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Novels & Short Fiction

Stories worth losing an evening to.

Duke Leo writes novels that carry you from candlelit kingdoms to quiet small towns. Browse the full catalog and find the book that you won’t want to put down.

The Catalog

Featured Books

Six worlds, six stories. Each one written to be read in one long sitting.

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The Lion's Crown
Epic FantasyThe Lion's Crown

A deposed prince must reclaim his kingdom from a usurper who commands an army of shadow beasts, discovering along the way that the crown itself carries a curse only he can break.

Winter's Long Silence
Literary FictionWinter's Long Silence

In a snowbound coastal town, three generations of women confront a decades-old secret the night before the family house is sold for the last time.

The Cartographer's Debt
Historical FictionThe Cartographer's Debt

A mapmaker in 17th-century Lisbon is drawn into a conspiracy to hide the location of a stolen fleet, risking everything for a debt that was never truly hers to pay.

Static and Starlight
Science FictionStatic and Starlight

Aboard a generation ship losing power one deck at a time, a young engineer must decide whether to reveal the truth about their dying destination before the crew mutinies.

The Quiet Between Us
RomanceThe Quiet Between Us

Two rival booksellers on the same small-town street find themselves falling for each other while fighting to save their shops from the same developer.

Ashes of the Riverlands
MysteryAshes of the Riverlands

When a body surfaces in the river that runs through her hometown, a reluctant detective must untangle forty years of buried grudges before the killer strikes again.

Duke Leo

About the Author

Duke Leo

Duke Leo writes character-driven fiction that moves between fantasy, historical settings, and quiet contemporary drama. Raised in a family of librarians, Duke started writing stories in the margins of borrowed books and never really stopped. When not writing, Duke can be found restoring old maps, hiking coastal trails, and drinking too much coffee while researching the next book's setting. Duke Leo Books is home to every novel and short story collection, written one long winter at a time.

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