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October Reading

 Looking for something to read this October? Here are stories with some bite. Refugees And Other Stories brings together stories both dark and light by Celu Amberstone.  Shape-shifting beings and magical powers move in the natural world, and curious humans find unexpected roles to play in these stories from a celebrated author. Selkies and dragons have their tales to tell here. Ghosts and aliens with their own agendas and a troll interact with humans in stories that reference myths in new ways. Here, the reader will find reverence and reflection as well as adventure, and even humour.
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At the end of summer

Looking for something to read at the end of summer? Start a new series and you'll have plenty to read! Here's the first book in the series Tales of Tasimu, by author Celu Amberstone: Taste of Memory. A shorter version of this novel was previously published by Kegedonce Press in 2012, under the title The Dreamer's Legacy . TASIMU is a youth who can call down the power of the northern lights to win a rock-throwing contest, but he is also a boy troubled by the mystery surrounding his birth. You won't have to wait to read more, after finishing this novel. Three more books in the series are available now: When Memory Dies , Abandoning Memory , and Bitter Echo of Memory . The series will be finished in 2025.

Summer Reading Sale!

Time to get your summer reading ready!  If you're looking for affordable ebooks, check out Celu's amazing books at books2read.com/amberstone -- click on any book's cover image to learn more about that book and get it from any of over a dozen online vendors. All the titles from Kashallan Press are deep discounted on Smashwords till the end of August.

All Kashallan Press eBooks On Sale on Smashwords!

Good news! For the month of July, there's a sale on Smashwords.com -- and all the ebooks from Kashallan Press are discounted. This sale is available worldwide, and so is not called a summer sale. Instead it's their Summer/Winter Sale, recognizing that for readers south of the equator July is a winter month. This sale is a great chance to get the latest titles in series from Kashallan Press, or to give ebooks to your friends. So check out the page for Celu Amberstone's ebooks on the Smashwords website at this link: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/CeluAmberstone And if you'd like to buy ebooks as gifts for friends (and at this price, who wouldn't?) here's a link to tell you how that works very easily:   https://www.smashwords.com/about/gifts

Most Popular Book in 2023

Kashallan Press is glad to announce that for 2023, our re-release of Celu Amberstone's celebrated book Blessings of the Blood was our most popular book! This year, more copies of Blessings of the Blood have been printed in paperback or downloaded as ebooks than any other title available from Kashallan Press.  

A moment from Taste of Memory

The new series from Kashallan Press is Tales of Tasimu . First in the series, Taste of Memory  can be found at our distributor at this link .  a revised and expanded edition of Celu Amberstone's out-of-print novel The Dreamer's Legacy .  Here's an image with a short moment from the book. The second book in the series is When Memory Dies . Both books are available now as ebooks, and soon will be paperbacks as well. Third in the series is Abandoning Memory , to be released in summer 2024. 

Books 7 and 8 in a series

 This winter has seen the release of new titles in the series Tales of the Kashallans by Celu Amberstone! Book seven is Kashallan Alliance , in which Phillip and his young symbiote, Joey, take on the challenge of forming alliances among warring clans in preparation for a dangerous future. Not all the clans agree, and the demon Tessa carries has its own agenda. Even the Khutani are not of one mind about what shall be done.  Click on this link to see the catalogue listing for this exciting new part in the series. Book eight is Treacherous Campaign, where we see several threads of the narrative come together. Nathan and Phillip, with their symbiotes, strain to lead the Kashallan Alliance against their Ghostlander enemies. They must learn to trust native war magics as well as their own off-world technology, as all resources are needed to protect them in this struggle. And what can Tessa do if her human body is not strong enough for the fighting that her own inner Demon must win, to prote