Raymond Duane
Raymond Duane

Born in antiquity, I was raised with Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott and Mark Twain. I'd spend Friday nights with my grandmother and she would read to me the classics. With sound effects and excitement.

I worked for the college paper; was founding editor of a weekly newspaper; and I did a lot of magazine work, including for adult entertainment.

My fantasy books are for Jill, my wife, who loved dragon stories with strange creatures and magick. Sword and sorcery, with a blend of mystical philosophy about life and love. She and I wrote a dragon story titled Fort Jafra: Beware the Rae Jungle. I also have written a few cookbooks. My novel characters like to eat.

Series

New Castle Mistress (Quinine)
Quinine
Tick Tock Goddess Clock: A Quinine Adventure

Quinine

This fantasy series featuring Quinine, a bounty hunter with dragon in his soul, is set on the sprawling hand of a tremendous Goddess.

Ever since his startling birth when he arose from the Soul Pool as a crying infant where before only souls had emerged, Quinine has lived...