The Moon Mountain Trilogy
An Award-Winning Dark Urban Fantasy
Story Snapshot:
A chilling Halloween encounter leads a '90s college student down a dark path of mystery, murder, and uncovering sinister secrets in her small town.
Time Period:
1997 to 1999
Locations:
The fictional country town of Moon Mountain, North Carolina
Asheville, North Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland
Morgan’s “Beyond” (aka the Isle of Stars)
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The Beginning
WELCOME TO MOON MOUNTAIN, NC, WHOSE MYSTERIES ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD.
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Where to Buy
AVAILABLE ON AMAZON OR ANY ONLINE RETAILER WHERE BOOKS ARE SOLD.
COMING SOON…
The Gate of Vapula
A supernatural thriller, occult horror, and urban fantasy set in the 1980s in the fictional city of Sun Valley, Arizona.
It's the rad '80s, and permed hair, shoulder-padded skirt suits, and gruesome murders are at the top of Venie Bram's priorities. As assistant to Sun Valley's top crime reporter, she's eager to grow her connections and make a name for herself. But when her boss gets an anonymous tip and seemingly disappears, Venie uses her investigative skills to follow the breadcrumbs, leading her to make a chilling discovery.
Soon, Venie’s life and heart become entangled with a wicked cult-like group whose secrets lie buried in the fiery depths of hell itself.
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Praise for the Moon Mountain Trilogy
“All in all, Porto has completed the final touch of her trilogy with such care and thoughtfulness—the writing and plot work will make you swoon. If you like sci-fi, paranormal, and urban fantasy with a good amount of thrills, then you’ll love Jess Porto’s latest work. The Shadow Tree is everything you could want for the end of an amazingly well-crafted trilogy!”
“This second installment of Porto’s thriller series is a gripping and expertly crafted exploration of agency, memory, friendship, and survival. It freshens up some familiar genre tropes of alien invasion and possession with a delightfully dark and unpredictable plot.”
“Isle of Stars is written with guile and confidence, effortlessly emitting wit, charm and dramatic tension from the start. Its biting melodrama and supernatural charm literally seeps through its pages in a passionately written swarm of self-discovery and sacrifice.”
“This story will blow you away…
‘Exceptional,’ ‘thrilling,’ ‘adrenaline-charged,’ and ‘absorbing’ would all be excellent words to describe Isle of Stars. It ends on a temptingly strong cliff-hanger, and we can’t wait to read the third masterpiece in this trilogy!”
“Porto skillfully defies conventional good vs. evil tropes by imbuing the invaders with shades of gray, and the subconscious realm and surrealist liminal spaces through which Morgan journeys are, as the title suggests, inventive and evocative.
At its core, this inward-looking thriller is a journey of hope and self-discovery, psyche and sacrifice, a story concerned with what it’s worth risking everything to save. (A character declares, ‘One word: humanity.’) The characters make clever use of Porto’s worldbuilding, and the ending satisfies, while pointing to revelations to come.”
“Intense and dark; a riveting psychological fantasy… Porto’s second installment in the Moon Mountain series plunges readers into the murky depths of memory, identity, and self-determination.”
“The plot rolls out slowly and impressively . . . But expectations continue to be subverted up to the story’s sequel-setting climax, which is tinged with elements of romance, fantasy and even SF.”
“Moon Mountain is in a word, ‘outstanding.’ Jess Porto is an excellent writer with incredible talent for original and enthralling storytelling, creating unbelievable settings and scenes, amazing characters and a plot that is unlike any other. She not only has stellar ideas but executes them to near perfection. Moon Mountain is an extremely enthralling mystery thriller—it’s vying for the best mystery thriller fiction book of 2023.”
“A smart, suspenseful tale with a whisper of the supernatural…
Porto’s engrossing novel about a young woman trying to solve the mystery of a brutal murder contains hefty doses of tension, suspense, unforeseen dangers, and genuine scares.”
