Cape Split Press publishes an eclectic range of titles in a wide range of styles, genres and subjects with tales that draw readers into immersive worlds to explore the human condition through entertaining stories.
Our Mission
Whether in a small fishing village at the turn of the twentieth century, a future world or a land that exits only in imagination with magic and dragons, Cape Split Press books have action, adventures, political intrigue, personal challenges, contemplative moments, tender scenes and humor set in immersive worlds with histories, legends and cultures.
The books contain characters of diverse genders, gender orientations, colors, cultures, beleifs and people of other underserved communities who play pivotal roles. Each faces inner and external challenges and must discover their strengths as they overcome weakness.
Our Catalogue
Dragons Unremembered: Volume I of the Carandir saga
Triple Winner at The BookFest Awards Silver Medal for Literary Fantasy Bronze medals for Action & Adventure and Dragons & Mythical Creatures
Quarterfinalist in Publisher Weekly's Booklife Prize Fiction Contest
The evil dragon, Baras, has lain subdued for thousands of years, constrained by the magical crown of the monarchy of Carandir. While sorcerers called the Barasha, the servants of Baras, secretly plot to steal the crown and release their master who will bring a reign of terror to the world, baronies are unaware of this threat as they prepare for civil war. A prince and a princess must work together to control the baronies and prevent Baras from rinsing in this gender balanced story where strong characters, male and female, who hold equal authority and respect.
Half Awakened Dreams: Volume II of the Carandir saga
Silver Medal Winner at The BookFest Awards for Epic Fantasy
Mirjel and Ryckair must seek out Baras and complete the magical spell together that they had begun to place the evil dragon back into everlasting limbo.
Over the years, The monarchs have changed and grown apart. They no longer know each other. Dissention grows within the land as The Queen remains barren and unable to conceive an heir to the crown, threatening the succession and the very fabric of Carandir.
Forces long thought destroyed lay secretly in waiting as Ryckair and Mirjel are consumed with the search for Baras and forget that which should have been remembered.
Covenant With the Dragins: Volume III of the Carandir saga
Winner of the 2022 BookFest Award
Third place in the Literary Fantasy category — Honorable Mention in the Epic Fantasy category.
The final instalment in the epic fantasy series.
The imprisoned dragon prepares to wake and spread a rein of terror. The civil war rages as the traitorous baronies push close to the place while foreign forces invade from the south. Missions to seek help from allies are thwarted by the enemy.
A princess is tempered to return and face the forces of evil.
Beyond the Shallow Bank
First-Place Winner of the 2022 BookFest Award
Artist Margaret Talbot suffers a life changing crisis in 1901and travels to a small fishing village in search of herself. When she arrives, she encounters a young woman who is rumored to be a selkie, one of the seal people from Celtic mythology who walk on the land as humans and swim in the sea as seals.
Beyond the Shallow Bank - Illustrated Edition
Winner of the 2022 BookFest Award
The Illustrated Edition of Beyond the Shallow Bank with authentic Victorian era etchings.
Something on my Mind
In a future time, Police Detective George Chen is assigned to investigate a man who has committed the most heinous crime, cutting himself off from The Connection. What he finds is a conspiracy that threatens the existence of the human race, but not the conspiracy he was seeking.
Unintended Consequences
A Collection of Speculative Fiction Tales
Triple Winner at The BookFest Awards
Gold medal for Robots, Computers & AI Gold medal for Space Exploration Silver medal for Sci-Fi Crime & Mystery
Internationally award-winning author David A. Wimsett explores the consequences of different human actions and considers the ethical questions they raise in this set of speculative fiction stories.
Can someone get away with murder if they're rich and powerful enough? Are there moral implications to committing people to a life style in a new place without their consent? If time travel is possible, what would you change on the past? What is it to be human in a world where people no longer meet?
Each tale follows characters as they reach crises in their lives that can change their futures for good or ill.