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Welcome to The Crossbow Chronicles, a fast, funny fantasy series where Prague is full of monsters, magic, gangs, legends, and trouble hiding under every cobblestone. Follow Calvin Crossbow, a teenage hunter with an enchanted crossbow and a talent for surviving chaos, as he battles rogue golems, tangles with vampires, uncovers ancient conspiracies, and fights to protect a city stranger and far more dangerous than it looks. Steampunk adventure, supernatural mystery, sharp humour, and plenty of heart, all set above and below the streets of Prague.

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Our creative process starts with hand-drawn artwork. From there, we use Photoshop, Cartoon Animator, VidU, and select AI-assisted tools, including Midjourney, to refine images, support animation, and enhance the final result. The artwork remains artist-led from concept to completion.

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Golem Hunter: Rise Of The Clayborn

by S Black
Paperback
EUR 10.00
When monsters rise in Prague, a 13-year-old with a crossbow and too much attitude becomes the city’s only hope.
Calvin hunts golems. Big, ugly, “made-of-clay-and-bad-attitude” golems. It’s all in a night’s work for the youngest member of the secret organization known as The Prague Vanguard — the people who stop ancient horrors from flattening tourists and ruining the architecture.
But when a sacred amulet is stolen and the golems are corrupted, Calvin’s world tilts sideways. Suddenly, he’s saddled with a mysterious Daywalker partner (who insists she’s “not that kind of vampire”), a legendary mace, and a conspiracy buried deep under Prague’s cobblestone streets.
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Golem Hunter: Spring Man Returns

by S Black
Paperback
EUR 10.00
Calvin is thirteen ( he thinks), sarcastic, and dangerously good at killing things that go bump in the night.
Buffy is a 200-year-old Daywalker who looks like a teenager, acts like a teenager, wields twin daggers, and is only slightly more responsible than her partner.
They are on the run, fighting bounty hunters, Vanguard agents and.... Jezabel. (You'll find out)
War is coming, Old legends are waking. And the Prague Underworld is not ready.
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Out Very Soon! (Promise)

Golem Hunter: Gangs & Shadows

by S Black
Paperback
EUR 10.00
When monster gangs take over Prague, a 14-ish year old with a crossbow and a serious attitude problem somehow ends up as the city’s last line of defence.

Agent Buffy’s gone. Cal’s the new Ponocný in town. Not that anyone asked for one. Now he’s stuck whipping a brand-new squad into shape before a bunch of very aggressive teenage gangs, human and otherwise, tear Prague apart from the streets above to whatever’s lurking below.
eBookEUR 2.50
Interactive Gang Map Coming Soon!
Also out soon! ( Pinky Swear)

Catalina

by S Black
Paperback
EUR 10.00
When the family calls.
Catalina must answer.