cards right…

As long as the Fae don’t double-cross or otherwise backstab you. But that hardly *ever* happens…

Thankfully, Quinn has Robin Redcap to back her up—between his skill at navigating Fae politics and his penchant for extreme, brutal violence, it’s a match made in Heaven. Or Hell.

But the only evidence they have to go on is a crime scene laden with ritualistic ingredients and blood—lots and *lots* of blood—leading Quinn to suspect witchcraft.

Except the witches are a tight-knit community who don’t appreciate Quinn’s intrusion—even when all she wants to do is help. Simply put, *what happens in the coven stays in the coven.*

The situation grows murkier and deadlier by the minute as Quinn finds herself cauldron-deep in a swirl of betrayal, conspiracy, and vengeance.

Especially when she discovers who is really stirring the pot, and that it might all stem from an unfulfilled promise made by a certain trigger-happy redhead regarding a certain magic-slinging wizard in St. Louis. And the Fae put pretty big stock in promises and agreements.

Double, double, toil and trouble…

This little oath-breaker is in big, big trouble.

## Opening

*In my opinion, there’s something inexplicably wrong with your life when you find yourself in a strip club before noon on a weekday. To me, it felt as culturally insensitive as using a fork to eat sushi: just because you can do it, doesn’t mean you should. Of course, maybe that was only me. It’s not like the time of day would make much of a difference to your average person; all strip clubs are kept dark and windowless, which meant most would be hard pressed to tell whether or not it’s night or day outside, let alone guess the hour.*
Trinity

Trinity is book nine in the Feathers and Fire series.

Trinity

## Blurb

**No pantheon is safe from the wrath of a Horsewoman scorned.**

War is coming to the City of Fountains.

The Four Legendary Creatures are free, the Seven Sins are running wild, the vampires are getting thirsty, and the Vatican is ready to enter the front lines.

And Callie Penrose is at the heart of it all. The Horsewoman of Despair flicked the first domino, and the consequences are echoing throughout the various halls of power in all corners of the world. As the streets of Kansas City threaten to become raging rivers of blood, one of those closest to Callie is kidnapped, and she is forced to choose between her heart and the people who depend on her to keep them safe.

To value ***duty*** over ***love***.

As the pillars of Heaven begin to crumble, it becomes increasingly obvious that all these events are coordinated rather than coincidental. Callie may have flicked that first domino, but how much can her heart handle when she learns that some of her closest friends set all the dominos up in the first place.

Now is the time when success truly depends on how Lucky Callie can be, and whether she can determine which friends have been paid thirty pieces of silver to stab her in the back. Angels shall weep, and demons shall laugh.

Humanity will burn and gods shall die in the wake of a Horsewoman betrayed.

## Opening

*I squinted at the lethal warrior across from me, carefully sidestepping as I focused on his hips. He mirrored my every move, like a dark phantasm reflecting up from a puddle of blood. The dance of death was at hand.*

*Beams of early morning sunlight pierced the shadows of the park, desperately, mercilessly, attacking the last vestiges of night in their never-ending battle of dark versus light. My foe had used the sun against me before, striking the very moment I squinted at the unanticipated brightness. I tried luring him into a similar trap, but he smiled devilishly and stepped in the opposite direction.*
Box Sets

Once the Nate Temple Series had become a solid seller and Feathers and Fire was coming up fast, Argento began releasing box set editions of all three series. Phantom Queen followed. New cover art was commissioned for each box set, setting it apart from the individual novels, and establishing an overall 'look' for each series.

## Temple Series Box Sets

Nate Temple Series Box Set #1 Contains the otherwise subscription-only novella, Fairy Tale, as well as Obsidian Son, Blood Debts and Grimm.

Nate Temple Series Box Set #2 includes Silver Tongue, Beast Master and Tiny Gods.

Temple Series Box Set #1; B01LZ8LXH4; September 22, 2016Temple Series Box Set #2; B076GSB7L2; October 14, 2017
## Feathers and Fire Box Sets

The Feathers and Fire Box Set #1 contains the first three Callie Penrose novels, Unchained, Rage and Whispers.

Box set #2 continues with Angels Roar, Sinner and Black Sheep.

Feathers and Fire Box Set #1; B07CHT6FW4; April 18, 2018Feathers and Fire Box Set #2; B07Z5C6V16; October 14, 2019
## Phantom Queen Diaries Box Sets

The Phantom Queen Diaries Box Set #1 encompasses Whiskey Ginger, Cosmopolitan and Old Fashioned.

Box set #2 contains Dark and Stormy, Moscow Mule and Witches Brew.

Phantom Queen Box Set #1; B083TPL948; January 12, 2020Phantom Queen Box Set #2; B083TD4D57; ‎ January 13, 2020
Godless

Godless is book seven in the Feathers and Fire series.

Glodless

## Blurb

**Slaughter is the best medicine.**

Callie Penrose is back to murder vampires and chew bubblegum. And she’s all out of bubblegum.

Callie has had a rough few days. Five minutes after discovering she had a Godfather, she learned that the future of the world depended on the two of them taking an immediate road trip.

To Castle Dracula—a place even the supernatural community believed to be an urban myth, dead and abandoned long ago when Dracula had perished at the hands of Van Helsing, Mina, and Jonathan Harker.

Except…Dracula and his castle were alive and well. Worse, he had been secretly running the Sanguine Council—the governmental body of every vampire in the world—ever since his alleged death, with none the wiser. Not even the vampires.

And Callie’s first Godfather-daughter dance was to go assassinate the Sultan of Suck once and for all.

But she soon learns that Dracula is the absolute least of her concerns. And that some bonds should never be forged. Because once made, they can never be broken…

Callie Penrose is about to show the world fear in a palmful of blood.

## Opening

*The Biblical passage from Ecclesiastes softly played in the back of my mind as I stared at the entrance to Hell on Earth.*

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

*Or, in my words—a time for laughter, and a time for slaughter.*

*Dracula’s season had come to an end.*

*It was time for a little K.C. Slaughter*
Cosmopolitan

Cosmopolitan is book two of the the Phantom Queen Diaries.

Cosmopolitan

## Blurb

**It’s time for Quinn MacKenna to pay off a debt – to Nate Temple. And New York City will never be the same…**

Quinn MacKenna is a black-magic arms dealer from Boston, but her world drastically changed after accidentally robbing Nate Temple a few weeks ago.

Primarily, that her absolution might have come with some strings attached… Like a trip to the Big Apple to steal a mysterious and deadly artifact for Grimm Tech – strictly off the books.

But it doesn't take her long to learn that she isn't the only one after the magical whatsit, and that the monsters in New York play for keeps. Key word being *play*. Because they've all heard about the little ginger from Boston, and want to see if she *tastes* as sweet as she *looks...*

And that's before she learns that Heaven and Hell have stepped into the game...

Maybe it’s time Quinn finds some allies from St. Louis. Or the Brooklyn Bridge may just become a memory… Along with Quinn.

## Opening

*The blubbery lip of the brutish, hulking bridge troll in front of me quivered in frustration. He gnashed his teeth together, staring me down with jaundiced eyes.*

*I wondered, idly, how many people he’d eaten. How many bones had he splintered and mangled over the centuries with those elephantine tusks? My opponent fidgeted, and I could sense he was about to make his move; it was there, in his tensed shoulders, half as wide as I was tall, and his twitching hands, each large enough to palm a beach ball. I waited, pinned to my chair by his beady-eyed gaze, holding my breath. Almost a month’s preparation boiled down to what would happen in the next few minutes, and I couldn’t afford a single distraction. The gargantuan, green-skinned monster slumped forward, snorting through his pierced snout—the rusty septum ring as large as a bracelet—and rested his elbows on the table until it creaked from the strain.*

*“Fold,” he said, in a plodding, gravelly voice that would have done Andre the Giant justice.*

*I threw my hands up. “Ye can’t fold, ye idgit. You’re the big blind!”*
Raego

Raego

Raego is an important character in Obsidian Son, and appears periodically in the first several Temple Series books.

## Appearance

'Roguishly handsome', Raego is described as young, with lanky dark hair and black eyes. His face is angular, and he resembles a latter-day James Dean. When Nate meets him, he's dressed in pirate chic -tight leather pants, calf-high boots and a white v-neck tee.

## Powers

Each dragon appears to have a unique power, Raego's being the ability to turn anyone into an obsidian statue with his breath.

## Artifacts

Raego eventually possesses the powerful book - apparently a grimoire - *Sons of the Dying Sun* - which provides the ritual to make a dragon king of all his kind.

## Series Appearances

* Temple Series
	+ Obsidian Son
	+ Blood Debts
	+ Grimm
	+ Beast Master
	+ Tiny Gods
	+ Wild Side
	+ War Hammer
	+ Nine Souls
	+ Horseman
	+ Legend
Hemingway

Hemingway is a name Nate gave to a stranger he met in Achilles Heel . We don't know his true name.

## Appearance

As with his name, Hemingway's true appearance is unknown. When Nate first meets him, he appears to be an 'older' gentleman - possibly as old as in his 80's - gaunt and frail, with frosty blue eyes and straw-colored hair worn in a man-bun. He's dressed sharply and expensively, and Nate quickly revises his opinion of the man's age lower, but still older, compared to Nate's own mid-twenties.

Callie sees him as simply a handsome older man with air of authority.

Quinn, however, sees Hemingway completely differently. He is introduced to her as a detective, but Quinn sees him as a well-dressed teenaged boy whose legs don't even touch the floor when he sits. Later, he appears to have aged a little, resembling Matt Dillon in the *Outsiders* film, which would mean he appeared about 19 or 20.

Hemingway's aspect as the Horseman of Death is fairly traditional, with voluminous robes and hood, scythe and skull mask. He, his motorcycle and his Horse, Gruff, emanate a green glow.

## Series Appearances

* Nate Temple series
	+ Blood Debts
	+ Grimm
	+ Silver Tongue
	+ Beast Master
	+ Tiny Gods
	+ Wild Side
	+ War Hammer
	+ Nine Souls
	+ Horseman
	+ Ascension
	+ Carnage
	+ Savage
* Feathers and Fire
	+ Unchained
	+ Halo Breaker
	+ Angel Dust
* Phantom Queen Diaries
	+ Whiskey Ginger
	+ Cosmopolitan
	+ Brimstone Kiss
Claire Stone

Callie Penrose's best friend. A timid girl with backbone, turned into a werebear by a rogue werebear who had been kicked out of the pack after he went against the Alpha's direction. The werebear pack took her in once finding out she was forcibly changed without her permission, to help her survive the change,
Natural Resistance

*Prerequisite : Constitution 13 or higher*

You have developed a resistance to elemental damage. You gain the following benefits:

* Increase your Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20.
* Whenever you are dealt acid, cold, fire, lightning or thunder damage, you can roll a d4 and reduce the damage equal to the number you rolled.
* You can select this feat multiple times. Each time you do so, you can roll an additional d4.
Ascension

Ascension is book thirteen of the Nate Temple Series.

Ascension

## Blurb

**The Godkiller will rise.**

Despite his recent victories, Nate Temple’s problems are only just beginning. Although it had been necessary, killing the most infamous of the Norse gods has consequences, and no one knows petty vengeance like the Aesir. Especially with Odin’s legendary spear mysteriously missing.

But Nate has more important things to worry about than a pantheon of angry gods.

Because the God of Mischief has been freed from his imprisonment, and so has his monstrosity of a son—a creature prophesied to play a major role in Ragnarok. With Loki’s masterful abilities at illusion and deception, any of Nate’s acquaintances could be Loki in disguise, so he’s forced to play things close to the chest, retreating away from those he trusts the most.

But with gangs of expert assassins relentlessly hunting Nate for the largest contract fee ever known, the police and FBI starting to take a closer look at Nate Temple and his alleged crimes, his best friend’s kids born with bizarre abilities, and his new Horsemen desperately needing their leader to begin training them for the Omega War…

Now is a terrible time to be alone.

And an even worse time for his people to be without their leader.

Especially when Nate knows his old enemies were actually just the henchmen and that the *real* masters are still lurking in the shadows—likely even posing as his allies.

The blades of betrayal strike swifter than the first kiss of new love, and the fate of the world is riding on one man’s shoulders…

The Catalyst walks the world.

And no one seems to know exactly what that really means. Except that it’s going to change the future of existence for everyone.

For better or for worse.

Because Nate Temple has changed the rules—the most hated, feared, and respected beings in human history are no longer safe in St. Louis.

Even gods can die...

## Opening

*I stood beneath a rusted steel awning, anxiously shifting from foot to foot as I mentally prepared myself for the worst possible outcome. It was early December, but the temperatures still hovered in the mid-fifties, so I hadn’t needed to dust off my bulky winter coats. It also made the pouring rain a lot more tolerable. A tugboat drifted down the nearby river—the only potential eyewitness, but only if they had a pair of binoculars and happened to be staring toward the mostly abandoned warehouses occupying this forgotten stretch of riverbank.*

*If things went south here, my Horseman’s Mask wouldn’t help me.*

*Because a wise man once said that it was generally considered unwise to wear a bomb vest to a wrestling match. Me. I was the wise man who once said that.*
Shayne Silvers Templeverse Official Wiki

**Welcome to Shayne Silvers' Templeverse Official Wiki!**

Shayne Silvers-approved wiki for all things Templeverse: The Nate Temple Series, Feathers and Fire, and Phantom Queen Diaries.

### ABOUT SHAYNE (a mostly true story)

Shayne who? Surely you jest. Really? OK, so there was this guy working in a bank. He was terrible at it (not really) because he had this universe and its peoples’ voices rambling around in his head, distracting him, probably making him sign loans to people with -500 credit ratings and stuff. One voice in his head – let’s call him Nate – was extremely loud and pushy about wanting OUT.
So, this Shayne guy wrote a book on a shoestring budget, full of magic, monsters and gratuitous Minotaur abuse, with Nate as its entitled brat of a main character (let’s face it, Nate could be a jerk). And – who knew? The book sold. People enjoyed the mayhem, snark and dragons and things, and Shayne made thousands of pennies.

Well, Shayne thinks *that went well*, so he writes another book, and this time, he puts the beat down on Nate (probably to shut him up), and a flawed, but teachable, Urban Fantasy icon is starting to gain traction.

By now, Shayne is doubling down on his dream (or maybe just his quest to quiet those voices in his head). He writes and publishes at a furious pace, sending Nate on adventure after adventure, trial after trial, and Shayne’s making millions of pennies! Another loud voice that’s been clamoring for attention – Callie – gets her own book, nay, series. Thank goodness, Callie is a hit, too, because Shayne’s mortgaging his future on this writing thing. Literally. And it’s paying off.

Then Shayne loses his job. As in, loses it like a champ - sayonara suckers, I am making bank with these books and I am outta this gig!

That first million *dollars* was tough, but damned if he didn’t do it.

The universe, this Templeverse needs to expand, though. Enter Cameron and a potty-mouthed badass Boston lass named Quinn, and she’s got her Irish up. The Phantom Queen has arrived…

Fast-forward a couple years, and the Templeverse is a bona fide thing, this guy with questionable mental stability is supporting his family with his writing and associated merchandising, he’s released a new, non-Temple series, he’s collabing with other authors and – AND – he’s opened his own publishing company!

But that’s a story for another wiki. Have fun exploring Shayne’s world!

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Salty Dog

Salty Dog is book seven of the Phantom Queen Diaries.

Salty Dog

## Blurb

**Abductions rarely go as planned…but this is just ridiculous.**

Torn from the Faeling Games on the beaches of Scotland, Quinn MacKenna suddenly finds herself doggie-paddling in a turbulent sea of blood with no land in sight.

And that’s the highlight of her day so far, because her abductors seem perfectly content to simply leave her in this strange Otherworld. Quinn must fight tooth and nail to unearth answers about herself and her place in the worlds of both Man and Fae…even if that means losing herself, first.

Luckily, it seems teeth and nails are all the rage as Quinn teams up with an unlikely guide as a god’s consolation prize. Unfortunately, it turns out man’s best friend can be one damn salty dog.

Debts come due and masks are torn away, and Quinn learns that nothing and no one is as they seemed. That her entire life has been a setup for a much more nefarious game. And the only way to even have a chance at winning is to fetch those broken remnants of her soul.

It’s a dog eat dog world out there…

And this black magic arms dealer likes to bite—when the mood is right.

## Opening

*When I was a little girl, my aunt used to have to drag me out of bed. I don’t mean that metaphorically, either. She’d holler at me a couple times from the kitchen most mornings before clomping up the stairs, flipping on the lights, snatching me by the ankles, and yanking me out of bed. I’d spit and hiss like a cat, try and kick free, but no matter how hard I fought I’d end up standing in front of the bathroom mirror, glaring at my reflection, bleary-eyed, my red hair a tousled, tangled mess. I wasn’t a morning person, back then.*

*And I sure as hell wasn’t one, now.*
Tammy and Ethan

Tammy and Ethan are very minor characters in the Temple Series. Siblings, they become entangled in Kyle's plot to steal the *Kinder- und Hausmärchen* grimoire in Fairy Tale. They were patsies, recruited for their ability to heal by Kyle with promises of revenge for the death of a friend. See Kyle's page for the events involving the siblings.

## Powers

Self-healing, even from apparently mortal wounds.
Arak

Arak is a God of Destruction that came from Universe 5.

## Appearance

Arak is a tan and somewhat wrinkly humanoid with large purple eyes and an emaciated frame.

He has a red mohawk and does not have a nose, but has nostrils.

He also has whiskers on his face and large purple lips. Arak wears very similar clothing to other Gods of Destruction such as Beerus.

## Personality

He thoroughly investigates what he should target for destruction.

He tries to expand his universe's potential with the minimal amount of destruction, in contrast to other Gods of Destruction such as Beerus, who instead indulges himself or destroys planets for petty reasons.

Even more, while some of the other gods appear to be lazy, Arak is shown to be a disciplined man, regularly meditating and continuing his training as a God of Destruction.

He also appears to value life in general as he was also visibly disturbed at the erasure of Universes 9 and 10.

## Powers, Skills & Abilities

As with all Gods of Destruction, Arak is incredibly powerful, only being surpassed in his Universe by his angel/attendant Cukatail.

* **Flight** – The ability to fly with the use of Ki.
* **Ki Blast** – The most basic form of energy wave.
	+ **Multiple Beams** - Arak can shoot up to five powerful serpentine energy beams at once.
* **Hakai** - As the God of Destruction, Arack possess the ability to destroy anything, which includes Gods and ghosts.
	+ **Energy of Destruction** - The Power of Destruction manifested as energy.
* **Telekinesis** - Also called **Psychokinesis**, is a technique that allows the user to manipulate objects and other people with the power of one's mind.
* **Life Link** - Arak and Ogma's lives are linked to one another, so if one of them dies, the other will die as well (in a manner similar to Piccolo and Kami) in order to prevent an imbalance between the natural forces of creation and destruction which Arak and Ogma represent.
* **Headshot** - Arak uses a finger flicking attack to send his opponent flying.
* **Finger Beam** - In the manga, Arak holds out his index finger and releases an energy beam from his fingertip.
Asterion

Asterion, first appearing in Obsidian Son, is the legendary Minotaur, offspring of a woman and a bull, a raging, man-eating beast. We quickly learn, however, that Asterion has become a (relatively) peaceful Buddhist, complete with prayer beads.

When we first meet Asterion, he has been the keeper of a powerful and dangerous book, Sons of the Dying Sun, since his time in Daedalus' Labyrinth. He also passes on a coin to Nate, as the first to request the book, from Hermes.

## Appearance

Asterion is essentially a hairy man (though he can shift to full bull shape) with the head and tail of a bull. He's massive, with tree-trunk-like legs, and tall and densely muscled. He sports a beard-like scraggle from his lower jaw, an inch-thick runed gold ring in his snout, and a necklace of prayer beads. His eyes and hair are brown (cow-shit brown).

## Series Appearances

An important secondary character, Asterion appears in two of the three series.

* Nate Temple Series
	+ Obsidian Son
	+ Blood Debts
	+ Silver Tongue
	+ Beast Master
	+ Beerlympian
	+ Tiny Gods
	+ Wild Side
	+ War Hammer
	+ Nine Souls
	+ Horseman
	+ Ascension
* Feathers and Fire
	+ Angels Roar
Dean

Dean, of no last name, is the Temple family's butler/head of security/all-around fixer. According to Nate: *Dean had served as our Chief of Security since I was a child, but vehemently denied all titles except Butler. He came from a very different time, when the term Butler was a highly-respected profession. Dedication, Loyalty, Honor, and Prestige were his lifeblood...*

His general demeanor is gruff, fussy, disdainful and disapproving of Nate's behavior.

## Appearance

*He was about chest height, and his eyes seemed to shine like Caribbean ocean water surrounding the black island of his pupils.*

## Series Appearances

* Nate Temple Series
	+ Obsidian Son
	+ Blood Debts
	+ Grimm
	+ Silver Tongue
	+ Beast Master
	+ Tiny Gods
	+ Daddy Duty
	+ Wild Side
	+ War Hammer
	+ Nine Souls
	+ Horseman
	+ Legend
	+ Knightmare
	+ Carnage
* Feathers and Fire
	+ Rage
Angels Roar

Angels Roar is book four in the Feathers and Fire Series.

Angels Roar

## Blurb

**Callie Penrose must die…**

Callie Penrose – a wizard with a splash of Angel’s blood flowing through her veins—kind of broke the Vatican and their band of Holy-warrior, wizard-priests, the Shepherds. Officially, the report stated *Callie forgot to turn the other cheek, and things escalated*…

She returns home to Kansas City to find new gangs of supernaturals roving the streets, preying on the innocent while the local factions do nothing. Although not unified, everyone seems to agree on one point…

Callie Penrose must die.

And she’s still hearing those strange Whispers in her mind—much more frequently than before, and not nearly as…*forgiving*.

But when an epic betrayal blindsides her and she discovers the truth of her birth—why Heaven and Hell have been so interested in her—Callie’s world begins to crumble, and she must decide whether she wants to be a good girl…

Or if it’s time to be a little naughty.

No matter how hard you try, you can’t make an Angel cry…

They just *roar*.

## Opening

*The rickety bench was cold and uncomfortable, still wet from the chilly downpour of rain earlier. Claire was studying the brick wall behind our bench while my eyes focused on the gang of thugs across the street. Sirens wailed in the distance, but they weren’t anywhere near us.*

*Because police didn’t typically patrol this part of town. They only came if someone called them, and even then, they would arrive armed with assault weapons, riot gear, and body armor. Gangs owned these streets. Police actually discouraged vehicles from coming to a complete stop at the stop signs, because gangs were known to target obedient drivers. Follow laws too closely here and you were liable to see the barrel of a shotgun pointing at your face from outside the window. New age highway robbery.*
Maria Machado

## Appearance

Chronologically, Quinn first encounters Det. Maria Machado of Boston PD in Collins. She's described as a short Hispanic woman in a pant suit, wearing her hair in a no-nonsense bun, yet still attractive. Quinn finds her severe and humorless, and speculates that the detective is former military, and has a crush on Officer Jimmy Collins.

## Biography

Maria is Jimmy's superior officer and, when she finds Quinn at the scene of a disturbance related to the kidnapping of a child by someone called The Necromancer, she brings Quinn in for questioning because she says the word, 'necromancer'. Quinn and Jimmy solve the case, but are unable to admit to anyone that the boy himself was the necromancer creating zombies. Unable to make Regular Maria understand, Quinn accepts that she and the detective will be at odds.

An unspecified number of years later, in Whiskey Ginger, Maria encounters Quinn again under suspicious circumstances, and confiscates her gun. Later, Quinn and Jimmy return from an adventure, right into Maria's crime scene. Jimmy is unconscious, comatose (though Maria doesn't realize he's actually died and been resurrected), so Maria is largely distracted from any more of Quinn's actions. This episode, as well as another brief encounter with Quinn in Old Fashioned, confirms that Maria not only doesn't believe in Freaks and the supernatural, but actively avoids internalizing anything that might convince her.

## Series Appearances

* Phantom Queen Diaries
	+ Collins (Last Call)
	+ Whiskey Ginger
	+ Old Fashioned
	+ Witches Brew
Kyle

Kyle is a minor character in the Templeverse, appearing in Fairy Tale, and is an unscrupulous, murderous Master Vampire. He discovers that the infamous journal (disguised as a book of fairy tales) of the Brothers Grimm is up for auction in St. Louis. He enlists the help of two college students - Tammy and Ethan - to steal the book from the auction house. He planned to provide distractions while the kids made off with the book. The kids also wanted the book, as a means of revenge for the death of a friend.

On the night of the auction, Nate Temple arrives and Kyle realizes Nate might foil his plans. He compels a woman - referred to only as 'the cougar' - to distract Nate by fondling and molesting him. Nate manages to maintain focus and win the bid, panicking Kyle into action. He rushes backstage and demands the book from two security guards. They hesitates, so he strikes out from the shadows, killing one guard, who falls on the other.

Nate reaches backstage and sees the two guards, but is immediately accosted by the cougar, who begins tearing off her clothes. Kyle uses the distraction to escape with the books as a shadow, slashing the woman's throat as he goes.

Shortly after, Kyle murders Alastair Silverstein, former owner of the book and a friend of the Temples. He escapes again, despite Nate attempting to stop him, murdering a couple of FBI agents, as well as Gunnar's partner, in the process. Nate tracks Kyle and the kids to a park, where Kyle is waiting for him. He summons a hippalectryon (demonic rooster-horse) with the book to kill Nate and Gunnar, and escapes again with the kids.

Kyle is, presumably, killed by Jacob Grimm, whom he summons with the book. Nate, Gunnar and Barbie intervene, but Jacob vaporizes Kyle as the summoning portal closes, apparently to absorb his power.

## Appearance

Red hair, and a full, wiry red beard. Kyle is described as dressing all in black, and having a neon-orange spray tan.

## Artifacts

Briefly, Kyle possessed the powerful grimoire/book of fairy tales, *Kinder- und Hausmärchen* by the Brothers Grimm.
Angel Dust

Angel Dust is book eleven in the Feathers and Fire series.

Angel Dust

## Blurb

**A tree’s branches cannot reach Heaven unless its roots also touch Hell…**

The Four Horsemen are hunting the most deadly and elusive of fugitives—the White Rose.

Despite being wanted and on the run, Callie has no intention of hiding from the angelic fallout that now plagues Kansas City. *Never*. Master Dracula will stand as a nightmarish specter against the forces of Heaven, Hell, the nephilim, and the Vatican Conclave.

But nothing is as simple as it seems in this war.

Because betrayal hides behind every ally’s smile, and compassion stands behind every execution. Virtue and compassion, monsters and sheep, victors and victims—all two sides of the same coin. As they say, it is a mother bear’s compassion that gets you eaten.

Callie must cross lines she never wanted to cross, and heed the darkest whispers in her mind if she wants to survive what is to come. If she wants her *people* to survive what is to come. She must evolve and adapt into something darker, something scarier, something nobly cruel.

A symbol to be revered with fearful adoration.

The Horsewoman of Despair is about to flick the first domino of the Omega War.

Thunder and Terror will herald the End, and a true monster will wield the infamous fiery blades with a smile of silver fangs and a pair of glowing white eyes.

Some monsters are *born*…

Others are *made*.

*Non Serviam* is the battlecry of the damned…and the exalted.

## Opening

*I sprinted down the dark hallway, panting and snarling like a beast. I wanted to taste my foe’s blood on my tongue, to feel that tickling warmth slide down my throat and the familiar waves of power rocked through me as my body responded to the magical nourishment it now craved. I was Master Dracula, and no one survived invading my home.*

*No one.*
Hurricane

Hurricane is book nine of the Phantom Queen Diaries.

Hurricane

## Blurb

**What’s a goddess to do?**

After being lost at sea and taken prisoner by yet another denizen of the Titan realm, Quinn finds herself cold, wet, miserable, and very much alone. Until a familiar and unexpected face steps back into her life to remind her who she is—and has always—been: a fighter. Following this revelation, Quinn can only acknowledge that some journeys require circuitous routes, even if that means attaining her freedom and rushing—not to the rescue of her besieged allies—but to the mythical island of Aeaea, home to the infamous witch, Circe, where Quinn will be confronted with cryptic visions of the present and a brutal choice: to sacrifice everything she is on the altar of what she could become, or to continue stumbling around in the dark.

No matter her decision, Quinn knows she must see order restored to the Eighth Sea if she hopes to save her friends and allies. But at what price? The answer to that could cost Quinn her very humanity and will reveal stark truths about her role in the war to come. A war her father predicted and, apparently, prepared for. A war which has already begun to claim the lives of those she cares about and will likely claim many more before all is said and done.

But, before she can worry about any of that, Quinn must go to battle against her old friend and nemesis, rescue her besieged friends, and honor her end of a lopsided bargain—a task which will pit Quinn against her wildest nightmares and her darkest dreams with just one person at her side...a certain mouthy wizard from St. Louis—Nate Temple.

The waters get even murkier as Quinn gets caught in a current that draws her closer and closer to the secrets which surround Atlantis, to the gates of the Underworld and the lost souls which lie beyond, and to the mysterious figure of her father, a wizard so powerful he defied time itself.

Some people like to say that when it rains, it pours. But then they must never have met Quinn MacKenna...because in her case it’s always hurricane season.

## Opening

*The nose-wrinkling odor of rusted iron mingled with the briny aroma of the sea, undercut by the musk of wet leather and the reek of rotting fish, filled my nose. Perpetually wet, my hair lay lank across the nape of my neck like a dead animal, and it was all I could do not to retch all over my boots. Of course, if I did, I knew the fetor would only get worse, adding some congealed icing to the already moldy cake. My mute guards—ethereal women with luminescent skin covered in various patterns of iridescent scales, hair like matted seaweed, and soulless, pupilless eyes—had fed me nothing but raw fish for days, now; I’d never thrown up seafood before, but I sincerely doubted regurgitated sashimi would improve the bouquet.*
Web/Social

## Freaks are Everywhere!

Yep, if you're new to the Templeverse, you should know that Shayne's fans are properly referred to as Freaks, and we work hard to live up to the name. We have a couple of hangouts you should check out, because we are one bunch of bananas. Oh, and that Shayne guy keeps wandering in, too.

Our Facebook home away from home, where we can let our Freak flags fly. Shayne stalks us, we get advance notice of upcoming releases, news, giveaways... This is a PRIVATE group, so you'll need to answer questions and agree to a few rules to join.

Want a quieter place to hang, away from the noise of Facebook? Join us in the Mighty Den on Mighty Networks. All the same interaction and perks, just without the ads and interference.

## Stalk Shayne on Social Media

The guy gets around! Look for Shayne on Facebook, Instagram and You Tube.

Shayne's Website is most notable for the link to the Store, where you can get signed books, apparel and other merch.

## Cameron O'Connell

Oh yeah, Big Red would love you to stalk him, too! Look for him on Facebook and Instagram. AND, he has his own Facebook Group, Cameron O'Connell's Book Pub

## Argento Publishing

Like and follow Argento Publishing on Facebook.

Oh, and buy books and merch on Argento's Website!
Legend

Legend

Legend is book eleven in the Nate Temple Series.

## Blurb

**NATE TEMPLE HAS HOLES IN HIS SOUL, BOTH IMAGINED AND REAL…**

And the only way to patch his soul back together is to go back to where it all began. To where *he* began. To where a Manling was born…

To a dangerous boy named Wylde.

Because to have any hope at standing against Mordred—to save Camelot and St. Louis alike—he must learn what it means to be a Catalyst.

A little boy must know his *legend*—his origin. And he must learn the painful truth that his entire life has been meticulously planned and laid out like the steps to a choreographed dance. And that Mordred is just another dance card in a long line of future suitors at the Temple Ball.

If Nate can survive the dance, that is…

Let’s discover what dangers a little boy can get into when his imagination is more real than reality itself…

When the powers of life and death can be heard in the absent humming of a little boy playing in the woods with his cat…

Because behind every Song is a Mask waiting to be born.

Or *destroyed*…

## Opening

*I clinked glasses with Achilles, wishing I had some Macallan rather than beer.*

*“Alcohol. Because no great story ever started with anyone eating a salad,” I told him.*

*Achilles chuckled, his eyes trained on the next group of men teaming up against Alex. The Minotaur was absent since this was just some unscheduled light training for Alex, who had wanted to work out. He’d asked me to join him, but I had politely declined. I didn’t want to risk having a mental breakdown in the middle of the fight if something reminded me of Fae.*
Callie Penrose

Callie Penrose

## Appearance

Callie is young when we meet her - mid-twenties or so. She is tallish, slender and athletic, with long white-blonde hair.

## Biography

Callie (Excalibur) is the child of Constance, a dark wizard, and the Nephilim Titus, who was sent to kill her but fell in love, instead. Hunted, and seeing that Callie had a destiny, Constance and Titus left their daughter on the steps of Abundant Angel Catholic Church during a violent storm. Father David found the infant and took her in.

Terry and Sarah Penrose adopted Callie and raised her as their own, Regular, child. Sarah died of cancer when Callie was in her teens, but Callie maintains a close, loving relationship with her dad. Callie has abandonment issues after, at age ten, she's told she was adopted, having been abandoned. She sees psychiatrists, but still has nightmares of being abandoned during a storm.

At about age fifteen, Callie and her best friend, Claire, were attacked. In fear and rage, Callie lashed out with fire. Roland Haviar also arrived, helping to save both girls, and explained to them that those had been vampires, and that Callie is a wizard, able to call fire as a weapon. Roland began to train Callie to use her wizard powers, and in martial arts, hoping to make her into a Shepherd - one of a militant arm of the Catholic Church that hunts monsters. Feathers and Fire begins roughly ten years later.

## Series Appearances

Callie is the main character in the Feathers and Fire series, and appears in all novels in the series. She also crosses series, appearing *Motherlucker* in Last Call alongside Othello and Quinn MacKenna. She also appears both companion series.

* Nate Temple Series
	+ Wild Side
	+ War Hammer
	+ Nine Souls
	+ Horseman
	+ Knightmare
	+ Ascension
	+ Carnage
	+ Dark Horse

* Phantom Queen Diaries
	+ Old Fashioned