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Welcome! Here you’ll find information authors Kristina Makansi / Marie K. Savage, Jason Makansi, the K. Makansi trio. Our books include paranormal, historical, and contemporary romance, young adult science fiction, absurdist satire, and non-fiction. Our featured titles include:

The Pantheon League series, including Nemesis in Love, features goddesses fighting alongside brave mortals against billionaire, fascist foes.

Wrequiem at the Red Rocks is the defining satire of the academic colloquium in the manner of Catch 22, A Confederacy of Dunces, and Paul Beatty’s The Sellout.

The Seeds Trilogy, selling over 50,000 copies, pits young adult heroes against a corrupt dystopian government trying to control it’s citizens through their food.

The Alchemist of Aleppo and The Oracles of Delphi exemplify romantic suspense at its best with magical objects, prophecy, reincarnation, and plenty of spice.

The Trouble with Roommates is a forced-proximity, second-chance, enemies-to-lovers romance set in NYC with the global pandemic in the background featuring a disgraced tech bro and the journalist he inadvertently humiliated.

Paranormal Romance from Marie K. Savage

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> AN IMMORTAL GODDESS
> A MAN WHO IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
> A NATION IN NEED OF HEROES

Funny, irreverent, and politically charged, NEMESIS IN LOVE is a high intensity page-turner with plenty of spice. 🌶️ ❤️ 🔥.

Brutalist Satire from Jason Makansi:

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An ancient goblet unlocks the secrets of a centuries-old love stor

When Michael Samaan and Kat Musgrave meet by the display case of a fourteenth century glass goblet at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, they know immediately that they are deeply connected—to each other and to the goblet. But neither one understands what that connection means. Through a series of uncovered books and recovered memories, Michael, a British art historian, and Kat, an American geneticist, work together to peel back the layers of history—and their past lives—to find answers.

Spanning centuries, THE ALCHEMIST OF ALEPPO bends the space-time continuum of souls forever bound together and embodies our fascination with what science can’t explain and money can’t buy.

For fans of The Cloisters by Katy Hays, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, The Winter Sea by Susannah Kearsley, and The Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose. Read reviews here.

FREEDOM MEANS
CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE

During the academic colloquium central to Wrequiem at the Red Rocks, attendees struggle to embrace the concept of freedom even as words lose meaning, people lose power, everyone is disgusted, and no one walks away unscathed.

  • The Paths Between The Stars Cover

    The Paths Between the Stars / Amira Makansi

  • The Sowing Book Cover

    The Sowing: Book 1 of the Seeds Trilogy / K. Makansi

  • The Reaping Book Covere

    The Reaping: Book 2 of the Seeds Trilogy / K. Makansi

  • The Harvest Book Cover

    THE HARVEST: Book 3 of the Seeds Trilogy / K. Makansi

  • Box Set of the Seeds Trilogy

    The Seeds Trilogy Box Set, with The Prelude (by Amira Makansi)

  • Oracles of Delphi

    Oracles of Delphi / Marie Savage (aka) Kristina Makansi

  • The Moment Before Cover

    The Moment Before / Jason Makansi

  • Literary Libations cover

    Literary Libations / Amira Makansi

  • THE TROUBLE WITH ROOMMATES BY MARIE K. SAVAGE (Kristina Makansi's pen name)

  • Wrequiem at the Red Rocks / Jason Makansi

  • The Alchemist of Aleppo / Marie K. Savage

  • Nemesis in Love / Marie K. Savage