Mark P Kolba: 7 books

Adventure, magic, and intrigue!  Fantastical Tales brings you all three in a delightful collection of fantasy short stories.  Befriend a cantankerous potionmaker striving to brew a forbidden elixir.  Explore with an elven messenger fighting his way out of a magical trap.  These adventures...

As an elven kithwaymender, Lleyyanir has delivered hundreds of clandestine communications across continents and kingdoms. But when his master Gwennin charges him with a new task, a delivery to the warden of the beleaguered northern city of Porytim, Gwennin urges unprecedented haste. Thousands of lives...

Kirian awaits his execution with but one hope remaining for survival: that he will be chosen as a companion by the Star of Amalore, to guard and protect her just as she protects the city of Amalore with her power. When the Star denies him, Kirian hears her refusal as the toll of the gallows-bell,...

Could faeries really exist? Aleandor has only heard of them in old bedtime tales until the day his master Kinsley proclaims that he has seen one. And what does Kinsley propose they do? Grab a bow and go hunting. Soon Aleandor must decide where his heart lies—behind a goose-feathered arrow and a...

For fifteen years, Darminor has limped through life on a withered leg, envying the world around him while perfecting the banned art of potionmaking. Now, after all this time, he finds that healing may be within his grasp. He need only brew the dragonclaw elixir, the rarest of potions—and then steal...

When a plague ravages the city of Corthana, Keirdan is stretched to the breaking point as he juggles supervising the exhausted monks at his monastery and caring for the sick and dying. Despair clings to the sanatorium walls and tugs at Keirdan’s heart. When the mystical Bath Stone arrives at the...

Ten years ago, Zaron had everything taken from him—his parents, his village, and even his memory of how it all happened.  But now the dark shroud veiling the past has begun to lift, and visions—perhaps even memories—of his home are troubling his dreams. As he delves for answers...