JERBEAUA

     The werewolf, JERBEAUA, wins all of her bloody battles for over five centuries, but she is unprepared for what is to come.  Her half-brother, the vampire RA’LIN, has opened a portal in the Fifth Plane—the Highest Level of Existence.  With his progeny and eight terrible gods of the underworld assisting him, Ra’lin summons the oldest of all evil spirits—The Shinning One—from the abyss of the Fifth Plane.  Ra'lin plans to dominate the earth at the right hand of The Shinning One, while the creatures of the first four planes face lives of subjugation and misery at his command.  Jerbeaua and her closest friends (they call themselves, The Team), work fiercely to stop Ra'lin in his quest for godship.  Unfortunately, the only way Jerbeaua can stop Ra'lin's terrifying scheme is to annihilate him.  Thus, Jerbeaua faces her toughest choice.  Should she use her power to redeem her brother, or use it to save the world? 

WEREWOLF

The Origin of Jerbeaua

     The Prophet, Xavyor, pens the tale of the beautiful child born in 1480 AD.  Half Maasai, half Dutch, and no true identity.  Until the night of her 16^th birthday, when she is cursed with the disease of the lycanthrope.  Jerbeaua becomes the neophyte of the dhampire, Alek, and a Bedojinn, who helps her adapt to her curse.  She travels the world, in search of her destiny, and falls in love with a priestly Frenchman who is martyred for his loyalty.  Jerbeaua learns that a vampire has sired her brother, Ra'lin, a Maasai warrior, and her most potent enemy.   Escorted by Alek, Narcissus the Troll, and the holy werefox—Nogi, Jerbeaua begins the adventure of her life as she and her mythological companions set out on a quest for the Urn of Orthus, which contains the blood of the Greek dog-god Orthus of Geryon.  Jerbeaua must drink the blood from the urn, which will render her immortal.  Once immortal, Jerbeaua must face her brother in battle.  Will she use her newfound power to destroy her brother, the evil vampire Maasai?  Or is blood thicker than water and stronger than flesh?

CEASIAGO

  Dr. CEASIAGO Gutierrez, the merman, takes XAVYOR Ross—the prophet and scribe of The Titans,  back with him to Venezuela , in the hopes of curing his cancer.  Ceasiago's trauma, from the final battle in Jerbeaua, has left him with graying hair, and a heavy heart, for there are many secrets he has carried with him for the past 200 years.  The ceasg’s only true companion has been his servant Francisco, the Jamaican who carried the tiny demi-god-flounder from his evil step-father’s watery abyss, and hateful wrath.  Now, Ceasiago has a new family.  It is time they knew about his life as the son of an adulteress Venezuelan water goddess and her lover, the Greek god Poseidon.  It is time the Titans knew of his violation, child he spawned in Oceania, and the plan he hatched to give Francisco immortality.  It is time they knew of the loves, the loss, the honor, and might of the majestic Latin sea monster, with the heart of a man.  One night in front of a roaring fire, Xavyor pens the story of Ceasiago’s life… 

Ceasiago is a name I made up based on the term “ceasg” which is one of the original terms for mer-persons.  This is the third book in the continuing story of The Titans.  Eventually, each Titan will be able to tell his/her own story. 

I dedicate this novel to Angélica Toscano, Juan Hernández, Melquíades Medrano, and Juan Carlos Medrano—who lost their lives on July 3, 2001, gunned down solely because they were Latino.  This novel is also dedicated to all of the Latinos who died on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center terrorist attack, who may not have been counted or recognized.  

DHAMPIRE

     “I am what the Ammandites call a Bourkolakas—a dhampire.”

 XAVYOR Ross—the prophet and scribe of The Titans,  has returned to the United States, but not for long.  A strange blood borne illness has befallen Alek and thus the team is summoned to his castle in Transylvania to help him fight the disease, or hold his hand while he dies.  Jerbeaua, the immortal werewolf, has given him some of her blood, but it works no magick.  The powers of Burton, the Navajo Diyin Dine brings no hope, as the dhampire is one of the "cursed" of the earth (born of a mortal woman and vampire father) and not a gift of nature.  No one, not even Ceasiago the merman, world renowned medical doctor, can determine the dhampire's fate.  In the event of his demise, the only thing that will keep Alek's memory alive would be his biography.  Thus, Xavyor, prophet and scribe of the Titans must pen Alex's tale as only the dhampire can tell it.  Before it's too late...