Adam J Mangum: 7 books

Sometimes peace can only be achieved through war. On a remote scientific installation controlled by warmongering scientist Sycorax, genetically manufactured prototype soldier Caliban is his failed creation. Despite possessing more power and skills than the average human soldier, Caliban has...

Mercy and compassion are not for those who lead. You fake those attributes in public, but when important decisions are to be made, you leave them behind. Eleven-year-old Claribel is being trained by her mother to take over leadership of their world. But as Claribel learns more of what it means to lead...

Hope before fear.Claribel has been married out to the king of an allied world, her destiny muted by political exile. But when her wedding party is stranded in a mysterious system, she and her new husband must discover who did this and why before peace is shattered throughout the Known Systems. And Caliban...

One wants to escape. Another wants to catch a traitor. And an assassin wants to kill her prey. Only one of them will get what they want. In the explosive prequel to PEAK CROSSER, Lascrill has been discovered as a rebel leader. He needs to warn his friends before their plans are uncovered and...

In an ancient empire covered by a nearly impassable mountain range, factions within and without threaten to topple a thousand-year-old peace. The Empire’s survival depends on the unknowing and unwitting. Zornan is a simple man who works as a Peak Crosser carrying letters and small items amidst...

The Empire of the Peaks is teetering on the edge of collapse, and five individuals must find their way amidst the storm... Three years after the events of PEAK CROSSER, the story follows Zornan, Calla, Zandia and Crisdan. Dueling rebel factions strive to bring down the Empire. Zornan would...

One man’s hunt for his family may bring down an empire. Zornan searches across the Empire of the Peaks to find his wife Calla. He’s doing things he’d never have considered before, using his growing magical power to wreak havoc in his search. But his allies are few, and his enemies are...