Levy Tren-Ulitese—Lor of the Land and gentleman of high society—is awoken in the early hours of the morning for an emergency: his father’s ship, missing for nine years now, has reappeared near the mouth of its home harbor entirely bereft of its crew. The expedition to the New World, a place they call ‘Minera’, apparently ended in tragedy. But how did the ship sail itself home? What happened to the crew? And what is the strange, dark artifact found aboard her?Pushed by internal divisions and outside political forces, Levy and his sister are forced to refit the ship and flee the only city they’ve ever called home. Declared fugitives by their father’s old allies, they assemble a strange crew of the desperate and depraved; a turncoat imperial marine, a man that can manipulate the spirit-lines of the world, a war-hero famed for his supernatural accuracy with the musket, and a mute stow-away with mysterious powers. Together, they will follow in the wake of Levy’s father.Together they will find a new home on the shores of Minera!

Hull and Fire, the first book in the all-new 'WARDS OF MINERA' series will be released on February 1st 2025!

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ABOUT JAMES

James W. Cutter began writing at a young age, with a craft that was forged in the snows of Northern Ontario, quenched in the swells of the Pacific, and tempered by the misty rainforests of British Columbia.His books often contain deep worldbuilding, societal upheaval and complex magic systems —
and people who reckon with all three in the face of danger.James interrupts his writing habit with a day job. He writes from an undisclosed, cougar-free location on Vancouver Island, Canada.

A Good Lee - Book 2 in the 'Wards of Minera' series. Releasing March 1st 2025.

Landfall - Book 3 in the 'Wards of Minera' series.

Unnamed Post-Post Apocalypse Novel