Robert Hazelton

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About Robert Hazelton
Robert Hazelton has been writing short fiction, novels and music his entire life. As the founding member of Deadly Nightshade Botanical Society and a long time member of the band Abney Park, he has traveled extensively and performed countless shows in exotic locales.
Robert writes in a variety of genres but keeps drifting back to modern fantasy/horror. He considers Elizabeth Moon, Frank Herbert, and Steven Pressfield to be his biggest influences.
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Blog postI have been working feverishly on a number of major projects. Not the least of which are audiobook versions of several of the novels. Right now, Ancestral Reunion is going through the ACX process. Tomorrow, Hermes Foundation will kick off their as well. Then, it's on to Star Power (which is half way done but I'm lame and haven't been out to finish it).
All around, it's been pretty crazy. Read on to see all the things I've been putting time into lately. It's pretty wild.
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Blog postDoes a cat deserve an obituary? What living thing doesn’t deserve to be remembered? What soul should be lost to mediocrity or mixed up in the ashes of days, months, years of foggy schedules full of work, stress, and the daily grind? When a spirit knows affection, when it is cared for as deeply and purely as a family member then they deserve whatever we might be capable of providing, be it a few simple words or any other monument worthy of their name.
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Blog postI've read some things about the ratings for the new season of Doctor Who. They're pretty low. If you head over to Rotten Tomatoes, it's insane. The critical reception of Season 12 shows 80%. Audience score is 16%. I have several opinions about this.
1) Show Runner Reaction: I hope that they look at the score that matters there because if they think 'people just don't get it, critics love us', then they're in trouble. The 16% isn't even people whining about a female doctor. They're going o2 years ago Read more -
Blog postI couldn't find a good list of these anywhere so I thought I'd provide it myself. Each of these has multiple missions but looking over the list should give you an idea of how far you are to completing the main campaign.
Main Campaign
The Martyr: Chapter 1The Abandoned ColossusThe CageThe ExpeditionThe Martyr: Chapter 2Saving Caius ThornHunt for the MartyrThe Martyr: Chapter 3KlosterheimRevelationsMachine SpiritThe Secret WeaponRebellionThe Martyr: Chapter 4The Van Winter Legac3 years ago Read more -
Blog postThis is the book I'm working on for Nanowrimo this year!
It's a time travel adventure set in the Society Case Files world.
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Blog postThere was a time when a company that provided a service cared about an individual user experience. That time has long since passed. Small businesses don't even seem to care all that much considering some of the way they practice service so when you put that to a big place like Apple, Microsoft, Nike, or any of those biggies, the average person is literally at their mercy. They have zero recourse in regards to poor service, bad practices, or decisions that just suck for them financially or otherw3 years ago Read more
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Blog postI'll never forget seeing this in a theater up in Seattle when it first came out. I was twenty years old and broke for any nihilistic, artsy vampire movie a director could throw out there. Nadja came out the year before and set the stage for my 'black and white philosophical vampire' interest.
When we saw the trailer for this, it was easy math. Over the years, I've probably seen it a dozen times. It was hard to get my hands on a copy but I finally got an import of it on DVD. Recently3 years ago Read more -
Blog postI picked this game up when it first came out and I have no idea why I stopped. The best part is I was on the second to the last level in the game when I did. It's a shame because I had an absolute blast revisiting and completing this title. So much so I would recommend it without question.
This is a semi-open world game where you can take care of your objectives many different ways. You can sneak around, ensuring you're never caught and don't take out anyone. You can go in like Cona3 years ago Read more -
Blog postComing on the heels of Endgame had to be nerve wracking for the folks making this film. I haven't gone back to the theater to see a movie twice in a long time but I did with Endgame. It was fantastic. So Spider Man had some hype to live up to...like flipping to the next book in a series the second you finished to see what's changed.
I'm happy to say that most of the questions I had from Endgame did get answered here. I don't necessarily believe that it deserved 92%...I'd have been m3 years ago Read more -
Blog postBack in October, 2018, Call of Cthulhu came out as a video game with a bunch of huge promises. Not the least of which were an open world, an RPG system that mattered, multiple methods to solve cases, and stunning quality development.
They pretty much failed to deliver on every single point with the exception that SOME cases could be solved in different ways. All around, it was a pretty big disappointment, one that I regretted paying full price for. So when the Sinking City was on th3 years ago Read more
Titles By Robert Hazelton
Glamour & Shadows
Dec 28, 2013
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From the Author of Drown the Heart and Creative Spark, this is where the Society stories all begin with a dimming of the lights.
Monsters Exist
Only the Society keeps humanity blissfully ignorant of the dangers that lurk within every shadow.
Incubus Detective Algiers Stanton and his fairy partner Ophelia Dupre have been working together for quite a while. One serious, one not so much, they make a perfect team; complementing each other even as one grates on the other's nerves.
When they're called upon to investigate a grisly murder thought to be committed by a shapeshifter, it looks like a routine case of clean & close, everyone happy. But the complications of a millennia old organization refuse to go quietly under the rug and when the past rises up to shake the very pillars of the Society, the two detective's lives may change forever in the process.
The shadows await!
Monsters Exist
Only the Society keeps humanity blissfully ignorant of the dangers that lurk within every shadow.
Incubus Detective Algiers Stanton and his fairy partner Ophelia Dupre have been working together for quite a while. One serious, one not so much, they make a perfect team; complementing each other even as one grates on the other's nerves.
When they're called upon to investigate a grisly murder thought to be committed by a shapeshifter, it looks like a routine case of clean & close, everyone happy. But the complications of a millennia old organization refuse to go quietly under the rug and when the past rises up to shake the very pillars of the Society, the two detective's lives may change forever in the process.
The shadows await!
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Eternity: The Sacrifice of Purity
Jul 1, 2021
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Eternity: The Sacrifice of Purity is a musical about love, loss, and the corrupting influence of fame. It follows a young artist Cillian as he arrives at the big city with huge dreams. He's quickly thrown into a world of shadows, of monsters and desires. As he attempts to navigate his new environment, a stunning woman catches his attention. Is she the light he believes or a beacon to his own demise?
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Charlotte Barreau has tried to maintain a low key lifestyle but it isn’t easy for a young witch. As a student of the Holstrom Sanctum, she’s studied the intricacies of magic but never had to apply them to anything of importance. Her biggest concerns involve finding a movie she hasn’t seen, spending time with her friend Avery, and passing magical physics.All that changes when she meets a feisty orange cat attempting to foil the plot of a cultist opening a portal to another world. This magical beast comes to her with a calling, a duty to defend our world against denizens of a dangerous realm called the Umbra Oculus. Charlotte finds herself inextricably bound to her new friend, a partner in his crusade.As they begin to investigate, they find themselves dangerously outmatched. Their opponents are fully trained, adult wizards with serious zeal for their work. Even after enlisting the aid of two additional students, they discover they may not be cut out for the task. But with no one else working on the problem, these children and their cat must save the world, even as they risk their very lives in the effort.
Ancestral Reunion
Mar 23, 2018
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Haunting Dreams
Miranda Aldridge lives on a lean budget. A music student at Boston College, she focuses on playing the violin, holding on to a few close friends and staying under the radar. Aside from a few bad dreams and tough classes, she’s fallen into the steady rhythm of a full time student. Life couldn’t be more predictable or easily managed.
So when a lawyer calls after a particularly frightening nightmare to inform her she’s just inherited her uncle’s German castle, Miranda’s carefully crafted world starts to fall apart. Along with tremendous wealth comes a strange mystery involving the fact she is the only woman to have been born to her family and every male relative has died shortly after their forty-ninth birthday.
As she delves into her ancestral history, she finds more questions than answers. Something’s drawing her to her family’s home, a force as old as the land and not entirely benevolent. Armed with sass, her closest friends and a sincere desire to retain her sense of self, Miranda sets out to discover secrets hidden in the folds of time.
Miranda Aldridge lives on a lean budget. A music student at Boston College, she focuses on playing the violin, holding on to a few close friends and staying under the radar. Aside from a few bad dreams and tough classes, she’s fallen into the steady rhythm of a full time student. Life couldn’t be more predictable or easily managed.
So when a lawyer calls after a particularly frightening nightmare to inform her she’s just inherited her uncle’s German castle, Miranda’s carefully crafted world starts to fall apart. Along with tremendous wealth comes a strange mystery involving the fact she is the only woman to have been born to her family and every male relative has died shortly after their forty-ninth birthday.
As she delves into her ancestral history, she finds more questions than answers. Something’s drawing her to her family’s home, a force as old as the land and not entirely benevolent. Armed with sass, her closest friends and a sincere desire to retain her sense of self, Miranda sets out to discover secrets hidden in the folds of time.
The Night Players (The Savant Diaries Book 2)
Mar 2, 2018
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Places Everyone
When a high profile child disappears from his family’s Hollywood mansion, Cecile Trudeau receives a call to investigate. The circumstances of the crime bring her back together with movie star Chris Tam, hot off the wrap of his latest film. Together, they set out to find those responsible for the abduction and save the victim.
As a Savant, a human awakened to the world of the Supernatural, Cecile has been cleaning up threats to humanity for years. Previous cases have been straightforward: find the threat, take it out, collect a paycheck. This time promises to be something far more involved and as they delve into the situation, it becomes obvious they have landed themselves in a plot years in the making.
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When a high profile child disappears from his family’s Hollywood mansion, Cecile Trudeau receives a call to investigate. The circumstances of the crime bring her back together with movie star Chris Tam, hot off the wrap of his latest film. Together, they set out to find those responsible for the abduction and save the victim.
As a Savant, a human awakened to the world of the Supernatural, Cecile has been cleaning up threats to humanity for years. Previous cases have been straightforward: find the threat, take it out, collect a paycheck. This time promises to be something far more involved and as they delve into the situation, it becomes obvious they have landed themselves in a plot years in the making.
And Action
Fairy Tale Ending (Glamour & Shadows Book 6)
Nov 1, 2017
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Desperation Breeds Obedience
Renard Martin lives a simple life. As a hitman for a Society bigwig, he takes on targets the former Cleaners used to handle. As a graduate of the infamous Lark sanctum, he’s a dangerous and irreverent person who has no desire to remain beholden to anyone. After his family was brutally murdered, he thought he lost them all but then he heard a rumor. His sister Victoria may still be alive and the vampire Marius Sontag promised to help him find her…for the price of becoming an assassin.
Belia Dellacroix never got to live for herself. The ward of an ancient vampire, every event of her existence has been carefully planned, governed and censored. This has not left her without guile, however and once she discovered the grim fate her guardian had in store for her, she took drastic action. Stepping out means incredible risk and so she turns to the only person she can in her carefully designed world: a certain Society hitman looking for something dear to him.
But will Renard prove too unpredictable and harsh for her needs? Holding leverage over his head might well be the most dangerous thing she’s ever done but desperate times call for desperate measures. Without him, she’ll be an unwilling sacrifice, killed for a chance to claim ancient power but if she can keep her protector on track and under control, she may just get the fairy tale ending she’s always hoped for.
Renard Martin lives a simple life. As a hitman for a Society bigwig, he takes on targets the former Cleaners used to handle. As a graduate of the infamous Lark sanctum, he’s a dangerous and irreverent person who has no desire to remain beholden to anyone. After his family was brutally murdered, he thought he lost them all but then he heard a rumor. His sister Victoria may still be alive and the vampire Marius Sontag promised to help him find her…for the price of becoming an assassin.
Belia Dellacroix never got to live for herself. The ward of an ancient vampire, every event of her existence has been carefully planned, governed and censored. This has not left her without guile, however and once she discovered the grim fate her guardian had in store for her, she took drastic action. Stepping out means incredible risk and so she turns to the only person she can in her carefully designed world: a certain Society hitman looking for something dear to him.
But will Renard prove too unpredictable and harsh for her needs? Holding leverage over his head might well be the most dangerous thing she’s ever done but desperate times call for desperate measures. Without him, she’ll be an unwilling sacrifice, killed for a chance to claim ancient power but if she can keep her protector on track and under control, she may just get the fairy tale ending she’s always hoped for.
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Star Power (The Savant Diaries Book 1)
Feb 23, 2016
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Performance Anxiety
Christopher Tam’s luck sucks. Once an A list action star, his big franchise has been turned into a cable TV series without him. To make matters worse, a run in with the law resulted in a court mandated anger management class. The pamphlet claimed four sessions would change his life but he had no idea just how much. A chance encounter with another attendee opens a world he thought only existed in his movies.
Cecile Trudeau lives by her wits, working in the shady underbelly of LA’s supernatural districts. As a Savant or monster hunter, she scrapes by from job to job, pulling in enough money for rent. Her work spilled over into normal society and she finds herself faced with stale donuts, angry house wives and an out of work celebrity who may well change her life.
A plot’s brewing in Tinseltown, one which may shatter a peace long held between normals and supernaturals. Two people stand in the way of this conspiracy and whether they like it or not, they must work together to maintain the peace. For without them, blood will run in the streets and Christopher’s chance for a comeback will be cancelled permanently.
A Drama Fit for the Screen
Christopher Tam’s luck sucks. Once an A list action star, his big franchise has been turned into a cable TV series without him. To make matters worse, a run in with the law resulted in a court mandated anger management class. The pamphlet claimed four sessions would change his life but he had no idea just how much. A chance encounter with another attendee opens a world he thought only existed in his movies.
Cecile Trudeau lives by her wits, working in the shady underbelly of LA’s supernatural districts. As a Savant or monster hunter, she scrapes by from job to job, pulling in enough money for rent. Her work spilled over into normal society and she finds herself faced with stale donuts, angry house wives and an out of work celebrity who may well change her life.
A plot’s brewing in Tinseltown, one which may shatter a peace long held between normals and supernaturals. Two people stand in the way of this conspiracy and whether they like it or not, they must work together to maintain the peace. For without them, blood will run in the streets and Christopher’s chance for a comeback will be cancelled permanently.
A Drama Fit for the Screen
Dark Side of the Vale (Glamour & Shadows Book 5)
Feb 20, 2016
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A Messy Crime
A seemingly normal family is murdered, their home turned into a horrifying scene of torture and chaos. Their deaths follow a pattern, an extreme version of three serial killers terrorizing the country. The Society steps in to explore any supernatural angle the case may present and begin to work with Special Agent Rebecca Marsh of a newly formed FBI group code named The Park. Versed in all manner of paranormal creatures, she is to act as an ambassador to ensure humans and monsters can work together.
Such a dramatic change comes as quite the shock to Incubus detective Algiers Stanton and his fairy partner Ophelia Dupre. They land the case and the task of playing politics with their new human colleague. After spending years ensuring humans never learn about them, this goes against everything they know but they’ll need all the help they can get to stop the murderers before they strike again. For these fiends are not merely ending lives, they are collecting ingredients for a sinister plan, one which may destroy the world as we know it.
The Detectives Have Returned
A seemingly normal family is murdered, their home turned into a horrifying scene of torture and chaos. Their deaths follow a pattern, an extreme version of three serial killers terrorizing the country. The Society steps in to explore any supernatural angle the case may present and begin to work with Special Agent Rebecca Marsh of a newly formed FBI group code named The Park. Versed in all manner of paranormal creatures, she is to act as an ambassador to ensure humans and monsters can work together.
Such a dramatic change comes as quite the shock to Incubus detective Algiers Stanton and his fairy partner Ophelia Dupre. They land the case and the task of playing politics with their new human colleague. After spending years ensuring humans never learn about them, this goes against everything they know but they’ll need all the help they can get to stop the murderers before they strike again. For these fiends are not merely ending lives, they are collecting ingredients for a sinister plan, one which may destroy the world as we know it.
The Detectives Have Returned
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Without Direction
Ruby Lark comes from a long line of curious and reckless wizards. Her father, Henry Lark, runs a strict sanctum where students are taught through a brutal curriculum of harsh consequences and cruelty. He seems to have some nebulous purpose for her in mind but his dispassion and formality have kept them apart, master and student instead of parent and child. With no friends, no recourse and no sanctuary, she steeled herself for a life of service to a cause she would probably never understand.
Mortimer Dampton started at the Lark Sanctum at the end of his education. A brash, charming wizard, he comes with a wealth of necromantic knowledge. Henry assigns him to partner with Ruby, who instantly takes a dislike to his overly familiar, roguish personality. But he may just hold the key to her salvation, even as he begins to defy the edicts of her father, sending them both on a course to their fates.
Without Limits
Ruby Lark comes from a long line of curious and reckless wizards. Her father, Henry Lark, runs a strict sanctum where students are taught through a brutal curriculum of harsh consequences and cruelty. He seems to have some nebulous purpose for her in mind but his dispassion and formality have kept them apart, master and student instead of parent and child. With no friends, no recourse and no sanctuary, she steeled herself for a life of service to a cause she would probably never understand.
Mortimer Dampton started at the Lark Sanctum at the end of his education. A brash, charming wizard, he comes with a wealth of necromantic knowledge. Henry assigns him to partner with Ruby, who instantly takes a dislike to his overly familiar, roguish personality. But he may just hold the key to her salvation, even as he begins to defy the edicts of her father, sending them both on a course to their fates.
Without Limits
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A Simple Country Girl
Lady Amory knows nothing of her real family. As a ward of the noble Whitehearnes, she lives a carefree life of peace and comfort, helping the villages with chores and dreaming of wonders in the far corners of the world. The demonic incursion has faded into legend and the monster wars ended long before she was born. She never anticipated an opportunity to learn about her past, to discover the people her parents were and even if she did, they couldn’t have been extraordinary.
When mysterious Khaleet Asinda arrives holding a diary from Amory’s mother, everything changes. She discovers she belongs to the Lavonne family, wiped out during the reign of a king whose name barely made a footnote in her studies. As she uncovers the layers of her mother’s life, she finds herself staring at a destiny far beyond the simple village people around her and that she could very well hold the keys to humanity’s future…or their downfall.
A Fate Beyond Imagination
Lady Amory knows nothing of her real family. As a ward of the noble Whitehearnes, she lives a carefree life of peace and comfort, helping the villages with chores and dreaming of wonders in the far corners of the world. The demonic incursion has faded into legend and the monster wars ended long before she was born. She never anticipated an opportunity to learn about her past, to discover the people her parents were and even if she did, they couldn’t have been extraordinary.
When mysterious Khaleet Asinda arrives holding a diary from Amory’s mother, everything changes. She discovers she belongs to the Lavonne family, wiped out during the reign of a king whose name barely made a footnote in her studies. As she uncovers the layers of her mother’s life, she finds herself staring at a destiny far beyond the simple village people around her and that she could very well hold the keys to humanity’s future…or their downfall.
A Fate Beyond Imagination
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Operation Agamemnon
Feb 15, 2015
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A Shocking Crime
Detective Inspector Taylor Gates works high profile cases in the Albion capital of New Strata. Her assignments require her to work with nobility, investigating everything from fraud to murder. She’s good at her job though she struggles with having any personal life to speak of. Since her time in the military to the present, she hasn’t been able to make time for herself, even as her mother desperately presses her toward settling down.
When Count Anzel Clarion is brutally murdered in his flat, Taylor lands the case. The investigation is complicated by the arrival of her old partner from her army days, Warrant Officer Jason Weaver. They have a past far more complicated than a professional relationship would suggest but such things can’t stand in the way of finding the dangerous killers at large. With time running out to track them down and the hint of a conspiracy peeking from the shadows, Taylor will have to risk it all to solve the mystery.
A Deadly Enemy
Detective Inspector Taylor Gates works high profile cases in the Albion capital of New Strata. Her assignments require her to work with nobility, investigating everything from fraud to murder. She’s good at her job though she struggles with having any personal life to speak of. Since her time in the military to the present, she hasn’t been able to make time for herself, even as her mother desperately presses her toward settling down.
When Count Anzel Clarion is brutally murdered in his flat, Taylor lands the case. The investigation is complicated by the arrival of her old partner from her army days, Warrant Officer Jason Weaver. They have a past far more complicated than a professional relationship would suggest but such things can’t stand in the way of finding the dangerous killers at large. With time running out to track them down and the hint of a conspiracy peeking from the shadows, Taylor will have to risk it all to solve the mystery.
A Deadly Enemy
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Avalon Nights
Feb 7, 2015
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Destiny Calls
Abigail Wright just celebrated her thirtieth birthday but she barely noticed. As the lead singer for the internationally successful band Avalon Nights, she’s busy with high profile performances and worrying about their new release hitting store shelves in only a few days. She has great friends and awesome hours. Life couldn’t get any better.
Two mysterious men enter the scene, each with information about her enigmatic father who disappeared when she was young. They speak of paranormal events, angels and demons and a tremendous responsibility fate wants to drop squarely on her shoulders. As if dodging snarky reviewers, odd fans and thrown shoes wasn’t bad enough, she now has to come to terms with the idea real monsters may exist.
To further complicate things both men vie for her affections. David Pike, a reporter and genuine nice guy seems perfectly ideal while Ian Preiss, an operative for a supposed secret society has bad boy written all over him. She’s never been good with love and barely has the capacity to act in an adult manner but now, she’s being forced to make some of the hardest choices of her life. Nothing’s ever easy and when a dangerous being threatens her carefully crafted routine, she must risk everything to keep it.
Abigail Wright just celebrated her thirtieth birthday but she barely noticed. As the lead singer for the internationally successful band Avalon Nights, she’s busy with high profile performances and worrying about their new release hitting store shelves in only a few days. She has great friends and awesome hours. Life couldn’t get any better.
Two mysterious men enter the scene, each with information about her enigmatic father who disappeared when she was young. They speak of paranormal events, angels and demons and a tremendous responsibility fate wants to drop squarely on her shoulders. As if dodging snarky reviewers, odd fans and thrown shoes wasn’t bad enough, she now has to come to terms with the idea real monsters may exist.
To further complicate things both men vie for her affections. David Pike, a reporter and genuine nice guy seems perfectly ideal while Ian Preiss, an operative for a supposed secret society has bad boy written all over him. She’s never been good with love and barely has the capacity to act in an adult manner but now, she’s being forced to make some of the hardest choices of her life. Nothing’s ever easy and when a dangerous being threatens her carefully crafted routine, she must risk everything to keep it.
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