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Priest against priest.
Brother against brother.

In a village of freed slaves, widowed brewer Nunuco fights to protect her family from zealots, gods, and priests who twist truth into chains. When her daughter is violated by Set and hunted for the child she carries, Nunuco must risk everything—allying with outcasts and enemies alike—to reunite her scattered children. Dark, mythic, and fiercely human, Koyaan begins an unforgettable saga where nothing is as it seems.

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shadow transit

One subway ride. That’s all it took to derail my life. I was supposed to be heading to my dream job interview. Instead, I stepped off the train and into another version of New York — one where my apartment doesn’t exist, my phone’s a useless brick, and men in suits with blank eyes want to drag me into the shadows. Now I’m hiding out in a detective’s apartment, eating takeout, and pretending not to notice how his voice sounds when he says my name. Reyes thinks he can keep me safe, but every time he looks at me, I see the ghost of someone he’s already lost. They say love can cross timelines. I just hope I can survive long enough to prove it.
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meet j. alex

Alex Ruiz writes thriller romance, weird fantasy, and dark mysteries infused with myth and obsession. Ruiz has traveled the world in pursuit of stories. Easily bored, Ruiz strives for stories that take off fast and keep readers eager to get to the next chapter. Daughter of an art dealer and a native Manhattanite, Ruiz now lives in Michigan with her husband, three dogs and an Airstream always ready for the next adventure.

Koyaan Series – Fascinated by Set, the scapegoated god of chaos, she reimagines Ancient Egypt with an anthropologist’s insight and a storyteller’s fire. Ruiz was cultured by a Kemetic witch who whispered myths to her through the halls of the Metropolitan Museum’s Ancient Egyptian collection. A world traveler since birth, she has journeyed twice through Egypt.

SciFi Thriller Romance Series – Ruiz was raised around science fiction writers including Samual R. Delany, Arthur Cover, and screenwriter David Wise, Ruiz’s late brother.

Romantasy/Weird Fantasy Novels – Ruiz is crafting several published short stories into novel-length works.

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