Books by B.K. Bass

When his world is suddenly torn apart, one man must learn to survive in What Once Was Home.

Jace Cox’s life is changed when an overwhelming alien force invades the Earth with no warning or provocation. In the years that follow, he must not only fight to survive, but also learn what it means to be a man and a leader. As the situation grows more dire and the weight of loss bears down on Jace, he realizes his greatest challenge isn’t the alien invaders or even his fellow man.

It is holding onto his own humanity despite living in a world gone mad.

Genres: Science Fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Military Science Fiction
Tags: Appalachia, Survival, Community, Morality, Alien Invasion
Length: Novel (approx 360 pages)

Gareth Vann is an renowned thief in the city of Seahaven. The rugged scoundrel is mostly concerned with coin and drink, but has an altruistic streak he tries to hide. He never intended to be a hero, but when Gareth becomes the target of a pair of vampires, he finds himself trapped in the middle of a conspiracy that reaches all the way to Castle Ravencrest itself. To protect those he cares most about, Gareth must reluctantly hunt the creatures of the night the only way he knows how: From the shadows.

Genres: Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Flintlock Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery
Tags: Thieves, Pirates, Vampires, Urban
Length: Novella (Approx 125 pages)

Miles grew up as a sparrow, an orphan in Seahaven and one of master thief Gareth’s tiny spies. The coastal city has always been his home and the streets where he laid his head. Now he’s learning the shadow craft from his mentor. But when Miles uncovers secrets behind a sinister plot, he discovers there are deadlier things awaiting in the shadows than he could have imagined. And with Gareth’s help, he must learn to hunt them down.

Genres: Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Flintlock Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery
Tags: Thieves, Pirates, Vampires, Zombies, Urban
Length: Novella (Approx 125 pages)

Fergus always dreamed of sailing out to sea, but he never thought he would get the chance… until tragedy befalls his family. Suddenly thrust into a world of violence, adventure, and coin, Fergus lives the life he always wanted as a pirate—but he is haunted by his past. As the shadows behind him grow ever darker, the challenges ahead swell like a furious storm.

Genres: Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Flintlock Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery
Tags: Pirates, Action Adventure, Nautical
Length: Novella (Approx 125 pages)

Pull up a seat and grab a full flagon of ale, because tonight is bound to be a night full of action, adventure, and romance! At the Lusty Mermaid, tall tales of all sorts are told every night. You’re in luck, because tonight is no exception. From a castle gala to vampires stalking the streets to a giant octopus, the city of Seahaven has all sorts of strange tales to tell.

Genres: Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Flintlock Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery
Tags: Thieves, Pirates, Vampires, Action Adventure, Nautical
Length: Anthology (Approx 150 pages)

In the city of Seahaven, dark threats loom around every corner. In such a desperate place, it falls upon the shoulders of thieves, pirates, scoundrels, and even orphans to protect the people from things lurking in the shadows.

Explore the gritty streets of Seahaven and meet her grizzled citizens in this collection of the first four books in The Ravencrest Chronicles: Seahaven, The Hunter’s Apprentice, The Giant and the Fishes, and Tales from the Lusty Mermaid.

Genres: Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Flintlock Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery
Tags: Thieves, Pirates, Vampires, Zombies, Action Adventure, Nautical
Length: Omnibus (Approx 300 pages)

Kholas is the first mate aboard the Sea Wolf, a notorious pirate ship, but he isn’t sure his sails are cut from the right cloth for the job. When the crew of the Sea Wolf races off in search of plunder, all they find is blood. Damned by a northern witch, Captain Dimitris and Kholas must race against time to discover a way to lift the curse before everyone they care about succumbs to the maelstrom of ill fate that surrounds them.

Genres: Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Flintlock Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery
Tags: Pirates, Curse, Magic, Action Adventure, Nautical
Length: Novella (Approx 100 pages)

While Dimitris ventures to the frozen north, seeking to rid himself of the curse which is unraveling the threads of fate around him, Kholas adjusts to his new life in the shadows of Seahaven. But his old captain discovers the price of blood demanded by the Northmen will soon be reaped upon the people of the city. With sails on the horizon, the two men must gather an armada of pirates and smugglers to defend their home and those they love.

Genres: Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Flintlock Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery
Tags: Pirates, Curse, Magic, Action Adventure, Nautical
Length: Novella (Approx 100 pages)

In New Angeles, crime is a fact of life in the city. But when a routine murder investigation leads to more questions than answers, homicide detective Harold Jacobson finds himself unraveling a conspiracy. As pieces of the puzzle start to come together, the big picture is revealed to be more than he ever bargained for. The only thing Harold knows for sure is that he isn’t being paid enough to deal with this.

Genres: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Thriller
Tags: Noir, Neo-Noir, Hardboiled Detective, Crime, Mystery
Length: Novella (120 pages)

On the run from the law, detective Harold Jacobson delves into the gritty underbelly of New Angeles. To clear his name of one murder, he must first solve another. As Harold follows the threads of the mystery through the night life of the city, he risks becoming part of the criminal element he once hunted down.

Genres: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Thriller
Tags: Noir, Neo-Noir, Hardboiled Detective, Crime, Mystery
Length: Novella (Approx 125 pages)

New Angeles is in turmoil. The government, the corporations, and the organized crime families have the city in an iron grip. As that grip tightens, the people decide they will not take it anymore. When the citizens rise up and the city burns, Harold sees an opportunity to exploit the chaos. But is his crusade one of justice, or vengeance?

Genres: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Thriller
Tags: Noir, Neo-Noir, Hardboiled Detective, Crime, Mystery
Length: Novella (Approx 125pages)

Peru: 1939

American treasure hunter Richard Jericho and British anthropologist Wilkins Chapman have uncovered antiquities from around the world. But in a long-lost jungle ruin, they discover something more than they expected. As war brews in Europe and the fabric of reality comes apart, they journey across the globe chasing clues. Answers leads to more questions as they piece together a puzzle older than primal memory itself.

And the more they part the veil, the more of what lies beyond the veil spills into our reality.

Genres: Horror, Cosmic Horror, Alternative History
Tags: Archaeology, Action Adventure, Mystery, World War Two, Travel
Length: Novel (Approx 250 pages)

The kingdom of Understone is enslaved to tradition and stagnates in isolation.

When an incident in the quarries drags Durgan away from the only life he knows, he becomes entangled in webs of political intrigue, domestic turmoil, and romance.

He must struggle to overcome his common birth and the prejudices of a stagnant society to become one of the warriors of Understone — a sprawling dwarven city deep beneath the mountains, at the heart of a kingdom that has not changed its ways in centuries.

Durgan may overcome opponents with axe and shield, but can he change the values of his people with the same tools?

Genres: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Heroic Fantasy
Tags: Dwarves, Urban, Subterranean, Social Justice, Political Intrigue
Length: Novella (Approx 125 pages)

While Durgan works to forge craftsmen and vagabonds into warriors, evil prowls in the depths beyond Understone. Joined by a rag-tag crew of misfits and outcasts, he must travel the stone roads deep beneath the mountains to discover the fate of a lost outpost. He fights to prove his own worth and that of his recruits to a society that still views them with disdain — but will he bring light to the darkness or be consumed by the shadows?

Genres: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Heroic Fantasy
Tags: Dwarves, Goblins, Subterranean, Action Adventure, Social
Length: Novella (Actual length to be determined)

After escaping a life of slavery, Brego crosses the wastelands fleeing slavers and bounty hunters. Allying with an assortment of misfits, he must fight his way across the badlands to reach his people’s home in the Great Sand Sea. As he seeks to shed the iron bonds of his youth, he searches for something he has never known: a home. In the process he finds something he never expected to find: a family.

Genres: Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, High Fantasy
Tags: Desert, Bronze Age, Nomads, Orcs, Action Adventure
Length: Novella (Approx 125 pages)

War looms on the horizon, and the chaos centers around the fate of one boy. Timik, son of of a Taerwyn chieftain, has been taken by the orcs of the Red Wastes.

As his people prepare for battle, the Taerwyn nomad Brego sets out across the unforgiving desert to find the boy with his two brothers-in-arms: the Cressian magi Apa and the orc warrior Khag. They hope to find the boy and rescue him to prevent further bloodshed and discover what sinister plan led to his abduction. However, they may discover things are not as simple as they expected as they journey into the Red Wastes.

Genres: Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, High Fantasy
Tags: Desert, Bronze Age, Nomads, Orcs, Action Adventure
Length: Novella (Approx 125 pages)