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An army poised for battle. A hamlet of innocent villagers in the wrong place at the wrong time. A young kite climber who seizes a ridiculous chance…
The troll-lord’s army abducts young Andraia and forces her to serve as a kite climber—a girl light and nimble enough to climb the tethers of the great war kites, and clever enough to relay the report from each scout stationed aloft.
But when Andraia sees her home village sitting squarely before the army’s intended charge, she knows she must lie and—more importantly—make the cruel officer supervising the kite climbers believe her lie.
Since at least one climber will tell the appalling truth, Andraia needs more than mere ingenuity to outwit him.
Amidst the brutality and violence of the troll-horde, Andraia must learn that even a vulnerable and frail ally can sometimes deliver the wining blow in a fight. If she fails, everyone she loves will die as the troll chariots crush her home.
The Kite Climber is a fairy tale of Old Giralliya brought to vivid life. If you enjoy appealing characters, fantasy worlds that feel real, and high stakes, you’ll love this story of a young teen mixing genius with daring in a desperate bid to save her friends and family.
Read The Kite Climber to claim audacious courage today!
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I re-read Hunting Wild as part of my preparation to re-release it. I originally published it in 2015, and incredible as it may seem, I’d forgotten many of the details! That was rather fun—reading my own story almost as though someone else had written it.
The result was that I did a touch of revision. There were some passages that I found confusing, so I clarified them. There were others that seemed to require grater emphasis, so I expanded them.
The changes aren’t huge—it’s still the same story—and there aren’t a lot. But the prose is not identical. I’d love to hear from a reader who has read both! What did you think?
When a king begs a dread boon, dare she refuse him?
Remeya—fosterling and maid-in-waiting to the king’s sister—worships the old and forbidden horned god alongside the princess.
Despite the centuries-old taboo, a few believers still perform the rites in secret. And the king quietly tolerates their heresy until Remeya retrieves a cursed sword from its watery grave and bestows it upon him.
As the king’s mind unravels into violence, no one near him remains safe, not even his best beloved. Especially not his best beloved.
Fearing for all their lives, Remeya frantically seeks a means of curbing the king’s wrath. Appeals to religious authority and personal displays of public piety prove fruitless, while leaving salvation to her god delivers no sign that he will act.
Unless Remeya learns to engage more deeply with her beliefs—beyond obedience, beyond devotion, and into surrender—the princess will lose her head and Remeya her soul.
Hunting Wild is the evocative second tale in the Blood Blade fantasy series. If you enjoy vivid characters, exotic worlds, and intensifying suspense, you’ll love this engrossing coming-of-age story in which a teen girl grapples with how to connect with her god.
Read Hunting Wild now to forge faith from desperation in the eleventh hour!
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Hunting Wild has always been part of the Blood Blade series, but, BUT, BUT…I didn’t really tell anyone that it was! Crazy me!
Anyway, now that I’ve released Blood Falchion (Tale One), I’ve revised the cover of Hunting Wild to reflect its status as Tale Two.
That was tricky work—keeping the original art and making it work with the dress for the series!
