Legend of the Spider-Prince, Book 1—Rebel
Chapter One (First of three sample chapters.)

Wyl is a young rebel whose life of dangerous lies and hidden truths has cost him his childhood and his ability to trust. He is fanatically loyal to the rebel leader, a woman embroiled in a blood-feud with Trascolm’s ruling clan. When he’s not away spying, he’s her secret bodyguard—she needs protection from her army of renegades and outlaws as much as she does from the bounty-hunters and assassins sent by her archenemy.

When the rebellion meets with disaster, the rebel leader’s strategy changes. Wyl is thrust into a hostile royal court of underage teens—mere children, to his mind. He’s expected to embrace this more civilized way of life, but all his brutally-honed instincts betray him, and he makes enemies instead of friends. Wyl—a boy raised by outlaws—is in over his head and must somehow master the subtleties of courtly intrigue well-enough to keep the rebel leader and the rebellion alive, and do it without getting himself killed.

In a land where men have unbridled influence, but women hold the reins of power, a young rebel becomes entangled in a deadly web of magic, courtly intrigue, and revenge in an escalating wave of events that will ultimately destroy magic, overturn governments, cause the near-collapse of civilization, even threaten the very existence of life on Eryth—and make him a legend.


Legend of the Spider-Prince #1: Rebel, Chapter 1

Legend of the Spider-Prince, Book 1—Rebel
Chapter Two (Second of three sample chapters.)

Wyl is a young rebel whose life of dangerous lies and hidden truths has cost him his childhood and his ability to trust. He is fanatically loyal to the rebel leader, a woman embroiled in a blood-feud with Trascolm’s ruling clan. When he’s not away spying, he’s her secret bodyguard—she needs protection from her army of renegades and outlaws as much as she does from the bounty-hunters and assassins sent by her archenemy.

When the rebellion meets with disaster, the rebel leader’s strategy changes. Wyl is thrust into a hostile royal court of underage teens—mere children, to his mind. He’s expected to embrace this more civilized way of life, but all his brutally-honed instincts betray him, and he makes enemies instead of friends. Wyl—a boy raised by outlaws—is in over his head and must somehow master the subtleties of courtly intrigue well-enough to keep the rebel leader and the rebellion alive, and do it without getting himself killed.

In a land where men have unbridled influence, but women hold the reins of power, a young rebel becomes entangled in a deadly web of magic, courtly intrigue, and revenge in an escalating wave of events that will ultimately destroy magic, overturn governments, cause the near-collapse of civilization, even threaten the very existence of life on Eryth—and make him a legend.


Legend of the Spider-Prince #1: Rebel, Chapter 2

Legend of the Spider-Prince, Book 1—Rebel
Chapter Three (Third of three sample chapters)

Wyl is a young rebel whose life of dangerous lies and hidden truths has cost him his childhood and his ability to trust. He is fanatically loyal to the rebel leader, a woman embroiled in a blood-feud with Trascolm’s ruling clan. When he’s not away spying, he’s her secret bodyguard—she needs protection from her army of renegades and outlaws as much as she does from the bounty-hunters and assassins sent by her archenemy.

When the rebellion meets with disaster, the rebel leader’s strategy changes. Wyl is thrust into a hostile royal court of underage teens—mere children, to his mind. He’s expected to embrace this more civilized way of life, but all his brutally-honed instincts betray him, and he makes enemies instead of friends. Wyl—a boy raised by outlaws—is in over his head and must somehow master the subtleties of courtly intrigue well-enough to keep the rebel leader and the rebellion alive, and do it without getting himself killed.

In a land where men have unbridled influence, but women hold the reins of power, a young rebel becomes entangled in a deadly web of magic, courtly intrigue, and revenge in an escalating wave of events that will ultimately destroy magic, overturn governments, cause the near-collapse of civilization, even threaten the very existence of life on Eryth—and make him a legend.


Legend of the Spider-Prince #1: Rebel, Chapter 3

This, the audiobook edition of my debut novel published July 2013, is currently in production and on track to be released on Audible and iTunes in September 2015.

I read and write Epic Dark Fantasy and Science Fiction, with some Napoleonic/Regency era Suspense, Contemporary Suspense, and Steampunk thrown in. 

I loved fairy tales as a child, but could never get enough of them until I learned to read for myself. I spent my formative years playing dungeon master to my sisters long before there were actual games requiring one. Our Barbies fought Klingons, conquered the galaxy—and always had room on their spaceship for horses.

I am a horsewoman, an archer, a fencer, a former U. S. Air Force officer, and a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism—all useful skills and experiences for a fantasy novelist. 


Margo Ander