Fiction

Scheduled for release April 7, 2026! My first fantasy novel!

Skogaban has tolerated a lot of abuse from his father, but he went too far when he hit Sko’s best friend, Dacey. Sko strikes back, and he has to flee town with Dacey without knowing if his father is dead or alive. On the road, their friendship blossoms into much more. Sko also finds that his self-taught magic is unique and extremely powerful. This draws the unwanted attention of a powerful necromancer and Sko finds that—like it or not—his fate and Dacey’s are tied to his magic. Is his newfound magic worth it? Does he even have a choice anymore?

The Bounds of Magic is the first book in the Tryllevær series. Book 2 is planned for late 2026 or early 2027.

Seven stories of tea, including the poor farmer who cleaned up a temple and was given a special tea plant by the goddess; the mandarin who tried to fix an English earl’s tea and created one of the western world’s most popular teas; the tea master who performed one last tea ceremony after he was ordered by his daimyo to commit seppuku. Some of the stories are entirely legend, their origins lost in the mists of time. Some are based heavily on fact. Some will be familiar to any tea aficionado. Some are purely the product of my own imagination.

Much more of my writing and ranting about tea is available on my Tea With Gary blog.

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