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About Nikki McCormack
Nikki started writing her first novel at the age of 12, which she still has tucked in a briefcase in her home office. Despite a successful short story publication with Cricket Magazine in 2007, she continued to treat her writing addiction as a hobby until a drop in the economy presented her with an abundance of free time that she used to focus on making it her career.
Nikki lives in the magnificent Pacific Northwest with her sweet old horse and a handsome cat-god. She feeds her imagination by sitting on the ocean in her kayak gazing out across the never-ending water or hanging from a rope in a cave, embraced by darkness and the sound of dripping water. She finds peace through practicing iaido or shooting her longbow.
Nikki lives in the magnificent Pacific Northwest with her sweet old horse and a handsome cat-god. She feeds her imagination by sitting on the ocean in her kayak gazing out across the never-ending water or hanging from a rope in a cave, embraced by darkness and the sound of dripping water. She finds peace through practicing iaido or shooting her longbow.
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Blog postAnyone who has tried to work while going back to college can tell you it's hard to find time for anything else. Making time to write and edit and promote books isn't easy, but it isn't something I do for money or fame. Though I certainly wouldn't turn down a bit of extra cash right now. That going to school stuff is expen
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Blog postNow that the Clockwork Enterprises trilogy (now also available in audiobook) and the Forbidden Things trilogy are both complete, I thought it might be fun to do something that crosses over into both a little bit. Golden Eyes is a light reading young adult fantasy about a young woman who thinks her life is all planned out until she develops a bond with a gargoyle and unlocks an ancient magic that may be the key to saving her kingdom.
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Blog postIt's been a long time coming and I am so excited to finally announce the release of The Girl and the Clockwork Crossfire, the third book in the Clockwork Enterprises trilogy. Thanks to all the fans who patiently waited for this book and to the friends and family who encouraged me through some hard times along the way. You are all amazing.
If you'd like to pick up a signed copy, I'll be vending at Airship Pirates: Port Townsend Steam 2017, June 9th through the 11th. This is a fanta4 years ago Read more -
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Blog postToday, I am happy to announce the re-release of The Girl and the Clockwork Cat, Clockwork Enterprises book one, in print and eBook editions. After much consideration, I decided to part ways with the original publisher, so now, with some errors corrected, it is back out and ready for the world.
But where is Clockwork Enterprise
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Blog postLooking for a new fantasy to read after the Forbidden Things series? I'm very excited to say that I can now help with that. Announcing the release of The Keeper, the first book in The Endless Chronicles, a new other-world fantasy series.
For those of you waiting for the final installment in the Clockwork Enterprises series, it is on the way. Some unplanned chaos in my personal life put me behind on that series, but I am getting back on track. In the interim, here's something to pass th5 years ago Read more -
Blog postThe Forbidden Things series is on tour with a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble gift card giveaway July 18th through the 22nd. Visit the stops below to join the fun and enter the giveaway!
Tour Schedule
July 18
My Creatively Random Life (Top Ten List)
July 19
Library of Erana (Character Interview)
Kimber Leigh Writes (Top Ten List)
Mas
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Blog postOlivia Black does not feel safe. Nightmares plague her sleep and haunt her days. If she has to endure one more minute stuck in a safe house in rainy Portland, she’s going to lose it. When Mike Palmer sneaks off to find her sister Kaylee without her, it’s the last straw. She has to do something.
Then Palmer’s hackers find the D
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Blog postI'm very excited to announce the official release of Apostate, the final book in my Forbidden Things series. Visit the Apostate page to read the first chapter and find links to order. Also, keep an eye out this week for free promotions on my short stories, In Silence Waiting and Making Monsters, and a Kindle Countdown Deal running the 20th through the 27th on Dissident, Forbidden Things book one.
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Blog postIt's that time again.
In spite of an extraordinary amount of crazy in my 2016 so far, I'm excited to share with you the cover art for the upcoming third book in my Forbidden Things epic fantasy series! Before I show you this newest fantastic cover by Raquel Neira, however, here is
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Blog postIn a lot of ways, 2015 was a hard year for me. There were some health scares with people close to me. I spent a large part of the year dealing with prolonged injury recovery for my horse and adjusting to live in the city after 14 years living in the country. I have also spent the last several months handling my own injury rec
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Blog postAs I was sitting down to write this blog post, I got a bit of happy news. My young adult novel, The Girl and the Clockwork Cat (the first book in the Clockwork Enterprises series), made the finalist list for the Dante Rossetti Awards. They're still judging for First in Category and Grand Prize. Congratulations to all the othe
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Blog postTis the season for being thankful, so I'd like to express a great deal of thanks to my cover artist, Raquel Neira, for producing yet another fantastic cover for me. Exile is the second book in the Forbidden Things series, scheduled to come out in December (the season of giving - *wink*). The fantastic folks at Masquerade Book Tours are hosting this tour. Stops are listed lower down, just above the amazing cover reveal!
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Blog postI wanted to open with that song in honor of the wonderful spooky season and to commemorate my introduction to Zombicide, a board game I was introduced to last weekend by a lovely group of people. I have to be honest about this, there was something rather empowering about playing a female character running around in a hockey mask with an axe in one hand and a shotgun in the other laying waste to the undead.
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Blog postOfficial Release!
The Girl and the Clockwork Conspiracy
(Clockwork Enterprises, #2) It's finally here! The long awaited sequel to The Girl and the Clockwork Cat! Visit The Girl and the Clockwork Conspiracy at Elysium Books for the first chapter and links to order.
If you're in the Seattle area, come join me at Steamposium on Fr
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Blog postWith all the craziness around getting The Girl and the Clockwork Conspiracy (book two in the Clockwork Enterprises series) ready for publication before Steamposium, there hasn't been time to set up fancy cover reveals and such, so I'm doing a little under-advertised cover reveal of my own for you here today. If the rest goes according to plan, the book will be available in print and ebook on September 14th. I will be signing copies of the first two Clockwork Enterprises books and doing a6 years ago Read more
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Blog postThe previous giveaway has ended and I'm still deep in edits on Exile and Apostate (Forbidden Things 2 & 3) and finalizing details for the release of The Girl and the Clockwork Conspiracy (Clockwork Enterprises 2) next month. Needless to say, original blog content has suffered. I'm hoping to get some new content up soon. In the meantime, I offer you another giveaway.
Goodreads Book Giveaway Dissident by Nikki McCorma6 years ago Read more -
Blog postI'm very excited to announce the official release of Dissident, the first book in my Forbidden Things series. Visit the Dissident page for more information and links to order.
Also, drop in for the blog tour starting July 13th with stops at Edgar's Books and Independent Authors. The tour runs through August 7th with many oppor
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Blog postWith the first book in the Forbidden Things series coming out soon (July 9th! So excited!), I thought it might be worthwhile to talk a bit about the adventure of self-publishing. This isn’t going to be about writing the book or about editing it. Rest assured, it has been edited exten
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Blog postUPDATE: Congratulations Jo C. for winning the giveaway. Stay tuned for more giveaway fun in the book release blog tour July 13th through August 7th.
I am very excited to be doing a cover reveal for Dissident, the first book in my Forbidden Things series. After experiencing the ups and downs of traditional publishing with The Girl and the Clockwork Cat (the sequel to which is coming out in September) I decided to try out self-publishing with the Forbidden Things series. It’s been better6 years ago Read more -
Blog postIt’s been quiet here since early February (cue crickets). February itself was simply lost time due to a bad bout of flu that turned into pneumonia and put me in the ER a few times. Three actually, but I'm better now.
Now I’m making up for lost time with several book projects, two of which I’d like to share with you now.
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Books By Nikki McCormack
Dissident (Forbidden Things Book 1)
Jul 9, 2015
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Ascard power can strengthen, heal, and create. It also has great potential to destroy. Indigo’s country restricts the use of ascard, so she must channel her ability into the healing arts or risk severe punishment. An orphan from a disgraced family, trapped by her father’s treason, she is struggling to find her place in society.
Then a mysterious stranger from a neighboring country asks for her help escaping his prison so he can bring an end to his emperor's oppressive rule. His devotion to his cause and the passion behind his cool arrogance move her. She decides to use her power in forbidden ways to help him at the risk of being branded a traitor like her father.
Then a mysterious stranger from a neighboring country asks for her help escaping his prison so he can bring an end to his emperor's oppressive rule. His devotion to his cause and the passion behind his cool arrogance move her. She decides to use her power in forbidden ways to help him at the risk of being branded a traitor like her father.
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Maeko hasn't been long away from the gritty London streets and she's already learning that her new "civilized" life comes with its own challenges. She has to dress proper, eat proper and be a proper lady. She can't even talk to a boy without a chaperone. She's got proper coming out of her ears. If not for her feline companion Macak, she might go mad.
Her one hope for some freedom and excitement comes when the moody detective, Em, asks her to be an apprentice. But that apprenticeship comes with a price. She must agree to spy on Macak's owner, Lucian, the wealthy businessman and inventor whose life she saved.
Everything changes when Lucian's brother dies in an explosion while visiting Lucian's home in the heart of London. The Literati--a powerful group vying for political control of London--say it was murder and Maeko is on their suspect list. With Macak at her side, she must turn once more to her allies, Chaff and Ash. They will have to brave city streets torn by rebellion and conspiracy to find the truth.
Her one hope for some freedom and excitement comes when the moody detective, Em, asks her to be an apprentice. But that apprenticeship comes with a price. She must agree to spy on Macak's owner, Lucian, the wealthy businessman and inventor whose life she saved.
Everything changes when Lucian's brother dies in an explosion while visiting Lucian's home in the heart of London. The Literati--a powerful group vying for political control of London--say it was murder and Maeko is on their suspect list. With Macak at her side, she must turn once more to her allies, Chaff and Ash. They will have to brave city streets torn by rebellion and conspiracy to find the truth.
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Maeko only wants to protect the people she cares about. Somehow, that goal has taken her from living a life as a pickpocket on the streets of London trying to pay off her mum’s debt, to becoming deeply enmeshed in rising hostilities between the Pirates and the Literati.
Now she has offers from both sides to help protect her loved ones. But things have gotten more dangerous. All around her, the Pirates and Lits are hard at work on ways to destroy each other. Meanwhile, things are spiraling out of control with Chaff and Ash.
With Macak as her one constant companion, Maeko is going to have to decide for herself who she will trust. She needs to be at her most clever to survive this and she’s going to need someone’s help to keep from getting caught in the crossfire.
Now she has offers from both sides to help protect her loved ones. But things have gotten more dangerous. All around her, the Pirates and Lits are hard at work on ways to destroy each other. Meanwhile, things are spiraling out of control with Chaff and Ash.
With Macak as her one constant companion, Maeko is going to have to decide for herself who she will trust. She needs to be at her most clever to survive this and she’s going to need someone’s help to keep from getting caught in the crossfire.
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Feisty teenage thief Maeko and her maybe-more-than-friend Chaff have scraped out an existence in Victorian London's gritty streets, but after a near-disastrous heist leads her to a mysterious clockwork cat and two dead bodies, she's thrust into a murder mystery that may cost her everything she holds dear.
Her only allies are Chaff, the cat, and Ash, the son of the only murder suspect, who offers her enough money to finally get off the streets if she'll help him find the real killer.
What starts as a simple search ultimately reveals a conspiracy stretching across the entire city. And as Maeko and Chaff discover feelings for each other neither was prepared to admit, she's forced to choose whether she'll stay with him or finally escape the life of a street rat. But with danger closing in around them, the only way any of them will get out of this alive is if all of them work together.
Her only allies are Chaff, the cat, and Ash, the son of the only murder suspect, who offers her enough money to finally get off the streets if she'll help him find the real killer.
What starts as a simple search ultimately reveals a conspiracy stretching across the entire city. And as Maeko and Chaff discover feelings for each other neither was prepared to admit, she's forced to choose whether she'll stay with him or finally escape the life of a street rat. But with danger closing in around them, the only way any of them will get out of this alive is if all of them work together.
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The Keeper
Sep 9, 2016
$3.99
She is The Keeper.
That which is lost, she will find.
She resides in the body of an Endless woman, but is not one of them.
That which is forsaken, she will cherish.
She exists to collect the spirits of gods and the rarest demons upon their death. That is her purpose. It has always been so.
That which is forgotten, she will remember.
She does not remember where she came from or why she must do the things she does.
That which is, she will keep.
But when she meets an exiled Endless warrior in the Undercity, something starts to awaken within her stolen body. Something that compels her to go with him. Something that should be dormant.
That which is lost, she will find.
She resides in the body of an Endless woman, but is not one of them.
That which is forsaken, she will cherish.
She exists to collect the spirits of gods and the rarest demons upon their death. That is her purpose. It has always been so.
That which is forgotten, she will remember.
She does not remember where she came from or why she must do the things she does.
That which is, she will keep.
But when she meets an exiled Endless warrior in the Undercity, something starts to awaken within her stolen body. Something that compels her to go with him. Something that should be dormant.
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Exile (Forbidden Things Book 2)
Dec 15, 2015
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Yiloch stands accused of a terrible crime against Indigo’s country. She wants nothing more than to prove the accusations false, but the evidence puts blood on his hands.
While trying to protect the Lyran prince from the swift descent of Caithin justice, Indigo uncovers the workings of an enemy willing to do anything to protect his secrets. In desperation, she unleashes wild power that strands Yiloch deep in the desert
of Kudan. Now she must find Yiloch before Caithin declares war on Lyra.
To make matters worse, a lethal new enemy is marching on Lyra. An army wielding magic unlike anything they have faced before.
While trying to protect the Lyran prince from the swift descent of Caithin justice, Indigo uncovers the workings of an enemy willing to do anything to protect his secrets. In desperation, she unleashes wild power that strands Yiloch deep in the desert
of Kudan. Now she must find Yiloch before Caithin declares war on Lyra.
To make matters worse, a lethal new enemy is marching on Lyra. An army wielding magic unlike anything they have faced before.
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Apostate (Forbidden Things Book 3)
Apr 16, 2016
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Marked as a traitor to her own country, Indigo must look elsewhere for help if she is going to save Lyra. While Yiloch rushes back to the capital to prepare his empire for battle, Indigo turns to the least likely place to build an army of her own.
The Kudaness, split apart by intertribal rivalries, are still bound together by several things, including their hatred of her people and their belief that using ascard is an affront to their gods. Even if they forgive her those sins, she faces the challenge of convincing them to go to war on behalf of their Lyran neighbors.
If she succeeds, they will face a seemingly untouchable enemy and somewhere out there, Myac is still hunting them.
The Kudaness, split apart by intertribal rivalries, are still bound together by several things, including their hatred of her people and their belief that using ascard is an affront to their gods. Even if they forgive her those sins, she faces the challenge of convincing them to go to war on behalf of their Lyran neighbors.
If she succeeds, they will face a seemingly untouchable enemy and somewhere out there, Myac is still hunting them.
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Golden Eyes
Nov 6, 2017
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Gargoyles don’t interact with people. So, when one visits Mira on the manor tower, she isn’t sure how to respond. There’s something comforting about its presence though, especially when it follows her on her way to meet her future husband.
At seventeen, she doesn’t feel ready to marry. A political marriage tearing her away from Captain Marikashi, whom she secretly loves, was once her greatest fear. Now the captain has been called to war, leaving her with the gargoyle and her husband-to-be.
Fearing for the captain and dreading her future, Mira turns to her unusual companion for support. As her bond with the gargoyle grows she begins discovering strange new powers granted to her by her beastly companion. But those powers come with a price that will make her marital woes look trivial. A price that she and the gargoyle will soon have to pay.
At seventeen, she doesn’t feel ready to marry. A political marriage tearing her away from Captain Marikashi, whom she secretly loves, was once her greatest fear. Now the captain has been called to war, leaving her with the gargoyle and her husband-to-be.
Fearing for the captain and dreading her future, Mira turns to her unusual companion for support. As her bond with the gargoyle grows she begins discovering strange new powers granted to her by her beastly companion. But those powers come with a price that will make her marital woes look trivial. A price that she and the gargoyle will soon have to pay.
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Dark Savior of the Dragons (Elysium's Fall Book 2)
Sep 17, 2019
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Book two in the Elysium's Fall dark fantasy duology.
Raine is caught between the dark power of the daenox and the balancing power of the dragon web. She inherited her parent’s memories—both good and bad—and their enemies: Kyouin with his daemon army and the Death Dragon, Theruses.
The other dragons are her best chance at defeating those enemies, but they have gone into hiding, leaving humanity to deal with the daemons alone. She must find the dragons and convince them to help stop the daemon army before it’s too late. If it isn’t too late already.
Raine is caught between the dark power of the daenox and the balancing power of the dragon web. She inherited her parent’s memories—both good and bad—and their enemies: Kyouin with his daemon army and the Death Dragon, Theruses.
The other dragons are her best chance at defeating those enemies, but they have gone into hiding, leaving humanity to deal with the daemons alone. She must find the dragons and convince them to help stop the daemon army before it’s too late. If it isn’t too late already.
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Dark Hope of the Dragons (Elysium's Fall Book 1)
Jul 28, 2018
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An adult DARK fantasy novel.
After over a century imprisoned in stone statues, the dragons have devised a plan to regain their freedom. Unbeknownst to humankind, they placed the power to begin that process in Dephithus, the beloved heir to the throne of Imperious.
Followers of the daenox—a dark power that was also imprisoned—have learned of the dragons’ plans. On his sixteenth birthday, they give Dephithus a cruel gift of their own. A gift meant to thwart the dragons. A gift that will change his life, and his world, forever.
*For readers who are dealing with trauma in their own lives, note that this story contains a plot line involving sexual assault that may be difficult for those who have experienced it themselves.*
After over a century imprisoned in stone statues, the dragons have devised a plan to regain their freedom. Unbeknownst to humankind, they placed the power to begin that process in Dephithus, the beloved heir to the throne of Imperious.
Followers of the daenox—a dark power that was also imprisoned—have learned of the dragons’ plans. On his sixteenth birthday, they give Dephithus a cruel gift of their own. A gift meant to thwart the dragons. A gift that will change his life, and his world, forever.
*For readers who are dealing with trauma in their own lives, note that this story contains a plot line involving sexual assault that may be difficult for those who have experienced it themselves.*
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And They All Look Just the Same
Mar 12, 2018
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And They All Look Just the Same is a dark fantasy short story that delves into the sinister power of mob mentality.
The magician and his apprentice have to eat, but stopping in small poverty-stricken villages is always a last resort. These audiences are hard to please and quick to temper. He'll give this place a try and hope it isn't just the same as all the others.
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Making Monsters
Feb 5, 2015
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A short story by Nikki McCormack
Shai is a girl with nothing in a world run by men. Her parents are gone. She has no future to look forward to. Only her brother keeps her safe, but even he isn’t willing to stand up to Kurth, the leader of their little band. Not when it comes to keeping Kurth’s hands of off her and not now, when he should be disputing the older boy’s plans to involve them all in a dangerous heist.
Shai believes the heist will go terribly wrong. When it does, she is the one to pay the price. Only this time, what promised to be a tragic end gives Shai the strength and freedom she needs to turn the tables on Kurth, but she may have to abandon her humanity to do so.
Shai is a girl with nothing in a world run by men. Her parents are gone. She has no future to look forward to. Only her brother keeps her safe, but even he isn’t willing to stand up to Kurth, the leader of their little band. Not when it comes to keeping Kurth’s hands of off her and not now, when he should be disputing the older boy’s plans to involve them all in a dangerous heist.
Shai believes the heist will go terribly wrong. When it does, she is the one to pay the price. Only this time, what promised to be a tragic end gives Shai the strength and freedom she needs to turn the tables on Kurth, but she may have to abandon her humanity to do so.
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