The Props Master

“Devon has created a good world for a modern paranormal story. This story takes place in both America and England. It is about an old Wiccan circle and the power struggle within it.”

Wayne Hamel is just a college theatre student with a penchant for making very realistic props. But when his ability to make ‘tools’ is discovered, he is much sought after by good and evil alike. The underlying story starts years before Wayne thought of becoming a witch. The combined voices of Rebecca and Wesley Allen contrive to release a goddess from centuries of imprisonment. What kind of goddess will she be? It is up to the Props Master to determine.

“This a refreshingly different story. I'm enjoying it a whole lot.”

Behind the Ivory Veil

The Props Master Prequel

1955. The Great Stone Circle. The City of the Gods.

Doc discovers a path to the legendary City of the Gods, their abandoned home on Mount Olympus. He enlists musicologist Wesley Allen to return and interpret the strange musical notations at the site.

Wesley’s fiancée, Rebecca, goes to the University of Edinburgh to complete her thesis on matriarchal thealogy. She meets Mrs. Weed and is initiated into the ancient Coven Carles. But Doc’s one-time protégé, ‘The Blade’, dogs Rebecca’s footsteps, attempting to locate Doc’s dig. His intent: to find and claim the lost goddess hidden behind the ivory veil.

Myth, magic, and mayhem nearly destroy the coven and place an impenetrable curtain between Rebecca and Wesley.

“I didn't read this, it happened to me like a force of nature. Wow.”

Ritual Reality

The Props Master Book 1

1969. Drugs. Sex. Rock & Roll. Shakespeare. Witches. Love.

When Wayne Hamel falls asleep in his anthropology class he is just a normal, exhausted, theatre student at Indianapolis City College. When he wakes up, he’s the unwitting center of a power struggle in one of the world’s oldest occult societies.

It’s a little much for a technical director and props master in training to take in. All he wants to do is make some really cool stuff for the stage and make love to Judith. But when his girlfriend discovers the power he puts into his ‘cool stuff’, she realizes he is not just a theatre technician. Wayne Hamel is a toolmaker.

In the ensuing months, Judith, Professor Rebecca Allen, doughnut lady Lissa, and Wayne’s Uncle Bert all attempt to assist in Wayne’s training, concealing their efforts from each other and leaving Wayne vulnerable to the evil high priest, The Barber. When the theatre troupe is invited to perform in the Lake District of England, the ghosts of the region overwhelm the vagabond priest and he wanders the countryside until he reaches the stone circle of Carles Castlerigg.

Here he discovers the only way to safety and understanding is through perfect love and perfect trust.

“This wonderful tale of the paranormal set in today's world was really enjoyable. While it stands alone it should be able to be the start of more tales building on what we, and the actors, have learnt along the way.”

A Touch of Magic

The Props Master Book 2

1974. The hand is quicker than the eye.

Serepte Allen, daughter of Wesley and Rebecca, has matured and is ready to come into her full power. Five members of the Great Circle of Cobhan Carles are her guides and protectors as an evil spirit attempts to conquer her on one side and love attempts to conquer her on the other. Somehow she must decide whether her ability to heal is a gift or a curse. All it takes is A Touch of Magic.

“I feel that I just turned the page from the last book and am on the way to a new adventure.”