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Shawn Oetzel

    Shawn Oetzel seamlessly blends crime drama and fantasy in this exciting debut novel. As the tale unfolds, he explores the clash of elven and human cultures in the modern world and spices it up with enough action that it will keep you turning the pages. His style, influenced by an early immersion in speculative fiction and crime novels, fluidly merges these two distinct genres. Oetzel's profound literary passion is evident in his ability to craft compelling narratives.

    The Adventures of Captain Kitchen
    Dying Moon
    The Agency
    • The Agency

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      After a brief, somewhat controversial, career with the LAPD comes to a screeching halt, Amy Sommers is recruited and joins an ultra-secretive government investigative entity known simply as, The Agency. When Amy's friend and mentor, Special Agent Reggie Blackburn, comes across a centuries old document which he believes gives the location to the legendary sword Excalibur, The Agency makes the case a top priority. With document in hand, he convinces his superiors to give newly promoted Agent Amy Sommers the task of solving the mystery of Excalibur's whereabouts. Joined by a mysterious British agent, Amy will travel to London in a race against a hired killer, known as The Ghost, to see who can find the legendary blade. Little does she know her first assignment will catapult her right into the middle of a centuries old quest for redemption as well as a sinister plot for revenge.

      The Agency
    • Dying Moon

      • 284 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Little did Kalen Or'Wain, Captain of the Elven Royal Guard, know that when his quiet evening at home was interrupted by a summons from the Elven Council, he would be thrust into a quest spanning realms to face off with a hated rival from his past. His rival, a corrupt rogue Elf intent on destrying the Elven race, plans to complete a ritual that will turn the Moon - the astral body the Elves love most - into the instrument of their demise. Kalen's duty takes him to the Human city of Los Angeles, where he teams up with and befriends enigmatic federal agent Reggie Blackburn and Amy Sommers, an LAPD homicide detective. Will Kalen and his team succeed in stopping the rogue Elf in time to save the Elven race?

      Dying Moon
    • The Adventures of Captain Kitchen

      • 130 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      After another busy night at the restaurant where he was head chef, former Army Captain Benjamin "Benji" Winters is closing up with a young friend and protégé when they become victims of Range City's crime wave. Benji is knocked unconscious, but Jimmy is killed in the robbery that ransacks the restaurant. While recovering from his injuries, Benji decides he can no longer sit idly by as innocent citizens are faced with ever-increasing injustice. Merging the skills he learned in the Army Corps of Engineers with his training in the culinary arts, he takes up the mantle of crime fighter in an attempt to save Range City from the crime wave that has already touched him personally, and an insidious new evil bent on nothing short of domination.

      The Adventures of Captain Kitchen