Darren Joy
Location: Kerry
Bio
Darren is a dark epic fantasy author from the southwest of Ireland. While writing in his spare time, he’s held numerous jobs, ranging from IT manager to housekeeping supervisor; however, writing novels has been the only job that truly mattered.
When not conjuring worlds, he’s reading, dabbling in digital art, or designing intricate maps to go with all the stories he makes up.
A husband and a cat dad, he is obsessed with all things fantastical—if it’s got magic, he’s all over it.
Darren also lives with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), a condition that’s changed how he moves through the world, but never how he imagines it.
Books
A Viral Imperium: Book 1 of the Plagueborn Series
Peace has returned to the world, the plagues and purges forgotten, but it won’t last for long.
Hunted by a relentless shapeshifter, Threadfin Todder races across the imperium to save his sister. However, he will discover his real battle is for control of a dangerous magic that may yet devour him.
As a murderous usurper steals the throne, the princess, Aiyana Todralan fights to survive while trying to save her people.
Both will uncover an enemy so powerful it threatens the very nature of existence.
A Viral Imperium is a tale filled with strange creatures, dark magic, and epic battles, all thrown together in one mythological and metaphysical mashup.
A Malignant Fetch: book 2 of the Plagueborn Series
The Father of Darkness and Reaper of souls, the Grim, seeks to reclaim the world, and he will stop at nothing to get it.
Threadfin Todder, an imperial undead mage, is determined to get in his way. Though his magic is unreliable, his reputation questionable, his stubbornness is legendary.
And, Lorn Larthuz, the thief who stole existence, walks the wasteland of another world to face the Grim and her fate.
While, Myral Azarm, once a cult priestess, crosses a bleak desert to confront an ancient form of undead and the Grim’s own vengeance.
As Threadfin once more confronts evil, he will discover a darkness within his own soul.
‘A Malignant Fetch,’ is a dark epic tale packed with undead creatures, snarky mages, delicious danger, and dark magic.
A Nefarious Grim: Book 3 of the Plagueborn Series
Death is never the end. While the shadow of an ancient sorcerer plots to invade the world, an undead mage endeavours to stop him. With the shraeds of Tartaros continuing their relentless advance across the Spectrum, Threadfin Todder once more sets out to defeat the Grim.
Meanwhile, his sister Aiyana is being hunted by an angelic assassin. She will soon make a perilous journey into the past to learn the secrets to unlocking the world’s only hope.
And Sarscha Todralan, once a legend and now an irritable drunk, decides to infiltrate the enemy to foil a rebellion against the imperium.
‘A Nefarious Grim,’ is a dark epic fantasy tale stuffed with dark twists, unpredictable magic, and undead mages.
A Wretched Darkness: book 4 of the Plagueborn Series
Threadfin Todder, has been infected by a dark magic, and time is running out. His only hope is to find an ancient being known as the Despoiler.
Myral Azarm thought she had left her past behind, but when a name resurfaces, she’s must journey into the bowels of the underworld to find her destiny.
Sarscha Todralan, the ruling imperatrix, has lost friends and family, and can’t settle into her role. When a dark witch threatens Icarthya, she must again take up the sword.
In the kingdom of Raddhon, civil war looms over the giants. Desool, the youngest son, seeks to become king. At stake is more than a throne, for the fabled Shathra Stone will belong to the victor.
Four disparate paths collide in a world of magic and war. Will they each find the strength to overcome their past, and save the world?
‘A Wretched Darkness,’ is a high-stakes dark fantasy epic that explores the limits of good and evil, love and sacrifice, and the power of magic.
A Wrath of Souls: book 5 of the Plagueborn Series
Across the Spectrum of Existence, angelic hosts gather their strength. While the infamous duo, Manic and Mania, finalise their plan, a mysterious dark armada engulfs far flung lands.
Threadfin Todder, recovering from a great loss, is woefully unprepared for the final battle. Struggling to relearn his magic, he knows there is no time to waste. Lucifer threatens existence itself, and will soon step on to the mortal plane.
Astra Dar’s fractured soul is dominated by Lucifer, as she fights for sanity—for soon she will destroy the world, while Myral Azarm, now queen of vampires, battles a terrible bloodlust as she is caught between primal instinct and the memory of who she was.
Meanwhile in Desool’s fractured kingdom, as he prepares for war, rebellion erupts in an attempt to cut out the heart of his kingship, and as Sarscha Todralan fights to save her imperium, disaster descends on her people.
The final battle draws near, a desperate gambit to thwart the end of all things. Can they each defy fate, survive, and beat back the Darkness?
“A Wrath of Souls” is an exciting conclusion to this dark epic fantasy tale, filled with chaos, dark magic, treachery, and death, all tempered by loyalty, friendship, and hope.
Tharaxis: a plagueborn novella
Tharaxis is the city of the dead, and within its walls, creatures known as souleaters hunt and feed. Lorn Larthuz, recently deceased, finds herself on a perilous quest to steal back the List of Souls, and end their reign of terror.
Yaldo, a boy who pretends to be alive, searches for the family he may have only imagined. But when the Souleaters target him—it becomes clear they have darker plans for Yaldo.
Can Lorn succeed in her bid to steal the List of Souls, and can Yaldo escape the Souleaters before he loses himself forever?
Tharaxis is a dark epic fantasy tale of courage, sacrifice, and the resilience of the human spirit—even in death.
Reaper's End: A Plagueborn Prequel
On the remote island of Aidarill, the Necropolis casts a long shadow. In a school for the undead, one of the living, named Taver Wyn is training to protect a young undead mage named Tezcat Licolo. When dark forces attack the island, and someone close betrays him, Taver must navigate a world of magic and ancient threats if he is to save his friend.
As they flee to the ancient fortress of Reaper’s End, Taver will uncover a plot to exterminate the undead forever.
Reaper’s End is a dark fantasy tale of survival and friendship, filled with dark magic, terrible battles and a world where magic is both salvation and curse.
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