The Artifactor: Books 3-5

by Honor Raconteur

Called upon by Fae, by kings, by the gods themselves.


This is omnibus 2 of The Artifactor, featuring The Scofflaw Magician, The Canard Case, and The Fae Artifactor. It also contains the two short stories The Sleeping Prince(ss) Curse and Crossroads!

The Scofflaw Magician
Sevana’s peaceful routine is abruptly destroyed when a Sa Kao army invades Nopper’s Woods, fully intending to declare war on the Fae that live there. Princess Amas of Sa Kao has gone missing, disappearing so completely that it’s believed she must have been spirited away, and Sa Kao blames the Fae.

Knowing full well the Fae are not behind the abduction of the princess, Sevana goes to investigate and finds that it’s not one princess missing, but a good dozen people, all in the same way.

Now she has to figure out how and why and do so quickly. The spell used to take these people is fading fast. If Sevana doesn’t find a way to reverse what has been done, then there won’t be anyone left for her to save.


Mirror magic, ink magic, too many types of magic causing Sevana trouble, for the record declaring war on the Fae is very stupid, Sevana will be peopled out by the end of the year at this rate, never trust an evil spell to calculate properly, Fae tracker joins the party, Sevana hates time crunches, but can’t resist the challenge, Milly acquired, BBEG attacks Sevana’s mountain, he’s about to learn that’s a really stupid decision, Big to the rescue!

The Canard Case
Sevana’s used to breaking curses, having insanely tight deadlines, and flitting off to all corners of the world without notice.

When a volcano threatens to erupt on the flourishing Nanashi Isle, Sevana is kidnapped by the local deities to stop the eruption and save all who live on the isle.

Slight problem, Sevana’s magic is still broken.

It’s a race against the clock, and Sevana is up against the biggest stakes yet.

Now, how does one stop a volcano?



Chinese mythology, unicorns, Sevana vs volcanoes, jealous goddesses, Sevana’s magic still goes boom, tiny islands with big problems, gods bickering and causing said problems, Sevana is ready to go home, shirtless Aran is a new one, Sevana is about to smack heads together, dragons are friends if you have enough gold, ever heard of evidence?, the Unda are out for blood, teamwork makes the dream work

The Fae Artifactor
People really have to stop kidnapping her….

Sevana has quite enough on her plate, what with her wonky magical core still spastically melting or exploding things on her. She has every intention of seeking professional help, if such a thing exists, but is stopped before she can even go back home.

That is to say, she’s kidnapped. AGAIN.

Now she has her Fae family out for blood, the Unda pestering her with a problem to solve, upset human kings demanding compensation for destroyed research facilities, and she STILL has a wonky magical core.

If she’s kidnapped one more time, Sevana will not be responsible for her actions.


Under the sea~, Sevana’s boyfriend is Very Upset she’s missing again, but not as mad as she is, even with magic not working right Sevana can still fix the problem, why do all of these cases require so much peopling, Sevana needs a nap, Aran is a green flag, living legend but make her a snarky grandma, purple tastes strange

676 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2024

About the author

Ever since I was a toddler, I have been making up stories. I’d entertain anyone willing to listen to my wild fantasies about unicorns and gargoyles and amazing people. At 13, I started writing the stories down. At 23, I finished the first book that was, in my opinion, good enough to publish.

I spent three years trying to publish my book, Jaunten, the old fashioned way. The problem was my story was outside of the norm for young adult fantasy – it didn’t have vampires or the supernatural in it, it was clean enough to earn a PG rating, and there wasn’t any dark overlord to defeat. No literary agent would pick it up because it didn’t fit the “fantasy formula” that all of the popular books did.

I put the idea of having my book published off to the side for a while as I finished a Bachelors in English at Middle Tennessee State University. But as I worked on my third degree, the idea of being published came back to me. This time, while working as a paralegal, I had a better grasp of the laws involved of doing self-publishing. For six months, I did a great deal of research in how to do self-publishing the debt-free way.

It was hard. I was working full time, going to school full time, and living on my own. I never really had a break. I was always working on something. At times I felt like my brain would just go into meltdown from having to learn so many different things to make my idea work.

After six months, I thought I knew enough to publish myself. I put Jaunten out as an ebook, created a website and forum so that fans could communicate with me, and spread the word as best I could. Within three months, I was selling internationally. Within six months, I was making enough to quit my day job and sit at home, writing full time.

After six months of writing, publishing, and building up a reputation, I started to be approached by other people wanting to emulate what I did. I soon realized that there was a niche out there waiting for me to fill it—a place where original fiction could be published and released into the world. As of February 2012, I started my own publishing house, called Raconteur House. Since that point I have signed on four additional authors (not including yours truly) and am attracting more in a steady stream.

I have continued to write and publish the rest of the series through my House. When I’m not writing or editing, I like to go out into the community and give presentations of how to be an author. It’s actually really fun to talk to all of these people who want to be authors. Most people think that you can’t make any money being an author—actually, you can. And you can do quite well. It’s just a matter of working really hard, having a little talent, and knowing how to market your books. All I’m doing with these presentations is giving people the know-how to make their dreams come true.

While it’s true that you don’t need a college education to be an author, I encourage everyone to be as educated as possible. I have a lot of experience and education that most people don’t, and that’s what gives me an edge in writing. I’ve lived in places as obscure as Tehachapi, California and other places as large as Salt Lake City, Utah. I hold three different college degrees. I practice two different martial arts. I think I’ve tried every life experience that came my direction. All of that is incorporated into my books, and that’s what gives reality to my worlds and characters.

Even if I abruptly stop selling books tomorrow—which I don’t see happening—I would still continue to write. Creating characters and worlds is that much fun. Once you start, you become quickly addicted.