Kidnapped to a world of magic, can Dayna Chrissie use forensic science to solve a royal murder…before centaurs and humans plunge headlong to war?

C.S. Lewis meets CSI when Dayna Chrissie, the LAPD’s best crime scene analyst, finds a golden medallion on a body that's been unceremoniously dumped at a construction site. At first, she doesn't think the find’s that unusual. Until that medallion’s enchantment transports her to the magical world of Andeluvia.

Dayna's been summoned out of desperation: Someone’s murdered the king, and if she can’t solve the mystery, human and centaur realms plunge headlong into war! But nobody wants peace when war offers chances for riches and glory. So Dayna ends up with a team of cast-offs: a centaur wizard with father issues, a brash griffin warrior, and the world's unluckiest magical deer.

And the trail leads where she least expects it...back home! When the evidence brings Dayna and her new friends back to Los Angeles, she must use all of her knowledge of forensics in order to solve the case.

The price of failure? A war that will kill millions and devastate Andeluvia.

Hope she works best under pressure.

Reviews of the Fantasy & Forensics Series:

Angel manages the nearly impossible...creating memorable characters in the midst of an intriguing mystery, action, humor and heart. -- JC Andrijeski, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Quentin Black Mystery series

This clever, humorous fantasy springs to life from page one... -- Publisher's Weekly

Fast-paced action and sly wit make Angel's writing irresistible fun. -- Rebecca Moesta, NYT Bestselling co-author of Young Jedi Knights

Q - What makes the Fantasy & Forensics series special?

A – I’ve enjoyed epic sword and sorcery types of fantasy since I was old enough to pick up a paperback. At the same time, I’ve always been a mystery fan – specifically, of those classic thriller or suspense novels that kept you up all night to finish them.

So I wrote the F&F books as a unique mix of the two genres. Crime Scene Analyst Dayna Chrissie has to solve some nefarious wrongdoing in each book using forensic science – but in a world of sorcery and mythical creatures!

Q – Why should readers give these books a try?

A – Because you’ll get to meet a bunch of memorable characters – knights, centaurs, griffins, and magical fey deer – in the midst of intriguing mysteries filled with action, humor and heart. (Yes, I paraphrased one of my earliest reviewers, but I simply can’t put it any better than that.)

Q – Tell us more about series protagonist Dayna Chrissie - what makes her tick?

A – Dayna starts out as that person you always find at the office on a Saturday. She loves solving the mysteries that everyone else has failed to crack.

Over the course of this book and its sequels, Dayna learns that ‘working’ is not the same thing as ‘living’. So she becomes attached to her group of friends, to the point that they become like family.

A life-threatening microbe. A desperate scientist. Can she isolate the disease before terrorists obliterate the world?

Epidemiologist Leigh Austen can’t shake her lasting guilt. As the sole survivor of her team’s encounter with the Black Nile virus, Austen is tormented with memories of her colleagues' horrific deaths. But when an unknown pathogen annihilates an entire Asian village, she must bury the nightmares and step up to help prevent a worldwide epidemic.

Joined by doctors, specialists, and a retired special-forces officer, Austen travels to the hot-zone epicenter a mile beneath the city’s surface. But with a crazed microbiologist and a former Soviet soldier after the dangerous organism, this scientist’s fight to save millions of lives could quickly cost her own…

Can Austen contain the killer strain before demented monsters unleash a deadly blight?

The Devil’s Noose is the suspenseful first book in the Plague Walker Medical Thrillers series. If you like intriguing mysteries, memorable characters, and science-based fiction, then you’ll love Michael Angel’s action-packed tale.

Buy The Devil’s Noose to eradicate a microscopic threat today!

LAPD crime scene analyst Dayna Chrissie’s got her hands full when the magical deer of the Fayleene Woods task her friend Prince Liam with proving his worth - by committing a murder!

But they don’t want him to kill some random being: Liam’s target is Sirrahon, an ancient stone dragon who’s threatening the Fayleene Realm and possesses the nastiest disposition in recorded history.

Dayna’s going to put her life on the line for her friend. So will a centaur wizard, a griffin warrior, and a nightmare delivering pooka with a crippling problem preventing him from doing his job.

But with a bloodthirsty dragon, hostile medieval lords, and an old enemy from a long-ago war stacked against her, how can she hope to prevail?

Reviews of the Fantasy & Forensics Series:

Angel manages the nearly impossible...creating memorable characters in the midst of an intriguing mystery, action, humor and heart. -- JC Andrijeski, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Quentin Black Mystery series

This clever, humorous fantasy springs to life from page one... -- Publisher's Weekly

Fast-paced action and sly wit make Angel's writing irresistible fun. -- Rebecca Moesta, NYT Bestselling co-author of Young Jedi Knights

Q - What makes the Fantasy & Forensics series special?

A – I’ve enjoyed epic sword and sorcery types of fantasy since I was old enough to pick up a paperback. At the same time, I’ve always been a mystery fan – specifically, of those classic thriller or suspense novels that kept you up all night to finish them.

So I wrote the F&F books as a unique mix of the two genres. Crime Scene Analyst Dayna Chrissie has to solve some nefarious wrongdoing in each book using forensic science – but in a world of sorcery and mythical creatures!

Q – Why should readers give these books a try?

A – Because you’ll get to meet a bunch of memorable characters – knights, centaurs, griffins, and magical fey deer – in the midst of intriguing mysteries filled with action, humor and heart. (Yes, I paraphrased one of my earliest reviewers, but I simply can’t put it any better than that.)

Q – Tell us more about series protagonist Dayna Chrissie - what makes her tick?

A – Dayna starts out as that person you always find at the office on a Saturday. She loves solving the mysteries that everyone else has failed to crack.

Over the course of this book and its sequels, Dayna learns that ‘working’ is not the same thing as ‘living’. So she becomes attached to her group of friends, to the point that they become like family. This serves her well as she encounters wizards, dragons, phoenix, demons, wyverns, and unicorns in her later journeys!

Q – Do readers have to read each book in the series in a specific order?

A – Not necessarily! Each novel is self-contained and doesn’t end on a cliffhanger, so you could pick up a book from anywhere in the series and enjoy it.

On the other hand, it’s fun watching Dayna’s friendships and companions grow closer to her over time.

When happens when CSI-style forensic science meets a fantasy world teeming with centaurs, griffins, and dragons?

The Fantasy & Forensics Series Box Set 1 includes Books 1-4 of the fantasy adventure decalogy by Amazon bestseller Michael Angel. Follow LAPD Crime Scene Analyst Dayna Chrissie as she’s brought to the magical realm of Andeluvia to solve a royal murder. Along the way, she’ll have to prevent a war, stop a stone dragon from wiping out an entire species, and find a winged thief amidst a teeming aerie of griffins.

Hope she works best under pressure.

If you enjoy fantasy adventure full of action, high-tech medicine, humor and a touch of romance, then this series is for you.

BONUS MATERIAL: In addition to four full-length novels, you’ll also get Forensics and Dragon Fire, a novella where Dayna’s got to solve the murder of a Dragon Rider…at the claws and teeth of his own steed!

BOOK 1 – Centaur of the Crime

When Dayna Chrissie, the LAPD’s best crime scene analyst, finds a golden medallion on a dumped body, she doesn't think the find’s that unusual. Until that medallion’s enchantment transports her to the magical world of Andeluvia.

Dayna's been summoned out of desperation: Someone’s murdered the king, and if she can’t solve the mystery, human and centaur realms plunge headlong into war!

And the trail leads where she least expects it...back home. When the evidence brings Dayna and her new friends back to Los Angeles, she must use all of her knowledge of forensics in order to solve the case!

BOOK 2 – The Deer Prince’s Murder

LAPD crime scene analyst Dayna Chrissie’s got her hands full when the magical deer of the Fayleene Woods task her friend Prince Liam with proving his worth - by committing a murder!

Liam’s target is Sirrahon, an ancient stone dragon who’s threatening the Fayleene Realm and possesses the nastiest disposition in recorded history.

Dayna’s going to put her life on the line for her friend. So will a centaur wizard, a griffin warrior, and a nightmare delivering pooka with a crippling problem preventing him from doing his job.

BOOK 3 – Grand Theft Griffin

Dayna Chrissie’s got a perplexing case – one where a set of crystals have been stolen from a Los Angeles museum. No one believes the eyewitness…because he claims the thief’s a creature with an eagle’s head and lion’s body!

Can Dayna find a criminal among the teeming cliffs of a griffin city? Even with Shaw's offspring on her side - three very grown, very lethal offspring, at that - can Dayna's forensics skills solve the mystery?

BOOK 4 – A Perjury of Owls

Dayna Chrissie’s got to crack the case of a missing Owl Albess when it’s announced that Thea, the leader of Andeluvia's Parliament, has been killed.

When Dayna’s instincts tell her that someone's lying, she launches a secret mission to find out what happened to the Albess, no matter the cost.

Dayna Chrissie’s got a perplexing case – one where a set of crystals have been stolen from a Los Angeles museum. No one believes the eyewitness…because he claims the thief’s a creature with an eagle’s head and lion’s body!

It looks like Dayna's got a griffin to track and bring in. She'll call on the help of a police detective and a centaur wizard to start. But she'll need Grimshaw, her griffin friend from the Air Cavalry, to get her where she needs to be: inside the Griffin Kingdom to live cheek-by-jowl with an entire aerie of deadly avian warriors.

Can Dayna find a criminal among the teeming cliffs of a griffin city? Even with Shaw's offspring on her side - three very grown, very lethal offspring, at that - can Dayna's forensics skills solve the mystery?

If she fails, the griffins face a disaster beyond their wildest imaginings!

Reviews of the Fantasy & Forensics Series:

Angel manages the nearly impossible...creating memorable characters in the midst of an intriguing mystery, action, humor and heart. -- JC Andrijeski, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Quentin Black Mystery series

This clever, humorous fantasy springs to life from page one... -- Publisher's Weekly

Fast-paced action and sly wit make Angel's writing irresistible fun. -- Rebecca Moesta, NYT Bestselling co-author of Young Jedi Knights

Q - What makes the Fantasy & Forensics series special?

A – I’ve enjoyed epic sword and sorcery types of fantasy since I was old enough to pick up a paperback. At the same time, I’ve always been a mystery fan – specifically, of those classic thriller or suspense novels that kept you up all night to finish them.

So I wrote the F&F books as a unique mix of the two genres. Crime Scene Analyst Dayna Chrissie has to solve some nefarious wrongdoing in each book using forensic science – but in a world of sorcery and mythical creatures!

Q – Why should readers give these books a try?

A – Because you’ll get to meet a bunch of memorable characters – knights, centaurs, griffins, and magical fey deer – in the midst of intriguing mysteries filled with action, humor and heart. (Yes, I paraphrased one of my earliest reviewers, but I simply can’t put it any better than that.)

Q – Tell us more about series protagonist Dayna Chrissie - what makes her tick?

A – Dayna starts out as that person you always find at the office on a Saturday. She loves solving the mysteries that everyone else has failed to crack.

Over the course of this book and its sequels, Dayna learns that ‘working’ is not the same thing as ‘living’. So she becomes attached to her group of friends, to the point that they become like family. This serves her well as she encounters wizards, dragons, phoenix, demons, wyverns, and unicorns in her later journeys!

Q – Do readers have to read each book in the series in a specific order?

A – Not necessarily! Each novel is self-contained and doesn’t end on a cliffhanger, so you could pick up a book from anywhere in the series and enjoy it.

Dame Chrissie's given her most dangerous mission yet!

The Regent wants to find out who's directing the wyvern attacks on Andeluvia. Those answers can only be found within Keshali, the ghostly city deep within the Hinter Lands. So Dayna's given a warrant to find out what lies beneath the haunted ruins!

But someone's playing a deadly game with her in Los Angeles. Dayna's got her hands full in Los Angeles as a murderer starts leaving gristly clues in her path. But both the LAPD and OME seem determined to leave her to face this mystery on her own.

Even if she rises to the challenge, can Dayna survive the return of a terrifying creature from Andeluvia's ancient past?

Reviews of the Fantasy & Forensics Series:

Angel manages the nearly impossible...creating memorable characters in the midst of an intriguing mystery, action, humor and heart. -- JC Andrijeski, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Quentin Black Mystery series

This clever, humorous fantasy springs to life from page one... -- Publisher's Weekly

Fast-paced action and sly wit make Angel's writing irresistible fun. -- Rebecca Moesta, NYT Bestselling co-author of Young Jedi Knights

Q - What makes the Fantasy & Forensics series special?

A – I’ve enjoyed epic sword and sorcery types of fantasy since I was old enough to pick up a paperback. At the same time, I’ve always been a mystery fan – specifically, of those classic thriller or suspense novels that kept you up all night to finish them.

So I wrote the F&F books as a unique mix of the two genres. Crime Scene Analyst Dayna Chrissie has to solve some nefarious wrongdoing in each book using forensic science – but in a world of sorcery and mythical creatures!

Q – Why should readers give these books a try?

A – Because you’ll get to meet a bunch of memorable characters – knights, centaurs, griffins, and magical fey deer – in the midst of intriguing mysteries filled with action, humor and heart. (Yes, I paraphrased one of my earliest reviewers, but I simply can’t put it any better than that.)

Q – Tell us more about series protagonist Dayna Chrissie - what makes her tick?

A – Dayna starts out as that person you always find at the office on a Saturday. She loves solving the mysteries that everyone else has failed to crack.

Over the course of this book and its sequels, Dayna learns that ‘working’ is not the same thing as ‘living’. So she becomes attached to her group of friends, to the point that they become like family. This serves her well as she encounters wizards, dragons, phoenix, demons, wyverns, and unicorns in her later journeys!

Q – Do readers have to read each book in the series in a specific order?

A – Not necessarily! Each novel is self-contained and doesn’t end on a cliffhanger, so you could pick up a book from anywhere in the series and enjoy it.

On the other hand, it’s fun watching Dayna’s friendships and companions grow closer to her over time. There’s also a couple over-arching themes and plots that unfold in the later books.