Ashley Capes

At least when you’re Death’s nephew the bad guys literally have no-where to hide, right?Meet Reed Lavender, a mostly-human detective with the uncanny ability to hear the final words of the dead. But on this case he’ll need more than his usual tricks...

Only one thing stands between Never and answers – his brother.Driven toward the enemy-occupied Imperial City, Never’s doubts grow. Even with new knowledge about his powers, can he truly keep his friends safe in a warzone? Or, like too many times...

Freedom. Magic. Vengeance.Vilas is a man consumed by anger. Kept prisoner in the city that slaughtered his people, he dreams of the day his magic is unsealed so he can burn everything to ash. When the city’s queen asks for his help hunting down rebel...

Adventure? Check. Magic? Check. Sarcasm? You bet.Roguish Never is sure he has hunted down every relic and every clue possible on his quest to finally lift the curse on his blood and hopefully learn his true name. However, convincing the wealthy Lord...

Never's quest for a name is becoming more deadly...Armed with disturbing news about Snow, his unpredictable brother, Never picks up a cold trail on the rivers of Hanik. There he must face both new dangers and demons from his past, all the while doing...

Darkness is gathering deep within the land of Vadiya as the Red Seed Cult perform twisted experiments on human flesh.Never has already tangled with the foul creatures and knows no-one else can stop them... but if he charges into enemy territory now,...

Reed is about to snap - and this time, nothing is going to stand in his way when it comes to getting answers for Elise, not even a supposedly long-vanished Sumerian God.Or so Reed thinks.But summer in the city isn't going to be like the others. The...

Spoken word poetry from Australian poet Ashley Capes - commissioned and recorded during the early stages of the pandemic. Poems are drawn from Ashley's collections, released in various forms over the last 15 or so years.Words, voice - Ashley...

Adventure? Check. Magic? Check. Sarcasm? You bet.After years of running down dead-end clues, the rogue Never has nearly given up his quest for answers; his blood is cursed and his true name a mystery, yet no library, no healer and none who claim to...

Adventure? Check. Magic? Check. Sarcasm? You bet.After years of running down dead-end clues, the rogue Never has nearly given up his quest for answers; his blood is cursed and his true name a mystery, yet no library, no healer and none who claim to...

From the moment a fairy wren drops his lost wedding ring at his feet, Paul realises there's more magic to the world than he thought...When Paul Fischer receives a strange phone call asking for help, from a woman who might be his estranged wife Rachel,...

At Snow’s urging, Never climbs into the Folhan Mountains to search for the Altar of Stars, which he must reach by the new moon. Yet he cannot shake off his doubts; will the answers he seeks even reside with the altar? Or is Snow manipulating him once...

Rejoin Never as he searches for his father's legacy and the sister he hadn't known existed.In The Phoenix of Kiymako Never must navigate a secretive new culture ruled by warrior monks. Distrusted and hunted for his blood, he must forge new alliances...

Things aren’t exactly getting easier for Reed Lavender.Old obligations and new cases are piling up but in the aftermath of Feronia’s defeat, answers are still too thin on the ground.But one clue – his father’s knucklebone – might just lead to...

The Burnished King has escaped his tomb.In the demi-god's wake, a stone-plague creeps across the lands and Never must stop the ancient decay before it swallows everyone he cares for.Despite his determination, there is no cure and no guarantee that...