--- title: Gripping Finale Seething Storm Concludes The Patrons of Earth Trilogy By A. N. Jones description: A. N. Jones spent a decade writing her way back to the trilogy she started with her late mother. Seething Storm, the final book in The Patrons of Earth serie... author: Dr Marina Nani (Editor-in-Chief) date: 2026-04-16T17:09:24.972Z updated: 2026-06-29T08:43:57.380Z canonical: https://richwoman.co/article/an-jones-patrons-of-earth-trilogy image: https://cdn.nanimediahouse.com/an-jones-seething-storm-desk.webp categories: Fiction content_type: Profile region: Canada publication: Rich Books about: - type: Person name: A. N. Jones description: Canadian fantasy and science fiction author born in 1979 in Brampton, Ontario. Creator of The Patrons of Earth trilogy and the Scarlett Equivalency spy series, with 11 books published and more on the way. Currently adapting one of her novels into a screenplay. sameAs: - https://www.instagram.com/anjones_author - https://bsky.app/profile/authoranjones.bsky.social - https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0BDR1WK8T --- A. N. Jones wrote the first book of her Patrons of Earth trilogy with her mother as her editor. When her mother passed in 2012, Jones put down the pen. "I couldn't look at a pen or paper without feeling physically sick," Jones says. For two years she sat with the loss, unable to return to the trilogy she had started with her mother. The return came without warning. She was sitting in her mother's favorite chair when something inside her reawakened. "A spark reignited," she says. "Before I knew it, the pen and paper were back in my hand." She wrote Raging Land, the second book in the trilogy, and then eight more books across other series. But the final volume, the one that would complete the story she began with her mother, took longer. Seething Storm, published November 15, 2025, is that book. ### Book: Seething Storm *The Patrons of Earth Trilogy, Book 3* By A. N. Jones Murgada and Grymaetu unite with human allies on a quest to locate the lost city of Atlantis, face trials requiring divine favour, and confront a climactic battle of good versus evil. The epic conclusion to The Patrons of Earth trilogy. [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1974399273) ## The women writing grief into epic fantasy Jones is one of a growing number of female fantasy authors using epic, [mythological storytelling to process real loss](https://richbooksmagazine.com/article/sisterhood-grief-and-magic-why-ophia-s-sister-soul-is-perfect-if-you-crave-epic-fantasy-with-). The convention is old, older than the genre itself. Grief writes well into scale. When a writer cannot describe what has actually happened to them, a battle for the fate of humanity becomes a way of describing it anyway. Readers rarely notice the trade, but they feel it. The Patrons of Earth trilogy opens in 2015 with Churning Depths, in which a Canadian oceanographer investigates a cruise ship that vanished in the Atlantic and finds herself pulled into a world where myth and science run parallel. Raging Land followed in 2017. Seething Storm takes the human and divine characters on a final quest to locate the lost city of Atlantis, where what they find out about the "patrons" is more difficult than what they came for. Jones describes herself as a medium for her characters rather than a planner. She does not outline. She writes longhand in cursive, in short bursts throughout the day, and lets the characters decide what happens next. That method carried her through Churning Depths with her mother reading pages in the evenings. Returning to it after her mother passed meant writing alone for the first time. ## Writing as healing, one sentence at a time The idea of [writing as healing](https://richbooksmagazine.com/article/finding-grace-in-grief-a-woman-writes-through-loss-faith-and-healing) is often softened into a wellness phrase, but what Jones describes is more complicated. She did come back to writing. She finished Raging Land, then wrote eight more books. But completing the trilogy her mother helped start required something different. It took years of writing other stories before she was ready to return to the one that carried her mother's fingerprints. The emotional weight sits under the surface of Seething Storm rather than on top of it. Readers looking for the loss will find the loss, but the book is still a fantasy novel, complete with trials, divine favor, and a climactic battle between good and evil. The grief is in what the trilogy asks of its protagonists, and what it costs them to answer. ### The Patrons of Earth Trilogy - [Churning Depths](https://www.amazon.com/Churning-Depths-N-Jones/dp/1312980281) by A. N. Jones - [Raging Land](https://www.amazon.com/Raging-Land-Patrons-Earth-Trilogy/dp/1974399214) by A. N. Jones - [Seething Storm](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1974399273) by A. N. Jones ## A trilogy completed on her own terms Jones [self-published the trilogy](https://richbooksmagazine.com/article/the-staying-power-from-a-self-published-author-how-chris-bennett-finished-his-13-year-novel), as she has with most of her twelve books. She is also writing a separate spy series, The Scarlett Equivalency, and adapting the first book into a screenplay herself. Her work moves between science fiction and mythology, but the throughline is recognizable: women at the center, often reluctant, always asked to carry something bigger than they bargained for. [Seething Storm](https://richbooksmagazine.com/article/seething-storm-review-a-n-jones-brings-her-atlantis-trilogy-to-a-close) is not just the conclusion of a fantasy trilogy. It is the book A. N. Jones always needed to write, the final piece of a project she began alongside her mother in 2015. Eight books later, she came back to finish it in her honour. The Patrons of Earth trilogy is now complete. Readers can find A. N. Jones on Amazon and on Instagram at [@anjones_author](https://www.instagram.com/anjones_author). Seething Storm is out now. **About A. N. Jones** Canadian fantasy and science fiction author born in 1979 in Brampton, Ontario. Creator of The Patrons of Earth trilogy and the Scarlett Equivalency spy series, with 11 books published and more on the way. Currently adapting one of her novels into a screenplay. ## FAQ **Q: What order should I read The Patrons of Earth trilogy in?** Read Churning Depths first, published in 2015, followed by Raging Land in 2017, and finish with Seething Storm, released on 14 April 2026. Each book builds directly on the last, and the final volume resolves threads seeded in book one. **Q: What are some good fantasy books about the lost city of Atlantis?** The Patrons of Earth trilogy by A. N. Jones is a contemporary entry in the Atlantis subgenre, blending oceanography, mythology, and epic fantasy across three books. Older touchstones in the same space include Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Fall of Atlantis and David Gemmell's Stones of Power series. **Q: Who are some indie female fantasy authors writing epic trilogies right now?** Outside the big-five imprints, self-published and small-press authors like A. N. Jones and Melissa McShane are writing multi-book epic fantasy with consistent release schedules. Goodreads lists for indie female fantasy authors are updated regularly and are the fastest way to find new names. **Q: Is The Patrons of Earth trilogy suitable for fans of mythology fantasy books?** Yes. The trilogy blends science fiction elements with mythological worldbuilding, including divine figures, ancient patrons, and a quest to locate Atlantis. Readers who enjoy Madeline Miller or Natalie Haynes will recognise the register.