Map of the Icefire world

A map of the continent of the icefire world, which features in both the Icefire Trilogy and the Moonfire Trilogy. The top of the map is South. Locations featured in the books: Icefire Trilogy Book 1: City of Glass, Bordertown Book 2: Bordertown, Fairlight, Ensar, Tiverius Book 3: Tiverius, Ensar…

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Ghostspeaker Chronicles book 2: setting

A while ago, I posted some pictures of this house in Amsterdam, which I’ve used as model for Johanna’s house in the first book of the Ghostspeaker Chronicles. In book 1, Johanna goes into the store room to eavesdrop on her father in his office with a guest from the…

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History: inside one of the old canal houses in Amsterdam

Amsterdam is known for old houses like these. Many of them were built in the Golden Age, which started around the 1600’s. Some of the most elaborate and pretty houses can be found at the Herengracht, built back in the 1600’s to house the city’s nobles (Heren = Lords). Walking…

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Prologue: Watcher’s Web

Watcher’s Web is one of the first novels I wrote. It went through many reincarnations before its current form. The story of Jessica, however, remained the same. I just ended up cutting a lot of the backstory for the final version. The event described in this original prologue has shaped…

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