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Magic Lands: The Road That Drowned

A Standalone Fantasy Survival Thriller

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 1 - Magic Lands: Stories from Beyond the Path
The road was supposed to be safe. Then the wet swallowed it. Tavin knows that no path through the living wetlands stays exactly the same. Water rises. Ground shifts. Roots move. A careful traveler watches, listens, tests - and respects what the land is saying. But this time the land isn't the only thing changing. Route marks point where they shouldn't. Travelers are being sent toward danger. Old ... Read more

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The road was supposed to be safe. Then the wet swallowed it. Tavin knows that no path through the living wetlands stays exactly the same. Water rises. Ground shifts. Roots move. A careful traveler watches, listens, tests - and respects what the land is saying. But this time the land isn't the only thing changing. Route marks point where they shouldn't. Travelers are being sent toward danger. Old
... Read more

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Stranger Truths Seekers #9: The Floating School Map

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Series Book 9 - Stranger Truths Seekers
In the river delta of Bangladesh, Gabe investigates classrooms on boats, flood-adapted homes, changing channels, and communities determined to keep learning even when the physical ground moves. Rima is cheerful, practical, and impatient with the idea that a life in motion cannot also promise stability. A river-school Crossing reveals village names, family links, lessons, and warnings preserved ... Read more

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In the river delta of Bangladesh, Gabe investigates classrooms on boats, flood-adapted homes, changing channels, and communities determined to keep learning even when the physical ground moves. Rima is cheerful, practical, and impatient with the idea that a life in motion cannot also promise stability. A river-school Crossing reveals village names, family links, lessons, and warnings preserved
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Stranger Truths Seekers #3: The Wave Compass

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Series Book 3 - Stranger Truths Seekers
In the Marshall Islands, Gabe follows the astonishing knowledge of canoe builders and navigators who read ocean swells, weather, and movement instead of relying on a fixed line across a page. Jela is patient with the sea and much less patient with visitors who think copying a visible chart means they understand the people who use it. A wave-pattern Crossing reveals a route that changes with tide, ... Read more

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In the Marshall Islands, Gabe follows the astonishing knowledge of canoe builders and navigators who read ocean swells, weather, and movement instead of relying on a fixed line across a page. Jela is patient with the sea and much less patient with visitors who think copying a visible chart means they understand the people who use it. A wave-pattern Crossing reveals a route that changes with tide,
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Stranger Truths Seekers #6: The Singing Dune Signal

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Series Book 6 - Stranger Truths Seekers
Across the Namib Desert, Gabe investigates booming sand, fog-fed life, track reading, and the survival knowledge hidden inside a landscape outsiders too easily call empty. Tuli is quiet, exact, and capable of defeating a grand visitor theory with one perfectly timed sentence. A sound Crossing leads toward temporary markers and warnings carried through shifting tones, footprints, and weather. Then ... Read more

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Across the Namib Desert, Gabe investigates booming sand, fog-fed life, track reading, and the survival knowledge hidden inside a landscape outsiders too easily call empty. Tuli is quiet, exact, and capable of defeating a grand visitor theory with one perfectly timed sentence. A sound Crossing leads toward temporary markers and warnings carried through shifting tones, footprints, and weather. Then
... Read more

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Stranger Truths Seekers #19: The Mountain Horn Signal

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Series Book 19 - Stranger Truths Seekers
In Jamaica, Gabe investigates difficult routes, community communication traditions, and oral knowledge that helped people protect one another outside systems built to control them. Imani is bold, politically sharp, and ready to end any conversation that treats a safe path as an entertaining puzzle for visitors. A sound-and-path Crossing reveals warnings carried through calls, food deliveries, ... Read more

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In Jamaica, Gabe investigates difficult routes, community communication traditions, and oral knowledge that helped people protect one another outside systems built to control them. Imani is bold, politically sharp, and ready to end any conversation that treats a safe path as an entertaining puzzle for visitors. A sound-and-path Crossing reveals warnings carried through calls, food deliveries,
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Magic Lands: The Bell Beneath the Water

A Standalone Fantasy Thriller

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 3 - Magic Lands: Stories from Beyond the Path
The bell rings from beneath the water. That should be impossible. Orren knows exactly how long a person can work underwater before courage becomes stupidity. He understands rope, breath, weak timbers, bad angles, and the terrible difference between having enough air to go down and having enough left to come back. But he doesn't understand the bell. With Lenn beside him, Orren descends into a ... Read more

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The bell rings from beneath the water. That should be impossible. Orren knows exactly how long a person can work underwater before courage becomes stupidity. He understands rope, breath, weak timbers, bad angles, and the terrible difference between having enough air to go down and having enough left to come back. But he doesn't understand the bell. With Lenn beside him, Orren descends into a
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Stranger Truths #18: The Cave of Quiet Maps

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Series Book 18 - Stranger Truths
In Kentucky, Gabe investigates vast cave systems, unofficial route legends, and generations of local guides whose knowledge shaped modern maps before outsiders received the credit. Ellis is thoughtful, quietly funny, and the first local friend to ask the triplets a question they cannot easily answer: what is it like to live without a regular school? A cave Crossing opens into memory-maps carried ... Read more

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In Kentucky, Gabe investigates vast cave systems, unofficial route legends, and generations of local guides whose knowledge shaped modern maps before outsiders received the credit. Ellis is thoughtful, quietly funny, and the first local friend to ask the triplets a question they cannot easily answer: what is it like to live without a regular school? A cave Crossing opens into memory-maps carried
... Read more

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Stranger Truths #14: The Drum Road of Bahia

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 14 - Stranger Truths
In Salvador, Bahia, Gabe investigates historic drum schools, capoeira circles, and the astonishing ways rhythm can preserve knowledge across generations. Tiago is fast-talking, musically gifted, and tired of outsiders who hear decoration where his neighborhood hears history, warning, and survival. A rhythm-based Crossing leads through rehearsal yards, alleyways, and market routes where movement ... Read more

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In Salvador, Bahia, Gabe investigates historic drum schools, capoeira circles, and the astonishing ways rhythm can preserve knowledge across generations. Tiago is fast-talking, musically gifted, and tired of outsiders who hear decoration where his neighborhood hears history, warning, and survival. A rhythm-based Crossing leads through rehearsal yards, alleyways, and market routes where movement
... Read more

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Stranger Truths Seekers #4: The Shadow Puppet Warning

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Series Book 4 - Stranger Truths Seekers
In Yogyakarta, Gabe enters a world of carved figures, music, apprentices, and backstage teamwork powerful enough to carry a story through an entire night. Sari is a young maker with quiet comic timing who refuses to let the triplets mistake delicacy for weakness - or the famous performer for everyone who makes the performance possible. A shadow Crossing reveals warnings once carried through puppet ... Read more

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In Yogyakarta, Gabe enters a world of carved figures, music, apprentices, and backstage teamwork powerful enough to carry a story through an entire night. Sari is a young maker with quiet comic timing who refuses to let the triplets mistake delicacy for weakness - or the famous performer for everyone who makes the performance possible. A shadow Crossing reveals warnings once carried through puppet
... Read more

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Magic Lands: When the Wet Came Walking

A Standalone Fantasy Disaster Thriller

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 5 - Magic Lands: Stories from Beyond the Path
The tree wasn't there yesterday. Not there exactly. Ari knows because trees do not normally change sides of a bell post overnight. Then the water begins flowing the wrong way. House ropes pull tight. Root shelves move. And Ari's entire village starts coming apart. When her father disappears into the northern channels, Ari follows and finds a broken staff, blood, frightened animals fleeing the same ... Read more

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The tree wasn't there yesterday. Not there exactly. Ari knows because trees do not normally change sides of a bell post overnight. Then the water begins flowing the wrong way. House ropes pull tight. Root shelves move. And Ari's entire village starts coming apart. When her father disappears into the northern channels, Ari follows and finds a broken staff, blood, frightened animals fleeing the same
... Read more

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Magic Lands #4: The Wound Beneath the Wet

A Doamanse Fantasy Adventure

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 4 - RUIN MIST: MAGIC LANDS
In the aftermath of the stronghold, Ray and his friends should finally be able to turn toward home. Instead, something westward has stopped answering. A path in Ray's sight ends where it should continue. Tall's distant bonds fall strangely quiet and return. Kerry's heart-seed turns toward the same missing direction. Deanna finds an old route mark that seems to point toward an edge that is no ... Read more

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In the aftermath of the stronghold, Ray and his friends should finally be able to turn toward home. Instead, something westward has stopped answering. A path in Ray's sight ends where it should continue. Tall's distant bonds fall strangely quiet and return. Kerry's heart-seed turns toward the same missing direction. Deanna finds an old route mark that seems to point toward an edge that is no
... Read more

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Stranger Truths Seekers #5: The Flood Marks of Venice

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 5 - Stranger Truths Seekers
In Venice, Gabe investigates tides, raised walkways, restoration, boat routes, and the daily work required to keep a city functioning when water refuses to follow the schedule. Chiara is a capable young rower with no patience for visitors who turn dangerous flooding into beautiful scenery. A tide Crossing reveals household warnings and evacuation corrections the official story barely noticed. Then ... Read more

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In Venice, Gabe investigates tides, raised walkways, restoration, boat routes, and the daily work required to keep a city functioning when water refuses to follow the schedule. Chiara is a capable young rower with no patience for visitors who turn dangerous flooding into beautiful scenery. A tide Crossing reveals household warnings and evacuation corrections the official story barely noticed. Then
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Magic Lands: The Road That Drowned

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