TALES OF THE SIMMARON WOODS
Enter the shadowy woods of the Simmaron, where oaks, alders, and beech trees reach for the sky and the scent of loam and moss, along with the taint of something stirring beneath the earth, awaits wayward travelers.
About the Series
The King's Patrollers of the Hall of the Wood have guarded the frontier since before the Fall of the Old Gods, sworn to protect against all threats by an oath of oak and iron. But when the patrollers vanish and the Simmaron Hall stands silent, when the goblins of Greth mass beneath their goblin lord's banner, and when ancient wards begin to fail, the folk of Homewood find themselves alone at the edge of a darkness the forest can no longer hold back.
With ancient magic stirring and darkness spreading through root and hollow, the fate of the Simmaron will rest with those brave or foolish enough to answer the Call of the Woods.
The Books
Bundles & Box Sets
From the Author
Sometimes a series evolves in unexpected ways.
I wrote The Hall of the Wood in 2010. At that time, I intended the novel as book one of a trilogy featuring patroller Jerrick Bur and his odd assortment of companions. They might have adventures within the Simmaron’s boundaries, or they might venture outside it, exploring my world as needed to right wrongs, unravel mysteries, and generally do what characters in my books often do. Then other projects—and my day job—got in the way. I never wrote that next book, and The Hall of the Wood languished in standalone book limbo instead (standalones often sell less than series books).
Fifteen years later, finding myself between novels in another series, I wanted to write something different. Winter approached, so a winter-themed story seemed fitting, and why not set it in the Simmaron? Better still, why not tie it to the events of The Hall of the Wood? That story became The Midwinter Ward, which picks up four years after the first book. I wrote it to stand on its own—something a reader could pick up on a cold winter’s night without having read anything prior. Sure, it helps to read The Hall of the Wood first, but it’s by no means necessary.
Then, in 2026, I wrote The Druid Stones, which picks up where the first book leaves off and therefore fits logically as book two in the series. These three stories became the Tales of the Simmaron Woods trilogy.
Tales of the Simmaron Woods is more than a trilogy, though. It’s a continuing series of stories featuring characters who live, work, and survive in the Simmaron Woods. Some are patrollers, others wardkeepers, and others something else entirely. As with another series of mine—the one featuring a certain assassin—the possibilities are endless, both in the cast of characters and in the stories I can tell.
As always, I hope you find these stories entertaining and keep coming back for more as the series expands.
- Scott
Samples
The Hall of the Wood (Tales of the Simmaron Woods Book One)
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The Druid Stones (Tales of the Simmaron Woods Book Two)
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The Midwinter Ward (Tales of the Simmaron Woods Book Three)
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