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Melinda Kucsera
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I am Melinda Kucsera, an indie fantasy author, and I narrate chapters from my adventure books, talk about fantasy books with fantasy authors and try my best not to get derailed by the shenanigans of characters who are supposed to be fictional, but they don't stay within the pages of my books. I tell all their secrets and what trouble they get into in between books, and I try to get other fantasy authors to give away spoilers about their books.

  1. 4d ago

    Fantasy, Lore, & More: The Shadow Sisters

    Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Matthew Cesca joined me to talk about his fantasy book, The Shadow Sisters. What’s it about? A life of lies and betrayal. Anjia has trained her entire life to become a Sister of the Temple of Kyrsma, Goddess of Love and Light. She knows one of two fates await her on Ascension Day, a life of service or a gruesome death. But as the day of her ascension comes and she is sworn to the temple, her life is no longer her own. A terrible truth is revealed to her — the temple is corrupted by the shadow demon, Khimital. And with her ascension, Anjia is now bound to it. Along with the other sisters of the Temple, Anjia is forced to work as an assassin for the Khimital, whose only desire is to spread darkness in the world once strong with Kyrsma’s light. With each mission, the sisters perform unspeakable acts that darken their souls. Defiance is met with dominance as each sister learns that having the Khimital’s influence take control of their bodies is worse than carrying out these deadly deeds on their own. The Khimital is not without benevolence though. With each mission completed, the Khimital offers new powers and mastery of the shadows. Anjia must accept this new life that was thrust upon her and the sins she must commit in the Khimital’s name. The longer Anjia is forced to serve, the deadlier she becomes. And the more power the Khimital gives her, the more she begins to embrace this new destiny… Where to get the book: https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Sisters-Matthew-Cesca-ebook/dp/B0FP9QX6QG https://matthew-cesca-shop.fourthwall.com/products/signed-copy-of-the-shadow-sisters-paperback https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shadow-sisters-matthew-cesca/1148428439 Where to find our guest: Website: www.mattcesca.com @authormattcesca on Tiktok, Instagram, & Threads Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embed

    Fantasy, Lore, & More: The Shadow Sisters

  2. 5d ago

    Fantasy, Lore, & More: The Path of Frozen Fire

    Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Matt Langford joined me to talk about his fantasy book, The Path of Frozen Fire. What’s it about? The Path has never allowed anyone to return... For generations, the ashen of Promised Vale have survived by sending one champion each year up the Path. At the summit, above the cloudline, waits the Devourer, a monster no village champion has ever defeated. If no one ascends, it comes down to feast. Riven has spent his life serving the Keepers who enforce this law. As captain of the village guardians, he protects Promised Vale from the scalehound packs that hunt beyond its walls and carries out the Keepers’ orders to preserve the village’s peace and prosperity. He has never questioned the sacred oaths that bind him to their command. But, on his wedding day, the Keepers halt the ceremony and name his bride as the next champion. Riven is ordered to stand aside as his beloved is sent up the Path, never to return. To resist the Keepers would mean betraying his rank, defying the men under his command, and breaking the sacred oaths that have shaped his life. To obey would mean surrendering her to the Devourer. Now Riven is forced to choose between remaining faithful to the village he has sworn to protect, or abandoning everything to follow her up the Path of Frozen Fire. Where to get the book: Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Path-of-Frozen-Fire-Audiobook/B0HG8J43VX Echomeris.com Where to find our guest: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matt.langford.author?igsh=MnJqc2JwdXp0Yzh1&utm_source=qr Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matt.langford?_r=1&_t=ZP-98BGFAeq1BG Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embed

    Fantasy, Lore, & More: The Path of Frozen Fire

  3. 5d ago

    Fantasy, Lore, & More with Chaos in Chains

    Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, I’m talking about my book, Chaos in Chains. What’s it about? Cancel the apocalypse? She’s working on it. Sovvan never asked to be the Angel of Death, but she’s finally getting the hang of it. She didn’t want to wrangle the apocalypse, either, but she captured most of the wraths with some help from her friends. But her winning streak just hit a wall. Her closest friend, Misriah, vanished without a trace, leaving Sovvan’s twin brother without a guardian angel. Even worse, the last two wraths—War and Conquest—are still out there, and Sovvan has no way to track them down. Sovvan dives into the unknown to find Misriah, hoping the warrior angel has a way to track the missing wraths. But she needs her family to stay out of danger and not summon her until the apocalypse is officially canceled. But what Sovvan doesn’t know could destroy everything. War and Conquest aren’t just hiding. They stalk her family and friends, and they’ll strike the moment she leaves them unattended. While Sovvan searches for a way to track them, the apocalypse is already at her family’s doorstep. Where to get the book: Follow the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/melindakucsera/two-riders-of-the-apocalypse-illustrated-epic-fantasy-quests Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com/embed

    Fantasy, Lore, & More with Chaos in Chains

  4. Aug 27

    Fantasy, Lore, & More: Twin Moons of Eldradune

    Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, A.D. Solomon, joins me to talk about his book, Twin Moons of Eldradune. What’s it about? Lex Anders and Mara Thorne never expected an ancient box to pull them from Earth into Eldradune, a world steeped in magic, buried history, and powers neither of them understands. Stranded far from home, they set out to find a way back, only to learn that Eldradune has no intention of making anything simple. For Lex, the journey soon becomes deeply personal. Strange visions, awakening abilities, and an inexplicable bond with this unfamiliar world force him to question everything he knows about himself. The novel begins a larger saga of friendship, identity, and destiny, with the uncomfortable reminder that being important to an ancient prophecy is rarely as flattering as it sounds. Where to get the book: Amazon Where to find our guest: Website: https://www.adsolomonbooks.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@adsolomonbooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/AD-Solomon-Author/61582414074301/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adsolomon_author/?hl=en Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com

    Fantasy, Lore, & More: Twin Moons of Eldradune

  5. Aug 11

    Fantasy, Lore, & More: The First Stone

    Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Robert Biehn, joins me to talk about his book, The First Stone. What’s it about? Cass’s little sister is going to die. He’ll burn the world down to save her. As an Ignarus Myth, a human born with power over fire, Cass is considered a danger to humanity. Centuries ago, Myths were revered, until some mutated into Nightmares that nearly wiped out humanity. From the ruins rose the Prism Spire, ruled by the Arbiter, who built compounds to protect what remained. Then came his decree: all Myths must take the Pax Serum, erasing their powers and Nightmare gene, or be hunted by his augmented soldiers, Grafters. Cass and his little sister Evelon live beyond the compound walls, hiding because Evelon is the most wanted person in the Prism Spire. With no memories beyond two years ago, they search for answers. When Evelon falls ill, one mistake forces Cass into a fight with a ruthless Grafter named Felix. Cass faces a fate worse than death when Felix reveals his hidden weapon. The Pax Serum. Where to get the book: From the Publisher: https://www.exousia.world/book Where to find our guest: TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X: worldofexousia Newsletter: exousia.world/newsletter-signup Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/ Melinda’s Substack: https://www.melinda-kucsera.com

    Fantasy, Lore, & More: The First Stone

  6. Jul 14

    Fantasy, Lore, & More with Chaos Reigns

    Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, I’m talking about my book, Chaos Reigns. What’s it about? THE APOCALYPSE ISN’T STALLED ANY MORE, AND THE WRATHS ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. Sovvan thought capturing a couple of wraths meant she’d finally have time to figure out how to lock them up permanently and find the rest. But the wraths have other plans. A desperate summons pulls her back to Mount Eredren because her family is in danger. Old enemies captured her nephew, and they’re forcing his father to destroy the city. Worse still, their guardian angels are nowhere in sight and that includes Misriah, her mentor and friend. Misriah isn’t just missing—she is being hunted. Conquest, a fiercely intelligent, manipulative wrath, is searching for a worthy rider to help him bring the world to its knees. He preys on her deepest insecurities, isolating her from her friends to forge an unbreakable bond. With her family in danger and her mentor gone, Sovvan can’t rely on anyone else to fix things. She must use her wits, her new powers, and her indominable will to save her family and get some protection for them, so she can hunt down the remaining wraths before they go after her family. Chaos Reigns is the thrilling next chapter in the Riders of the Apocalypse story arc. If you love immersive epic fantasy books, magical battles, and characters who refuse to play by the rules, then this is the book for you. Where to get the book: Follow the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/melindakucsera/two-riders-of-the-apocalypse-illustrated-epic-fantasy-quests Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/

    Fantasy, Lore, & More with Chaos Reigns

  7. Jul 13

    Fantasy, Lore, & More with Into the Great

    Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, Elliot Blake, joins me to talk about his book, Into the Great. What’s it about? Sparks fly when Lilah, a thief from a struggling freespacer colony outside the borders of the Federated Solar Republic, meets Bax, an FSR security officer stationed at an official colony within those borders, during a time of heightened tensions for humanity as the silent, staring, seemingly invulnerable aliens dubbed The Aureum begin to meddle in human affairs. A story about choosing the life you want to live in a time of unprecedented, rapid change beyond your control. Where to get the book: From the Publisher: https://lilfac.com/shop/ws-/products/into-the-great Where to find our guest: website: https://elliotblake.com Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: https://melindakucsera.com/

    Fantasy, Lore, & More with Into the Great

  8. Jun 20

    Fantasy, Lore, & More with The Solarian Deep

    Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, David Deane Haskell, joins me to talk about his book, The Solarian Deep. What’s it about? Below the city’s light, at the edge of the abyss where sentinels don’t go, Calistya sees a boy. No oxygen rig. No surgical scars. No implants. Just skin, and something about him that shouldn’t be possible. He shouldn’t exist. Then he’s gone. When her best friend Khrystal vanishes into the abyss chasing the same impossible truth, Calistya faces a choice: stay safe inside a city that was never quite home — or dive deeper than her gear was ever designed to reach. Down in the dark, she’ll discover that evolution didn’t wait for surgery. And whatever came first is still down there. Watching. Where to get the book: Amazon: https://mybook.to/solariandeep From the Author: https://daviddeanehaskell.com Where to find our guest: Newsletter/Blog: ⁠https://daviddeanehaskellstories.substack.com⁠ Where to find your host: Melinda’s website: ⁠https://melindakucsera.com/⁠

    Fantasy, Lore, & More with The Solarian Deep
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I am Melinda Kucsera, an indie fantasy author, and I narrate chapters from my adventure books, talk about fantasy books with fantasy authors and try my best not to get derailed by the shenanigans of characters who are supposed to be fictional, but they don't stay within the pages of my books. I tell all their secrets and what trouble they get into in between books, and I try to get other fantasy authors to give away spoilers about their books.

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