The Turrim Archive

The Prisoner and the Pirate

“Treasure Planet meets Firefly in this epic adventure!”

Open war has begun.

Grayden and Beren head for the front lines to defend against the invading army. But the enemy has a devastating new weapon, and now the defenders must learn a new tactic in order to survive.

Imprisoned, mutated, and forced to learn her new abilities, Raisa fears she will become a weapon against the ones she loves. Desperate to free her, Captain Marik races his airship to find Raisa, but it may already be too late.

Tensions rise in the fourth book in the Turrim Archive. Airship pirates, wizards, robots, and now paratroopers race to collide in a battle for the fate of the world.

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Jan 1, 2026

New Year, New Dreams

Jan 1, 2026

Happy New Year, dear Reader!

I’m actually getting my New Year’s blog post up on time this year! And by “on time” of course I’m being seriously subjective, because blog posts, like wizards, are never late, nor are they early.

But I don’t know how much more “on time” you can get with a New Year’s post going up on New Year’s day!

It is time for my annual looking back/looking forward post, in which we look back at last year’s dreams and look forward to continuing those dreams or making new ones for the coming year!

You can glance back at LAST YEAR’S POST to keep me honest, if you’d like!

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Dec 29, 2025

15 Favorite Fantasy Reads 2025

Dec 29, 2025

The last days of 2025 have arrived, and it has been a beautiful and busy year! I’ll be back in a bit to talk about some of the highlights and lessons of 2025, but today is the day we reserve to talk all about READING. Specifically, my reading. Even more specifically, my Fifteen Favorite Fantasy Reads of 2025. AKA Jenelle realizes she didn’t write any book reviews this year (again!) and now has to hope she can remember what she liked about all the books she gave 4-and-5-stars to!

Now, in the past, I’ve tried to have some semblance of rules and regulations over this blog post, and I’ve never stuck to those rules very well… so this year, the only rule is that any book on this list has to have been NEW TO ME.

Yup.

Get ready for chaos.

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Jenelle Leanne Schmidt

Jenelle first fell in love with stories through her father’s voice reading books aloud each night. A relentless opener-of-doors in hopes of someday finding a passage to Narnia, it was only natural that she soon began making up fantastical realms of her own. Jenelle currently resides in the wintry tundra of Wisconsin —which she maintains is almost as good as Narnia — with her knight-in-shining armor and their four hobbits. When she is not writing, she homeschools said hobbits and helps them along on their daily adventures... which she says makes her a wizard.

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Welcome, Dear Reader

You are stronger than you think. You are braver than you think.

Courage is not about an absence of fear, it is making the choice to face your fear and not let it rule you.

In my stories, you will travel to new worlds with vivid landscapes. You will meet characters who will become your friends. You will go on adventures and fulfill quests and overcome obstacles.

You will be home in time for dinner… but you will not go home unchanged.

Here, you will find a haven from the darkness of the world around you, and when you close the book, my great hope is that you will have found the strength to face that darkness, knowing you are not alone.

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