Mountain Refuge Omnibus, Book 1-3 (Deep, Inner Backwoods)

Four years alone in the Oregon wilderness cured Ethan Reed of a lot of things. Corporate burnout. Panic attacks. Any expectation that life would ever surprise him again.

Then a wounded elf collapsed in his yard during a blizzard.

Lyra is a silver-haired ranger fleeing hunters who've been capturing her kind. Mara is a born werewolf with amber eyes and a tactical mind sharper than her fangs. Nerissa is an ancient naiad who moves through water like it's an extension of her soul. None of them should exist. All of them need his help.

As Ethan takes them in, a strange new ability awakens—the Sight, a system interface that reveals hidden stats, compatibility ratings, and a world of magic that's been hiding in plain sight. What starts as survival becomes something deeper: an unlikely family, a growing power, and a fight against a cosmic force that feeds on the very fear and division Ethan has spent years running from.

He came to the mountain to disappear. Now he might be the only thing holding multiple realities together.

The complete Mountain Refuge saga—all books in one volume.

©2026 A.C. Whitney and David Sung (P)2026 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

Male narrator

I can’t finish this the male narrator sucks, i mean really? His voice never changes