Bio: F.T. McKinstry grew up studying music and classical literature, and at a young age developed a deep love for fantasy and the esoteric, of which she was an avid reader. J.R.R. Tolkien was her most powerful influence. With a background in computer electronics and software development, she wrote and illustrated technical documentation for many years, during which time she created the fantasy world of Ealiron. A passion for fairy tales and a lifelong study of
mythology, plant and animal lore, Celtic legend, shamanism, psychology and mysticism provide inspiration and scope for her work. She has published fantasy in Aoife's Kiss and Tales of the Talisman. She also has a short story collection
coming out soon from Wild Child Publishing.
when new books by F.T. McKinstry are released.
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Deep in the heart of Loralin Forest, folks whisper of a legendary immortal predator with the body of a male god, towering black wings and the claws and fangs of a mountain cat. Crowharrow, they call it. But one family of troubled wizards knows the winged hunter is not a legend. The youngest, a woman named Tansel, has been sheltered all her life by solitude and the secrets of her ancestors. A diabolical seducer and destroyer of women, the beautiful immortal notices Tansel and ushers her, the last... more info>>
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In the Gray Isles, a northern realm cloaked in legends and storms, lives a secret. For thousands of years it lay in the otherworld, known only in the imaginations of sailors. Now, it has surfaced; first to Eadred, a wizard banished by his kind after being cursed by a witch; and then to Hemlock, a fisherman's son orphaned by the sea. When their paths collide, a change is set into motion that the heavens watch with dread; for the legends tell, it heralds the birth of an immortal and the death of t... more info>>
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Lorth of Ostarin is an assassin trained by a wizard unknown to his kind. He is paid very well to employ both the primeval darkness of a hunter and the ordered light of a mage, an uneasy combination he does not question until he returns home after a long assignment and trips into a turbid river of war, politics and the violation of all he holds dear. Lawless and adept, he picks no sides and takes no prisoners. When his wolfish ways get him imprisoned for crimes he did not commit, he discovers the... more info>>
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![Crowharrow [The Chronicles of Ealiron, Book Three]](/mindwise/books/small_McKinstry-Crowharrow.jpg)
![The Gray Isles [The Chronicles Of Ealiron, Book Two]](/mindwise/books/small_McKinstry-GIsles.jpg)
![The Hunter's Rede - [The Chronicles Of Ealiron - Book One]](/mindwise/books/small_McKinstry-HRede.jpg)