Dead Lake: Book One of Tricky's Tales, a dark parnormal fantasy series

For fans of Raymond E Fiest, and E.K. Frances

An eviction. A stolen object. A hidden network. Will retrieving her precious gemstone get Tricky killed?

Book One – Sometimes it pays to be Tricky

Damn and blast! Tricky's been kicked out of the district by that corrupt, scheming, Carter! How’s she going to get her obsidian back now?

When Tricky returns to her cottage to find it turned upside down, she knows her time in Clancy is over. Randolf Carter, the head of the district, might be spreading lies and suspicion about her kind, but this was no ordinary ransacking, they were searching for something.

Tricky uses her gifts to trace the energy of the people who did it, and spies a winged creature among them: a jackdaw. It pinched her precious gemstone, a piece of black obsidian. But at whose bidding? Communicating with birds is a rare ability and she knows all who possess it.

Tricky wants her stone back, but coming up against Carter and his corrupt network won’t be easy, especially when he’s got one of her kind in his employ. But Tricky is lured into something bigger than ownership of a gemstone, unearthing her mother’s murderers and putting her own life at risk.

Dead Lake is the first book in a new thrilling paranormal fantasy series, set a few hundred years from now in a post-apocalyptic world. For those that like new-age witches, strong female characters and dark dealings in a dystopian world, Tricky’s high-pace adventures will capture the imagination.

"Miranda Kate has crafted a thoroughly believable magical world, and a protagonist that you'll want to be your best mate." Michael Wombat, Author of The Raven's Wing

"You'll be bewitched and beguiled by Tricky and left wanting to spend more time with her. An elemental fantasy with bite and attitude. I can't wait for more." Lisa Shambrook, Author of The Seren Stone Chronicles