ROAN: The Tales Of Conor Archer, vol. 1 by E. R. Barr

Orphaned and alone, Conor Archer comes back to his hometown to find himself the center of attention. With the help of new friends, Jace the captain of the football team and Beth, his twin sister, along with a strange Labrador Retriever named Troubles, Conor has to discover who he really is and how he is tied to the mystery of the ‘Dark Ones’. They are the children the town is protecting from an ancient river demon and a shapeshifter in the nearby Indian Burial mound. Into the midst of Conor’s hunt for the truth comes DIOGENE, a biogenetics company with a scientist willing to do anything to unravel the mystery of the ‘Dark Ones’. Conor finds himself caught in a web of lies where myth and science war for humanity’s soul. In the midst of rising terror and horror, courage and heroism shine out through the darkness in this epic paranormal fantasy.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

RUMORS OF MAGIC AND MURDER hung over the tragedy at Tinker’s Grove which destroyed a town and killed some fine people. Aunt Emily thought sending Conor Archer to Ireland to see his godmother was the solution to keep him safe and out of harm’s way.

Conor went, and immediately got himself in trouble with a local landowner, a Japanese war criminal, and a bunch of Otherworld things that wanted to destroy him. Not everyone was an enemy. There were the secretive Travelers–the Tinker folk with legends that tended to come true. Of course, the Roan were there, the People of the Sea, promising to watch over him. But there was something more–an ancient being camped out on the mysterious Skellig Islands, intent on protecting him and the land.

He remembered Aunt Emily slapping an envelope into his pocket saying, “Here’s your ticket; have a nice flight; stay safe.” Not a chance he thought.