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Wolf of Withervale hardcover with golden laurels for Best Fantasy at the Queer Indie Awards and Best Novel at the Ursa Major Awards

As epic as it is queer

The Noss Saga is a high fantasy tale of transformation and self-discovery. Imbued with unabashed wonder and a lust for places unknown, this ambitious adventure explores sexuality, our connections to other species, unconventional kinds of love, and the very nature of consciousness.

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What readers are saying

  • Tiberius Rings

    “Baldwin captivatingly weaves queerness into his narrative. You will not want this saga to end.”

  • Abs M Rice

    “Joaquín is a modern master of worldbuilding. His grasp of storytelling interwoven with linguistics and history is refreshing and fun.”

  • Conot Davitt

    “The depth of world-building is mind boggling—I was perpetually thirsty not only for more of the main storyline but for deeper insight into the world of Noss itself, and Joaquín never stopped delivering.”

  • Jack Sanderson

    “I haven’t read anything in a world this richly rendered since Tolkien.”

  • Louis D.S

    “A story that you can really dive into and get lost in the pages. By far the most fun I’ve had reading in years.”

  • Franz Anthony

    “Gay as hell.”
Sterjall holding Leif, his dagger, while sitting on a bristlecone pine branch against a backdrop of hazy mountains.

An ambitious, sweeping saga

The Noss Saga spans six books and over one million words. All the books are written and are in different stages of editing. My goal is to release the books as soon as the edits and illustrations are finished, approximately every 8 months.

The books are a bit nerdy (paleoartists? biologists? geologists? astronomers? gotchu covered fam), they have intrinsic shapeshifting and anthropomorphic themes (furries, rejoice!), they explore sex, gender, and sexuality (it may not be smut, but I’m not holding back), and they are filled with an unabashed sense of wonder.

Alongside Tolkien, believe it or not, Carl Sagan and Richard Feynman have been my greatest inspirations for these novels. I don’t want the readers to merely fall in love with the characters and plot, I want them to fall in love with the beauty of the world, with the joy of discovery, with the promise of a much grander story to come.

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