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Maxwell S. Briggs is an epic fantasy author crafting incredible realms full of mythical creatures, divine pantheons, chosen mortals, and the magic that guides them through their journeys. Delve into the lore of the Legends of the Crescid or Erathin’s Crucible.
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A glimpse into the worlds taking shape — stories forged in the Crucible, discovered in the Heart of the Feral Woods, or summoned from the Echidna Wilds are waiting to be discovered!
Ash & Aether
Reid Ehrenhaft, the second Prince of Lumis and a dedicated Paladin, has spent his life training to combat the encroaching shadows, all while struggling to hear the voice of his patron Moon Goddess, Illuna. When a mysterious, magnetic pull draws him to Heimon Evigg—the rugged, shifter Heir of Vurnoth—their undeniable connection sparks a desperate quest into the blighted Hune Woods. Heimon’s people are falling prey to “The Turning,” a madness twisting dwarves into feral beasts, and the dark elves known as Shaedari are pulling the strings. As the two royals forge a dangerous, passionate bond on the front lines, they uncover secrets that shake the very foundation of their realms. In a stunning revelation amidst the carnage, Reid learns he and his sister aren’t ordinary Lumisians, but the last descendants of the forgotten Crescid dwarf bloodline—making him uniquely immune to the very madness tearing Heimon’s people apart.
His Defiance
Twenty-nine-year-old waiter Beckett thought leaving his toxic, alcoholic boyfriend Declan was the hardest thing he’d ever have to do. But when a skyscraper-sized Greatsword forged of solid light crashes into his rural Montana pasture, Beckett’s mundane reality shatters. The impact forces a volatile, divine spark into his chest, overwriting his carefully curated tattoos with glowing white scars and granting him unstable dawn-light magic. Suddenly thrust into an apocalyptic “Crucible,” Beckett is saved by Arashett, a towering, golden-winged celestial warrior bound to protect him. To survive the raw magic burning him alive from the inside out, Beckett must absorb power from divine pillars scattered across the fractured landscape. But the world is now swarming with abyssal, tentacled horrors born of the Void—and the greatest threat is a face he knows all too well. His ex Declan didn’t just survive the cataclysm; the Void twisted him into a monstrous herald, and he will stop at nothing to hunt Beckett down and claim the power for the dark.
Hyacinth Died in the End
Five years after a tragic accident in the colosseum shattered his life, former champion archer Ian Thych wants nothing more than to hide out as a waiter in a freezing frontier town. His self-imposed exile ends the day Apollo, the God of the Sun, violently brands Ian’s chest and forces him on a lethal quest to the Echidna Wilds to retrieve a stolen artifact. Ian’s only backup is Pierce, a ruggedly handsome, fiercely protective mercenary who radiates a divine, addictive warmth that quells Ian’s severe trauma tremors. As they battle Nemean stalkers and dodge the haunting glass statues of the Skiroan Harpy’s victims, the electric tension between the two men ignites into a consuming romance. But Pierce is hiding a world-shattering secret beneath his canvas jacket: the mercenary risking his life to protect Ian is actually Apollo himself, walking the mortal realm in disguise to guide his favorite Hierophant.
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