Claus Books
For a limited time, save 10% to 40% on the boxed sets, Claus Boxed (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2)… In the early 1800s, Nicholas Santa discovered an ancient race of elven. Short, fat and hairy, they have lived peacefully on the North Pole since the Ice Age but Nicholas is quickly swept into the colony’s first and only fracture. The elven known as the Cold One has divided his people. His name is Jack. And Jack’s tired of hiding. Why should they live in a shrinking ice cap when humans occupy the rest of the world? It’s just not fair. There’s no stopping Jack from world domination until Nicholas Santa, the only human to enter the elven colony, joins helium-bladder reindeer, artificially-intelligent snowmen, and a merry band of big-footed elven to bring peace back to the North Pole. And becomes a legend. REVIEWS FOR THE CLAUS UNIVERSE “Amazing rewrites that will astound you!” –Ruth Jackson, Amazon Reviewer “Best Santa Story Ever!” – Bob, Amazon Reviewer “Simply lovely.” –jl, Amazon Reviewer “MY HEART GREW THREE SIZES…” – Amazon Reviewer “Couldn’t Put It Down.” – Amazon Reviewer “Fantasy at it’s [sic] finest.” –Carol, Amazon Reviewer “Absolutely phenomenal!” –JayFly, Amazon Reviewer “A++” –TKJ 131, Amazon Reviewer “Absolutely Awesome.” –Dee greusel, Amazon Reviewer “I absolutely love this series…” –Kara McCabe, Amazon Reviewer “Tony is an excellent story teller!” jjjlake, Amazon Reviewer “I want MORE!” –J. Bunch, Amazon Reviewer “Awesomely engaging!” –Janice Everett, Amazon Reviewer
The Jack Frost you never knew… Sura is sixteen years old when she meets Mr. Frost. He’s a strange man. Very short, very fat. And he likes his room cold. Some say inhumanly cold. Mr. Frost’s love for Christmas is over-the-top and slightly psychotic. He’s made billions of dollars off the holiday and, according to Mr. Frost, a holiday he invented. Rumor is he’s an elven, but that’s silly. Elven aren’t real. And if they were, they wouldn’t be in South Carolina. Sura takes a job at Frost Plantation that’s strange and magical and, for the first time in her life, a place where she feels like she belongs. She’ll uncover the mystery of what really happens at Frost Plantation and who’s making all the toys. She’ll discover the biggest secret of all—Mr. Frost hates Christmas. Really, really hates it.
Life hasn’t been kind to Oliver Toye.As if juvenile diabetes isn’t enough, he’s forced to live with his tyrannical grandmother in a snow-bound house. He spends his days doing chores and the nights listening to the forest rumble.But when he discovers the first leather-bound journal, the family secrets begin to surface. The mystery of his great-grandfather’s voyage to the North Pole is revealed. That’s when the snowman appears.Magical and mysterious, the snowman will save Oliver more than once. But when the time comes for Oliver to discover the truth, will he have the courage? When Flury needs him, will he have the strength? When believing isn’t enough, will he save the snowman from melting away?Because sometimes even magic needs a little help.(10% of the profits is annually donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.)INTERVIEW WITH AUTHORWhere did you come up with the idea of writing science fiction for holiday characters?My nephew mentioned the “secret Santa ninja elves” that visit his school during Christmas, and this spawned the idea of writing a semi-serious sci-fi version of Santa. How the ideas flesh out is a long process. I started keep track of how the story arc of my latest novel evolves, just to remember where it began. It’s all over the place. I love the challenge of bringing a story to light, letting the characters get in my head and telling me where to go. Flury: Journey of a Snowman is the third book in the Claus series. It was originally Frosty the Snowman, but Frosty is copyrighted. It didn’t matter, really. The character was better suited to be something other than Frosty. Flury is a bit more serious..Are you getting any backlash for rewriting these Christmas legends?Not at all. In fact, a lot of readers have connected to all the unanswered questions surround them, especially Santa Claus. How does he go around the world in a night? Why is he fat? Why does he live on the North Pole? How do reindeer fly? How does he carry all those presents? All of them answered with the magic wand of science fiction… I mean, the science wand of science fiction. The stories still have the fantasy element, of course. Some leaps of imagination. And also the romance angle. Why? Because all stories have love..What is your favorite character from the books that you have written?Socket Greeny is one of my favorites. That science fiction trilogy was my first story. I wrote it in first person and really connected with him. However, Jack Frost is in Claus (Legend of the Fat Man) and Jack (The Tale of Frost) and has become my all-time fave. He’s childish, irreverent and dangerous, but at the same time lovable. .What order should readers purchase the Claus books?Claus: Legend of the Fat Man is the best start. After that, any order works. They all can be read as standalone novels.
Jacob Marley is dead. His business partner, Eb Scrooge, is left to run Avocado, Inc., an innovative technology business, all alone. An introverted shut-in locked away in a Colorado mansion, he changes the company’s mission statement. Only his servant droids keep him company.Until the gifts arrive.Each Christmas, a messenger forces Eb to look at his life in hopes he will change. But change does not happen in a single night. And only Eb can make it happen.But who is sending the messengers?INTERVIEW WITH AUTHORWhere did you come up with the idea of writing science fiction for holiday characters?My nephew mentioned the “secret Santa ninja elves” that visit his school during Christmas, and this spawned the idea of writing a semi-serious sci-fi version of Santa. How the ideas flesh out is a long process. I started keep track of how the story arc of my latest novel evolves, just to remember where it began. It’s all over the place. I love the challenge of bringing a story to light, letting the characters get in my head and telling me where to go. Flury: Journey of a Snowman is the third book in the Claus series. It was originally Frosty the Snowman, but Frosty is copyrighted. It didn’t matter, really. The character was better suited to be something other than Frosty. Flury is a bit more serious..Are you getting any backlash for rewriting these Christmas legends?Not at all. In fact, a lot of readers have connected to all the unanswered questions surround them, especially Santa Claus. How does he go around the world in a night? Why is he fat? Why does he live on the North Pole? How do reindeer fly? How does he carry all those presents? All of them answered with the magic wand of science fiction… I mean, the science wand of science fiction. The stories still have the fantasy element, of course. Some leaps of imagination. And also the romance angle. Why? Because all stories have love..What is your favorite character from the books that you have written?Socket Greeny is one of my favorites. That science fiction trilogy was my first story. I wrote it in first person and really connected with him. However, Jack Frost is in Claus (Legend of the Fat Man) and Jack (The Tale of Frost) and has become my all-time fave. He’s childish, irreverent and dangerous, but at the same time lovable. .What order should readers purchase the Claus books?Claus: Legend of the Fat Man is the best start. After that, any order works. They all can be read as standalone novels.
The 6th standalone novel in the Claus Universe. The holiday legends you never heard growing up. This is Ryder’s last stop. It’s a half million acre ranch and home to forty teenagers. It’s also home to a famous and eccentric philanthropist with a peculiar obsession with the North Pole. His name is Billy “Big Game” Sinterklaas. But shortly after Ryder arrives, secret messages begin leading him to what’s really happening. Billy Big Game believes that Santa Claus is real. This is the year he proves it. He says there’s one Christmas story no one has ever heard, the legend of the biggest and baddest reindeer of them all, the one who leads the sleigh and protects the herd. But Billy Big Game doesn’t want to discover the last reindeer. He wants to capture him. That’s why he brought Ryder to the ranch. REVIEWS FOR THE CLAUS UNIVERSE “Amazing rewrites that will astound you!” –Ruth Jackson, Amazon Reviewer “Best Santa Story Ever!” – Bob, Amazon Reviewer “Simply lovely.” –jl, Amazon Reviewer “MY HEART GREW THREE SIZES…” – Amazon Reviewer “Couldn’t Put It Down.” – Amazon Reviewer “Fantasy at it’s [sic] finest.” –Carol, Amazon Reviewer “Absolutely phenomenal!” –JayFly, Amazon Reviewer “A++” –TKJ 131, Amazon Reviewer “Absolutely Awesome.” –Dee greusel, Amazon Reviewer “I absolutely love this series…” –Kara McCabe, Amazon Reviewer “Tony is an excellent story teller!” jjjlake, Amazon Reviewer “I want MORE!” –J. Bunch, Amazon Reviewer “Awesomely engaging!” –Janice Everett, Amazon Reviewer
Christmas is hot. When Kandi's dad gets a mysterious call, they fly to a tropical island where the buildings are enormous and the rooms empty. Despite the heat, his sunburned client wears a heavy cloak. Kandi meets a boy living all alone in one of the empty resorts. When he goes missing, she enlists the help of the technological wonders that haunt the island to find him. What she uncovers is a much deeper mystery that will affect more than just Christmas. The world doesn't know it yet, but Santa Claus is missing. Kandi knows where he is. And why.
The 7th standalone novel in the Claus Universe. The stories you never heard... Great aunt Annie was a storyteller. It was mostly Christmas stories she told. No one had ever heard her tales about giant reindeer, living snowmen, and Santa Claus. There were no movies about them. No books. When she passed away, everyone thought they'd never hear such stories again. But she saved the best one for last. When Tin's family inherits an enormous estate, they discover the hidden treasures of Toyland. The eccentric mansion was built long ago by a toy magnate named Wallace Noel, a man made famous by his beloved Noel toys. Tin and her family spend Christmas at Toyland and find forgotten toys in strange rooms, abandoned workshops and old photos of Wallace. When Tin discovers an authentic-looking elf hat, everything changes. She comes to know the truth behind the urban legends of Wallace Noel and what made his toys so special. And where Great aunt Annie got her stories.
Run, run as fast as you can. When twelve-year-old Chris Blizzard receives a last-minute invitation to the exclusive Institute of Creative Mind, an elite school nestled in the mountains and wrapped in year-round Christmas cheer, he expects an academic adventure. What he finds is a snow-capped campus obsessed with Christmas, where everyone wears red, secrets swirl like snowflakes, and creativity is currency. But behind the cheer lies something darker. Chris quickly learns that failure isn’t just frowned upon. It’s permanent. Surveillance is constant. And somewhere behind the locked doors of the towering castle lives the reclusive founder, Lord Kris Pelznickel, a legendary schoolmaster whose influence shapes every inch of the walled campus. Lord Pelznickel doesn’t care about their grades. He’s watching for a student with a very special talent. As Chris struggles to catch up with his classmates and decode a mysterious message hidden in his textbooks, he’s drawn into a deeper mystery involving malfunctioning decorations, missing students, and the chilling tale of a gingerbread man. When winter arrives early and the boundaries between student and toy begin to blur, Chris must uncover the truth behind the Toymaker’s legacy, before he becomes just another piece in someone else’s game. Gingerman: In Search of the Toymaker is a darkly whimsical novel blending holiday fantasy, boarding school mystery, and a dash of dystopia. Perfect for fans of Coraline , Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children , and A Series of Unfortunate Events , this is a cautionary Christmas tale about creativity, conformity, and the cost of fitting in. Some gifts should never be unwrapped.