Beyond Arden

Home of The Myth of Arden Series and its author, Susan Marie Strom

  • The Completely True Tales of Jax Part 2: Captain’s Gambit

    Okay, so where were we? Oh, fully! My drink! Shoot. No, it’s fine. I got it. Okay…so, Bren and I head out to the camp where the men are. I said that bit already, didn’t I? Yeah, so Bren starts to tell me about how they are on this super-secret mission to Crewda. The people…

  • The Completely True Tales of Jax: Part 1, The Erroneous Errand

    Keep in mind this is all true- every bit of it. Anny? Did you write that down? You don’t have to look at me like that! I just wanted to make sure you weren’t going to miss anything, okay? Alright, just keep writing whatever I say. This is going to be neat. Now, where should…

  • The Myth of Arden Chapter 2: Part 1

    Chapter Two: The Road to Pent       “Are you hungry?” Marcus interrupted as he removed a small basket from a compartment under his chair. “There is not much, just some leftover fruit and cheese, but the castle is only a few more hours from here so it will go to waste if we do not…

  • The Myth of Arden Chapter 1: Part 2

    The king now heard another noise, something closer, louder and in the room! His hand unconsciously reached for the cord to his bell. He searched in the darkness. Where was it? Where had it gone? Where had it been? Within a split second, his hand had touched something else: something warmer than the still air…

  • The Myth of Arden Chapter 1: Part 1

    Those fools and wretched sons of Arden! Their passions are too great, and for them they fall like the grain at harvest. Can they not see the wages of their destiny; the dangers in the paths they choose? Soon their lives I’ll lay in shatter. Arden’s brothers for Faverly’s sisters. Chapter One: The Myth      …

  • The Myth of Arden is free today only!

    Just follow the link to Amazon and you can download the kindle version for free today (December 14th, 2020)

  • A Mythic Update #493

    Sorry for the lack of updates! I have been working hard on completing the sequel to The Myth of Arden. That book, The Myth of Arden: Isle of the Empress, is entering its final editing phase! I hope to have it ready for publication soon. So for this week, I am taking a bit of…