Adventure, mystery, danger…an inquisitor craves these things

Since 2015, Inquisitor Damulis has been aggravating the magical types and bust bad guy heads in the mythical land of Gerra. Boiled hard in the waters of classical P.I.s and salted with more than a dash of martial arts, Damulis stops at nothing to crack the case.

BOOK ONE of the Inquisitor Damulis Novels:

Damulis, investigator, adventure, and magic-phobe infiltrates the backwater fiefdom of Indalisa Falls. His erstwhile partner, the demi-giant Kilgore, molders in a cell, blamed for a heinous crime that he did not commit. But what starts as a simple jailbreak quickly unravels a dark magic plot with its roots in the Silence wars. Damulis and Kilgore will need the help of all of their companions, Kiilgore's demi-giant people, and a race of people not seen in fifty years...the Elves.

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BOOK TWO of the Inquisitor Damulis Novels

The Crown City: an ideal place. The king drove out the rabble years ago. No cutpurses, no thief guild, no organized crime. So why are people ending up with their hearts torn out, murdered in plain sight with no witnesses? Why is the bazaar, once bustling, now a place of fear?

The killings, rituals performed by a diseased mind, have wizards and watchmen baffled. Magic can turn up no answers where physical investigation fails. If the killer possesses magic, not even the powerful Archdruid has seen it before. If the killer is a beast, it is unlike any other monster the heroes of Feal have fought.

The king has assembled the best adventures the city has to offer. Among them, an outsider named Damulis stands out. A traveler of vast distances, both physical and metaphysical, he may be the only one who has the experience to track a wholly new threat to the peaceful city. But there’s one catch—the kingdom’s magical bureaucracy wants his head served on a silver platter for breaking their rules.

Can Damulis catch a killer while saving himself from the sins of his past? Can he trust a beautiful new woman in his life, or will she put the fatale in femme?

Damulis must use all of his wisecracking wit, machine world experience, and martial art prowess to catch up with a killer that bears fearful similarities to himself.

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BOOK THREE of the Inquisitor Damulis Novels

Inquisitor Damulis is a private investigator (inquisitor) in the highly magical medieval city of Feal. He blends wit and irreverence with tenacity and toughness, in the vein of noir detectives. A traveler amongst the planes of existence, Damulis spent time in a place of science and technology. He adapted his tools and skills accordingly.

Wizard's Shield is the third book in the series. Damulis finds his relationships, both platonic and romantic, falling apart. Since he gave up the zen of the monastery for the later, including the strength of his qi, he finds himself reeling.

Confounding the situation is the newly minted wizard, Alaina Reymond. She bristles with magical power, much of it innate, but the cloud of her past hangs over her. Damulis wants to help the young woman, but he isn't sure he can trust her.

"The Crown City pulses with tension. Assassins stalk the Royal Family. Their growing threat is a shadow from an old back alley, reaching out of a past when crime, not the king, reigned over the streets.

"My new client, a seemingly ordinary merchant, might be small-time compared to that, but danger looms large. To say a couple of goons are shaking him down is like saying Infernus is a little hot. He tells me that one of them is a damned apeman. Right. I’ve been hiring out my services as an inquisitor and martial artist for a while now. I’ve had my fair share of clients lie to me for their own twisted schemes.

"But it’s my client’s apprentice who puzzles me. Her sweet face hit me like a roundhouse kick, and her bitter attitude threatens to finish the job. She’s a newly minted wizarding-type, the kind I try to stay away from. She’s bristling with magical power, but something about her says she needs my help more than the merchant, even if she can’t admit it to herself."

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BOOK FOUR of the Inquisitor Damulis Novels

Damulis, investigator, adventure, and magic-phobe infiltrates the backwater fiefdom of Indalisa Falls. His erstwhile partner, the demi-giant Kilgore, molders in a cell, blamed for a heinous crime that he did not commit. But what starts as a simple jailbreak quickly unravels a dark magic plot with its roots in the Silence wars. Damulis and Kilgore will need the help of all of their companions, Kilgore's demi-giant people, and a race of people not seen in fifty years...the Elves.

Available on Barnes & Noble and Amazon

About the Author

C. T. Avis is the author of The Inquisitor Damulis series, a series of detective stories set in a fantasy world. The correct order of the series is book one Ironedge, book two Upshot, book three Wizard's Shield and book four Blood Falls.

Born in the mystical land of "extensive corn flats" in 1973, C. T. Avis slayed his first dragon at the tender age of ten. He then charged his mighty steed into a lifelong quest for heroism in fantasy fiction and games. Somewhere along the line, he wandered into the office of a couple of hard boiled detectives who roughed him up and tarnished his shining armor. Staggered, but strangely invigorated, he turned his noble horse to a new path, one that straddled genres and tropes, and mixed metaphors (apparently).

C. T. Avis teaches writing, literature, mythology, and science fiction & fantasy.

A life-long tabletop role player and fan of detective fiction, he seeks to blend his two loves into exciting adventures for those who need a break from frozen, grim, courtly fantasy. Have a laugh along with a pulse-pounding plot, with heroes who seek out what it means to be human.

Catch the Dungeons & Dragons streams on twitch.com/oddlotdnd Mondays and Wednesdays.

C. T. is now with the Brater Agency