Joyce Hertzoff
Author
LATEST PROJECTSS

The Crimson Orb
The Crimson Orb
While others seek the fabled Crimson Orb, teenage Nissa searches for her mysteriously missing magic teacher, Madoc the Mage, and discovers how little she knows about her world and how useful her skills can be.
Join her as she mixes magic and science into delicious recipes whether in the galley of a sailing ship or trudging through the Frozen Tundra of Sorn.
This first book in my fantasy series Crystal Odysseys was published by Phantasm Books, a division of Assent Publications, on June 17, 2014, and is now available from Amazon Kindle as an e-book.
https://www.amazon.com/Crimson-Orb-Book-Crystal-Odyssey-ebook/dp/B06XBC38LW
and in a slightly revised print edition
https://www.amazon.com/Crimson-Orb-Book-Crystal-Odyssey/dp/1544216599

Under Two Moons
Book 2: Under Two Moons
Nissa, Madoc and their siblings search for the source of two mysterious books and find out more about their world than they ever imagined.
This sequel to The Crimson Orb is now available:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071GMD969
https://www.amazon.com/Under-Two-Moons-Crystal-Odyssey/dp/1548116807
Book 3 in the series
Book 2:Beyond The Sea
The third book in the Crystal Odyssey series is now available in ebook and print form: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BFKR5C9
and https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Sea-Crystal-Odyssey-3/dp/1986507467


Homeward Bound is the fourth and last book in the Crystal Odyssey series.
ebook. The adventures of Nissa, Madoc and the gang are now done. Or are they? : https://www.amazon.com/Homeward-Bound-Book-Crystal-Odyssey-ebook/dp/B08RCBXTD4
SHORT STORIES:
'Natural Death' appears in The Darwin Murders anthology available on Amazon
'Princess Petra', appears in The Way Home anthology, available now on Amazon


'Say Cheese', appears in Tasteful Murders anthology, available now on Amazon


My fantasy novella, A Bite of the Apple was published 8/7/16.
It's available on Kindle :
https://www.amazon.com/Bite-Apple-Portal-Adventures-Book-ebook/dp/B01K0QP4JU
It's also available in print form:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/153704222X
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-bite-of-the-apple-joyce-hertzoff/1124389144?ean=9781537042220
A Bite of the Apple won the New Mexico PressWomen's contest for YA novel for 2016 and came in second in the National Federation of Press Women's contest
My Kids' book, So You Want to be a Dragon, was published in April, 2018
ebook
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CLNLVDV
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1986250695
Winds of Change: Portal Adventures Book 2
The sequel to A Bite of the Apple was finally published in August 2022
e-book
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BB1MHPXY

My short story, A Woman Hobbles Into a Bar appears in the charity anthology, Challenge Accepted to support Special Olympics
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NMPSZ38
My experiences in a New York City suburb following the events of 9/11 are included in the book New Mexico Remembers 9/11 https://www.amazon.com/New-Mexico-Remembers-9-11/dp/1951122100


