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The Pretern Wars - A Paranormal Romance Omnibus

Created by Shiloh Walker

Shapeshifters, fae and mermaids, oh, my! Explore the world of the Therians and Atargarians in this thrilling paranormal romance omnibus including A Prime's Passion, A Dragon's Desire and the all new story, A Killer's Claiming.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

About this world - The Atargarians
about 1 year ago – Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 07:14:39 PM

Are you new here? No. Really? Are you?

If so...let's chat a bit about the world you're walking into.

The Atargarians

Water-based shifters, they can thrive on land or water, but must eventually find the water or they will weaken. Enforced deprivation could be fatal. Like Therians, one must be born an Atargarian.

Atargarian races: Merfolk, a few cephalopods, the water mammalians such as dolphin and whale, selkies, roanes and sharks.

As the Therians protect and monitor the land, Atargarians are the protectors of the earth's oceans, seas and inland waterways.

Before the war they call The Slaughters, their numbers were less than 10% of the world's population. But in this post-war world, they make up nearly 15% of the pop and are a dominating force in nearly every major seaport in the world.

They entered the war shortly after their land-based allies, the Therians took up arms in response to the slaughter of a peaceful, nomadic tribe of Therian pony-shifters. Their leaders believed that one way or another, they would be targets, so they would take a stand and fight with the Therians.

Stronger, swifter and blessed with longer lifespans, Therians and Atargarians came through the war with stronger numbers than humans.

What kind of Atargarian are you?

Would you choose to be one of the merfolk?

An orca?

A shark?

A guardian of the sea in the form of one of the massive humpback whales?

Or would you be one of the more magical creatures, such as a selkie or roan?

The bookmarks!
about 1 year ago – Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 01:28:50 PM

They're so pretty!


These unique bookmarks will be offered to those who back my project & my partner's, J.S. Living! 

If you're not following her, hurry up!

Are you following my collab partner?
about 1 year ago – Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 09:26:25 PM

Okay, so... you are on Backerkit. You know how this goes. We do collaborations here.

My collab partner is JS Living and her project... !!! Vampires!!!


You need to follow her. Like...now, because her project sounds amazing. Also? Because I said so.

Oh...and, if you back both projects on a physical tier?

You'll get a bonus reward...

So far, they are looking like this...and nobody else gets them.




These unique resin bookmarks are made by hand, each one with a color coordinating to the appropriate book. They will be decorated with tassels, ribbons and charms.

In other words, they'll be awesome and unique.

But you can only get them if you back both projects...so... follow my friend! ...My Friends! Not to sound awkward or anything.

FYI, we'll be going live in just over two weeks (or less...hint, hint) so if you want a chance at discounted tiers and more, make sure you are following my project here. You could have an excellent chance at discounted tiers and more.

Be specific
about 1 year ago – Tue, Aug 05, 2025 at 02:31:39 PM

I've been working on the images for the campaign, organizing graphics, etc and I'm reminded, yet again, on how...entertaining...it can be to search through stock photos when you're doing book stuff.

For example, when I was working on my bastardized fairytales or the Kit Colbana books, I often needed images of bad-ass women. But that rarely gave up anything useful on stock image sites, so I'd use this term...

Woman + warrior



And that's the kind of image I often got. Nope. I'm not writing a book about a yoga teacher. Supposedly using very specific keywords was the key. 

Okay, so...
dangerous + woman


What about ...
dangerous + couple

That's not even a couple. Much less people. Dangerous, I'll give you.

Okay, maybe...


Um, no...

Well, we have danger. And we have a person.


That emoji is a self-portrait of me after endless hours of searching.

I know...let's try...
sexy + danger

C'mon...dangerous, lovers, that's pretty specific!

Are the bats lovers???


A lot of time, searching for stock images can be an exercise in frustration and patience.

But sometimes? It's pure entertainment. I used to share my amusement on twitter but I'm not on the site these days.

However, after today's delightful discovery, I just had to share and since I'm trying to find images for this campaign?

You guys get to be the lucky ones entertained.

I entered dark+haired+man...cuz I need an image of somebody to represent Donner, the MMC in book three in the omnibus.

Donner is...big. He's the second in command to Meri, the mermaid who is in charge of the eastern Atlantic region in the US. Donner shapeshifts into an orca. He's dominant, brooding and more than a little dangerous.

So I need a specific sort of image to represent him.

And what did the gods of Canva present me with right off the bat?

BEHOLD
 

Alright now, folks. Be honest. Seeing this, you're just dying to just his bones, aren't you?

If you made it this far...
You should click over to the launch page and claim your free read if you haven't done so already. Just for following the campaign, you get to read book 1 for free!

Have you ever wanted...
over 1 year ago – Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 05:23:51 PM

To name a bad guy?

I'm kinda thinking about creating a tier where a backer can choose to name a side character in the third book in the omnibus where a backer can name somebody in the book who...isn't nice.

This person isn't the book's villain.  I've already named that one and I don't think I can change it.

But I do have a couple of characters who can be named if anybody might be interested.

One is a small-time asshole. Perfect if you have ever wanted to see somebody you don't like get their comeuppance!  We will only do the first name on this character, FYI and maybe a sketchy description.  Also... it's a guy. That can't be changed.

Other characters I'm thinking about offering up for names include a Fae side character (she's female).

Annnnnddd....last but not least, a mermaid! Or merman. Merthem? I totally believe in inclusivity and I'll work with you on this one because I'll create the character to suit you! I'm happy to write male, female or non-binary and work to create the character to suit you. I also have sensitivity readers who can help with this aspect, should somebody need it.