The imPerfect Cathar

The walls between the worlds are thin. The nights draw in. And monsters walk abroad…October 30th, 1958. France’s papers are haunted by the spectre of the Algerian War of Independence. But that still doesn’t explain why they’re silent about a child’s...

Reincarnating every time I get killed doesn’t help when the trap won’t let me die.Getting trapped in a psychotic fae’s twisted game isn’t my idea of a fun Friday afternoon. When one of them shows up in my territory of Toulouse uninvited, I was never...

"The best debut novel I've ever read!" - Heather G Harris, Best-Selling Author of the Other Realm SeriesAfter hundreds of years of dying, you'd think I would've perfected it by now...One moment I'm a heretical priest in the twelfth century, hunted,...

Lost swords and last chances. Whatever happens, I’m liable to end up cut to the quick…We’ve got our friend back, but we’re still facing a terrifying threat, one not afraid of exposing the Talented world to get what they want. And with Isaac still...

What would you sacrifice to get back those you’ve loved and lost?In the months since our battle on the top of Bugarach, I’ve been obsessed with the search for those taken from us, to find a way to bring them back. But my single-minded obsession means...

The good news? There’s a way out of Fairie. The bad news? It’s through the heart of the Unseelie Court of Winter.And that’s not all. Maeve, Winter’s ruler, has been stealing human kids for her own twisted delights. Not only do we have to find a way to...

The problem with ancient promises? There's always a price to pay.I’m exhausted. Done in. Needing a stiff drink and about a week’s sleep. But that’s not going to happen.Because Franc is dying, struck by a curse placed on him by the Sistren Of Bordeaux,...

Body-jacking a legendary assassin when I’m running on empty. No problem, right?After the last few misadventures, I’m not so much broken as ruined, a shell of my former self. But I can’t stop. The trail of those who betrayed me is getting cold, and if...

And so it comes to this. A showdown. An ending. But if we fail – if I end – then reality might follow along behind me.We’ve been through so much. Torture. Murder. Trap after trap mainly sprung by me blundering head first into them and one of my...

At last a warm trail, through blood and bones and long dead kings. The hunt is on…We’re back in Toulouse, and for once we have the upper hand. Our foe has no idea I’ve escaped from his trap in Fairie and we’ve got an actual lead. The famous discovery...

After hundreds of years of dying, you'd think I would've perfected it by now...One moment I'm a heretical priest in the twelfth century, hunted, hated...The next, I'm waking up in the nearest corpse. Stuck in a cycle of instant reincarnation, popping...

A free short story from The imPerfect Cathar.'There’s an irony about how often the elements are used to kill those supposedly capable of controlling them. Water. Fire. Air. Earth.Drowning. Burning. Hanging. Burying them alive.Those so keen to use such...