Books by Patty Jansen

Ambassador series

Space opera thrillers set in an expansive, epic world

  • 13 independent volumes
  • Larger story arc
  • Alien characters and cultures

In Coldi society, you can get killed for looking a superior in the eye. I’m going to accuse him of murder.

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Icefire series

Dark fantasy with a flavour of steampunk and technology

  • Three trilogies
  • Larger story arc
  • A strange and expansive world

They came to the world and built beautiful cities, then they left and let them rot, and let “lesser people” succumb to the scourge of icefire.

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Ghostspeaker Chronicles and Dragonspeaker Chronicles

Dark fantasy set in a world resembling 1700s mainland Europe.

  • Two independent series
  • Ghosts, demons and dragons
  • A merchant’s daughter with no claim on the throne and a middle-aged maid who works in the palace kitchens

She wanted to take over her father’s business, but she got a mad prince, ghosts, demons and a kingdom deep in debt.

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Project Charon

Adventure space opera with space ships, outcasts, sentient cacti, geese (yes, really!) and mutants

  • 4 volume series
  • Mother-son troubles. She’s headstrong, he’s 15 and a half-cyborg
  • Galaxy-wide conspiracy

Deep in space, humanity found something they thought they could sell. Instead it created a threat to humanity’s survival.

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Return of the Aghyrians

Adventure planet-based science fiction with a touch of romance

  • four independent volumes, but with a larger story that flows from the first book
  • Each book has a different character and different viewpoint
  • Alien characters and cultures

She was lost in an alien jungle after a plane crash that wasn’t an ordinary plane crash. The only other survivor said he’d help her find a way home. But he lied.

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ISF-Allion world

Realistic science fiction with societal problems

  • Three novels, one novella
  • Larger story arc
  • A realistic space settlement

They came from the poorest cities on Earth to work dangerous mining jobs in “castles in the sky”. They didn’t know they’d never see Earth again.

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Space Agent Jonathan Bartell

Space whodunnits set in space stations or aboard space ships.

  • six volumes
  • Realistic setting
  • The greatest threat? People doing dumb things.

In space, your greatest enemies are your fellow travellers.

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Bureau of Magic Abuse

Whimsical fantasy with a mystery

  • three independent volumes
  • Dragons!
  • The crooks are always one step ahead of the authorities

Magic is prohibited in Tamba, the world between the realms, which is why magicians like to meet there. It’s also why they are all trying to smuggle in magic.

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Expendable Heroes

Adventure science fiction

  • A team of outcasts
  • Profiteering secretive companies
  • Alien life

In deep space, the company explores and owns what it finds and seeks only to benefit the very rich. Everyone else is expendable.

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Witch Lessons

Whimsical fantasy set in a school of magic where Veronica is a teacher

  • 3 independent books
  • Silly student and teacher antics
  • Hapless bureaucracy

Veronica rose from a simple background to teach at the Oakhurst School of Magic. The school has big plans, but it also has enemies.

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Short Fiction

Collections of short stories published in other venues

  • Science Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Funny to dark

Collections of short stories, novellas and novellettes published in magazines, anthologies and other projects.

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Young Readers

For the young or young at heart

  • The Far Horizon (Ambassador world)
  • Whimsical unicorn comedy
  • Suitable for all ages

For middle grade and up, to be read to your (grand) children or for them to read independently.

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Art & Non-fiction

Art, photography and publishing books

  • Sydney photography
  • Silly greyhounds
  • Publishing advice.

Fun projects and advice for aspiring writers.

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