My Books

Women of the Plains

Set in eastern Africa 100,000 years ago, Women of the Plains tells the story of a confrontation between two cultures of early Homo sapiens, the ancestors of all modern human beings. When the young huntress Oja gets separated from her nomadic band after a hunting accident, she finds herself in a strange place where the people have settled into permanent villages. As she struggles to find her place in this new world, her old friends Uru and Namak go looking for her. Oja must eventually choose between the way of life she has always known and that of the people who have embraced her as one of their own.

Available in both paperback and digital format!

Reference sheets for the three main characters from my novel Women of the Plains.
Nyzai, chieftain of a riverside village in Women of the Plains
The ape-people, a vicious race of hominins from Women of the Plains that are based on Homo naledi.

Priestess of the Lost Colony

Credit goes to Alexa Black for the cover design.

A headstrong Egyptian priestess, her brother, their sacked colony — and a rescue mission. When Itaweret’s beloved Per-Pehu falls to the tyrannical Scylax, she and her brother Bek lead a mission to save her captured people and depose Scylax. Along the way, they run into all kind of perils, friends and foes — and beasts sent by an angry goddess. Set in ancient Greece 3,500 years ago, this is a tale blending magical realism with history, high adventure with discovery… and Itawaret’s determination to save her people while learning her heart’s desires and realizing her deeper purpose.

ORDER YOUR OWN COPY (EITHER DIGITAL OR PAPERBACK) HERE! (Or at your favorite book retailer.)

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Check out this Q&A about the book I did with my fellow author Robert Yehling (if you don’t mind a few minor spoilers). And if you want a sneak peek at the book’s content, enjoy these two excerpts here and here!

Concept art for the main cast and setting of Priestess of the Lost Colony

Itaweret, the protagonist
Bek, Itaweret’s younger brother
Philos, an Achaean shepherd who helps Itaweret and Bek
Scylax of Mycenae, the main antagonist
Kleno, Scylax’s sister and ally
Nebta, a sailor and captain from the country of Wawat (between Kemet and Kush)
A man representing the Pelasgian culture, said to have inhabited the Greek region prior to the arrival of the Achaeans.
Per-Pehu, a Kemetian colony on the Achaean coast
Map of the main setting
The main cast of Priestess of the Lost Colony, all assembled together to celebrate the novel’s first anniversary of publication.

Hear the characters of Priestess of the Lost Colony speak their lines from the book! All voices were generated automatically on the website MicMonster.

Sinbad and the Lost Continent

A daring sailor from the Arabian Nights…a lost world where the past survives…a fierce tribal princess with a proud legacy…and the adventure of a lifetime.

This is the tale of Sinbad ibn Hassan, a poor porter in medieval Baghdad who, after hearing about the seven voyages of his more famous counterpart of the same name, sets out in search of treasure in the lost continent of Lemuria. There, along with his best friend Kishore, their cunning navigator Omar, and the fierce and beautiful native princess Nemong, Sinbad will brave the Mesozoic monsters that call the continent’s jungles home. But dinosaurs and other wildlife are not the only peril they must face together on their quest for Lemuria’s ancient riches…

Available on the Amazon Kindle Store!

Also available in paperback format!

A map of the Lemurian continent.
An aging and prosperous Sinbad the Sailor offers Sinbad ibn Hassan, the hero of my novella Sinbad and the Lost Continent, an investment with which he can use to go on an epic voyage of his own.
Kishore, Sinbad ibn Hassan’s best friend.
Sinbad faces off against pterosaurs near the coast of the lost continent of Lemuria!
Nemong, a warrior from the legendary lost continent of Lemuria!
Omar ibn Abdullah, Sinbad’s cunning navigator.
Sinbad and his expedition hide and watch as an ancient Lemurian idol does battle with a mighty tyrannosaur!
A vernacular Lemurian hut.

Nadjela of Batela: Adventures in the Ancient Congo

A cover design for my “Nadjela of Batela” book collection.

It is the first century AD, and the empire of Rome has grown into one of the largest in the history of the Mediterranean. Forged with cold sharp iron over the course of centuries, Roman authority now stretches as far afield as the floodplains of Egypt to the south, the sands of Judaea to the east, and the frigid woodlands of Gaul and Britannia to the north. Yet that is not enough for Rome. Their latest designs are on the equatorial heart of Africa, hoping to expand from there to conquer the whole continent and its innumerable riches…riches enough to support a campaign of world conquest.

There is one person who stands in the way of these ambitions. She is Nadjela, the proud and fierce Crown Princess of Batela. Together with her trusty leopard companion Ishaga, Nadjela will come face to face with both local adversaries and the wrath of the Roman Empire over the course of four adventures. Will her courage and martial ability, and the blessing of her god Nyambe the Creator, be enough to defend all of Africa and the world beyond?

A setting map for my “Nadjela of Batela” short story collection.
Nadjela, princess of Batela in ancient Central Africa, and her pet leopard Ishaga!
Nadjela of Batela is riding through the Central African jungle on her okapi steed!

COMING SOON

Carthage Atlantica

Cover design for my alternate history novella Carthage Atlantica

It is 200 BC, and the North African civilization of Carthage is recovering from a brutal war against the Roman Republic. Searching for new lands to colonize so they can rebuild their wealth, the Carthaginians send a fleet across the Atlantic Ocean that lands on the shore of North America, which they call “Atlantis”. As they struggle to adapt to this new world, the Carthaginian settlers find themselves drawn into a conflict between Native American nations, a conflict the colonists’ own leadership is willing to aggravate in the name of their personal ambitions. Can the colony of Carthage Atlantica survive in this account of alternate history?

Purchase your own copy, either in Kindle, paperback, or hard cover format, on Amazon!

“Brandon Pilcher has hit it out of the park again! Carthage Atlantica’s highly plausible but fictional novella of the interaction of ancient civilizations from two sides of the Atlantic, the Carthaginians and ancient indigenous peoples of the Atlantic seaboard, continues his ascent as a fine deep-history historical novelist. This hits a new high point. Five stars!”

– Robert Yehling, American and Independent Book Publishers Association award-winning author, Voices and Just Add Water, Malibu, CA

Concept Art

Dramatis personae, Part I.
Dramatis personae, Part II.
A map of the setting.

The Slave Prince of Zimbabwe

Hailing from the land known as Ruthenia in eastern Europe, Drazhan Khazanov has found himself forced into bondage and brought all the way to the Sultanate of Kilwa on the southeastern coast of Africa. His master the Sultan has offered him a chance at manumission if he can abduct the fierce and beautiful Mambokadzi of Zimbabwe. But when she foils Drazhan’s attempts to capture her and offers him an alternate path to the freedom he craves, they find themselves confronting the wrath of not only his former master but also the mightiest empire in the medieval world.

You can read a couple of excerpts from the novella here.

Then you can purchase the novella from Amazon, either in Kindle or paperback format.

Concept art for the main cast of The Slave Prince of Zimbabwe is below.

Dinosaurs & Dames: A Selection of Short Stories

By and large, the short stories in this self-published collection are action-packed speculative-fiction tales featuring dinosaurs and other savage beasts, fierce female warriors and huntresses, and African cultural influences. Some of the stories included in this volume are…

  • Mark of a Muvhimi, in which a nervous young huntress who takes on a stampeding herd of Stegosaurus.
  • The Battle Roar of Sekhmet, in which a veteran Egyptian warrior must defend her beliefs—and her little niece—from persecution by the tyrannical Pharaoh’s minions.
  • Tyrant Lord, in which a Tyrannosaurus rex must risk his life to slake his hunger.
  • The Perfect Shot, in which a professional photographer and his native guide search for the perfect shot in a jungle haunted by dinosaurs.
  • And many more!

If you like adventure, strong heroines, prehistoric wildlife, and non-Western fantasy and historical settings, these stories shall slake your appetite like none other!

Purchase your own copy either in Kindle or paperback form on Amazon right now!

Beasts & Beauties: A Second Selection of Short Stories

Brandon S. Pilcher, the author of the stories in Dinosaurs & Dames, returns with a selection of eight more action-packed tales of strong heroines of color, fearsome adversaries, and savage beasts. Examples of these tales include…

  • A rebellious ancient Egyptian warrior and her little niece who find themselves trapped in a dangerous royal menagerie.
  • A jungle huntress who must rescue her sister from sacrifice to a long-lost god.
  • A trained dinosaur wrangler who must track down an escaped Brontosaurus.
  • A princess who must settle an international dispute through a ball game…that may mean life or death.

And several more!

If you love dinosaurs and other fierce beasts, ancient history, and strong and fierce heroines of color, these are the stories for you!

Purchase your own copy for Kindle today!

The Sultan of Finback Isle

Cover for my novelette “The Sultan of Finback Isle”, wherein the heroes find themselves encircled by a hungry Dimetrodon.

Having broken off from the other continents two hundred and sixty million years ago, the landmass known as Finback Isle has protected a unique ecosystem in the equatorial Pacific older than the dinosaurs themselves. Only a near-extinct nation of Polynesian settlers, followed by the crew of Ferdinand Magellan in 1520, have ever set foot on the island within the annals of human history.

And then Ibrahim Fawal, a native of Casablanca turned controversial new Chief of Police in Los Angeles, decided to establish his private winter getaway there.

Enter Abdullah and Monique Kalua, a daring husband-and-wife team of FBI agents sent to investigate the LAPD’s accelerated record of corruption and brutality under Fawal’s leadership, including the shooting of Monique’s own brother. Their mission is to penetrate Fawal’s secret lair and bring him to justice.

Not only must they brave treacherous jungle littered with Polynesian ruins and teeming with beasts from the late Paleozoic Era, but they must also contend with the armed officers of one of the most vicious men ever to head the police of Los Angeles…the Sultan of Finback Isle!

Buy in Kindle format on Amazon today!