Been Here a While
Scott Davis
Stories from Nevada County, by a man who arrived in 1986 and still hasn't qualified as a local.
Books that know their ground.
Declination Press publishes fiction with a strong sense of place: a maritime thriller series set in the working harbors of the Pacific Northwest, a cozy romantasy series from a kingdom where magic runs on manners, and stories from the Sierra foothills we call home.
Now and next
Our first titles arrive this winter. Ebooks and paperbacks, from the usual stores.
Dead Reckoning
Scott Davis
A missed radio call. A wrecked boat. A man who knows the sea doesn't lie, but people do.
The Impeccable Inquisitor Blundell
Cressida Wren
He's the worst investigator in the kingdom. She's been solving his cases for three years. Neither of them expected to fall in love.
Coming in 2027: The Blood Knot (Nathan Hale, Book 2) and The Impeccable Inquisitor and the Phantom of the Fête in the spring, then False Light and The Impeccable Inquisitor and the Citadel Affair in the summer.
Who we publish
Scott Davis
A former Navy submariner and forty-year engineer whose Nathan Hale series brings analog competence and hard weather to the maritime thriller. Also the author of Been Here a While.
scottdavisauthor.com →Cressida Wren
Writes cozy romantasy about people who are wrong about almost everything and right about the things that matter. The Impeccable Inquisitor Blundell is her first novel.
cressidawren.com →Why "Declination"
In navigation, declination is the angle between true north and magnetic north: the correction every navigator applies to read a compass honestly. It is also the act of saying no. We like both meanings. Declination Press is a small independent publisher based in Nevada County, in the Sierra foothills of California.
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