Dragon Squire · Book 1
Dragon Squire: The Third Choice
When Perrin rescues a young dragon from Harrow Tower, he must choose what kind of squire he wants to become.
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Southern & Western Fiction
Stories with Grit.
Characters with Soul.
Novels from Christopher Ray about the places that make people, and the road back to them.
Alabama roots. Stories that travel.
The CutSouthern Noir · Christopher Ray
Western Fiction✦Southern Noir✦Faith & Frontier
Open a book. Go somewhere.
A story for the road ahead.
Southern Noir
A Quiet Man
Wade Holt always knew the situation never added up; it took 12 years to find out he was right.
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Christian Historical Fiction
Nothing Crosses
Standing up for your beliefs comes with a cost.
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The Cut
A man goes up the mountain in 1929 Alabama and doesn't come back, and neither does the truth.
Explore the bookThe Walker Davis Westerns
One marshal.
A longer road.
Start with The First Warrant, then follow Walker Davis through four Westerns.
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The author behind the storiesMeet Christopher Ray
A working life.
A world of stories.
Raised in rural Alabama, Christopher has spent his working life in construction, traveling the country and collecting the places and people that find their way into his fiction.
“Words may be the only thing I leave my kids, but they'll be well written.”A little more about Christopher
The stories, on screen
Watch before you turn the page.
Watch the filmIntroducing Lodestar
If you're writing a book, there's more to keep track of than the draft. I built Lodestar to help with the practical parts of writing: planning a novel, organizing scenes, and preparing a manuscript for print. Built by an author, for authors. I'd love to welcome you to the family.
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Watch the filmThe best and worst of being an indie author
Indie authorship gives you creative freedom. You choose the story, the pace, and how it gets published. You also set your own schedule, and the hard part is holding yourself to it. Other than that, it's great.
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For the writers among usYour next story starts here.
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Beyond the bookshelf
