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Crown of Stars Series
Set in an alternate Europe, a world where bloody conflicts rage and sorcery holds sway, both human and other-than-human forces vie for supremacy. In this land, Alain, a young man seeking the destiny promised him by the Lady of Battles, and Liath, a young woman gifted with a power that can alter the course of history, are about to be swept up in a world-shaking conflict for the survival of humanity.
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Book 1 - Kings Dragon:
The Kingdom of Wendar is in turmoil. King Henry still holds the crown, but his reign has long been contested by his sister Sabella, and there are many eager to flock to her banner. Internal conflict weakens Wendar’s defences, drawing raiders, human and inhuman, across its borders. Terrifying portents abound and dark spirits walk the land.
Two innocents are thrust into the midst of the conflict. Alain, a young man granted a vision by the Lady of Battles, and Liath, a young woman with the power to change the course of history. Both must discover the truth about themselves before they can accept their fates. For in a war where sorcery, not swords, may determine the final outcome, the price of failure may be more than their own lives.
Book 2 - Prince of Dogs:Sanglant - the prince of dogs, King Henry’s bastard son - is being held captive in the city of Gent by Bloodheart, the Eika warlord. Liath, now one of the King’s Eagles - and still grieving over the loss of Sanglant - is desperately trying to unlock the secrets of her own past. Unless she masters her powers she may prove a grave danger to everyone, herself included. Alain, now proclaimed a Count’s heir, is increasingly troubled by visions of the enemy he befriended and the Lady of Battles whom he’s sworn to serve. And Fifth Brother, least favoured son of Bloodheart, has returned to the lands of his own people to unite the scattered tribes and build an army to do his father’s bidding. While King Henry continues his progress through his troubled realm, Sanglant, Liath, Alain and Fifth Brother fight their own individual battles. Only time will tell who will prove triumphant as all of them are caught up in the dangers and turmoil of a world at war. ExcerptBook 3 - The Burning Stone:An uncertain and uneasy peace has fallen on the kingdom of Wendar. It seems that King Henry’s favour has fallen upon Prince Sanglant, his bastard son, and that he is to be the chosen heir. But Sanglant is too troubled by the recent past to seek that crown. He needs Liath, the woman who saved him from his terrible captivity, even though such a liaison must incur the wrath of his father. For her part, Liath knows that her future lies with Sanglant. But she has also learned that her mother, presumed to be dead, is in fact still alive and searching for her, to school Liath in the powerful sorcerous arts. And Alain, their friend and ally, is in mortal danger from the curse of Bloodheart, who is reaching out from the grave.
Book 4 - Child of Flame:
Lost and alone in an unknown country, Alain struggles to survive as he is unwittingly drawn into an ancient conflict between humankind and their old enemy, the Cursed Ones. Separated from her husband and child, Liath must undergo her greatest test in a land of exile. Only here can she hope to discover the truth of her parentage and learn the extent of her remarkable powers.
Mourning the loss of his wife, the bastard prince Sanglant seeks his father, King Henry, to warn him about the conspiracy of powerful sorcerers who wish to destroy the Aoi, the Lost Ones, once and for all - no matter how much destruction their magic will unleash. But King Henry’s gaze is fixed on the throne of Aosta and the imperial crown left vacant for two generations. As a Quman army, sweeping in from the eastern steppes, ravages the Wendish countryside, Henry marches south, ignoring the pleas of his beleaguered subjects. The great cataclysm, foretold in the stars, is approaching. ExcerptBook 5 - The Gathering Storm:King Henry’s obsession with restoring an ancient empire has left his people destitute and vulnerable to attack. As earthly and supernatural forces gather to overthrow all Henry has fought for, Alain and Liath come to realise their twin destinies. Between them they hold the key to secrets which could yet save Henry’s realm, but even they may be powerless should the Cursed Ones return. The time of cataclysm is almost here when the land of the Aoi--cast out of the world long centuries ago by an unimaginably powerful spell-weaving--will at last return to its starting point with disastrous consequences.
Book 6 - In the Ruins:
The world of Liath and Alain is breaking apart as The twin destinies of Liath and Alain may yet avert the destruction written in the stars. which they alone have the power to understand. , and the spell holding the exiled from the planet fails. Liath must force her wild sorcery to maturity and Sanglant, her husband and King Henry’s heir, must struggle to hold the realm together.
A cataclysm has reshaped the very land and seas, and disrupted the war for empire. King Henry is dead, his kingdom savaged by earthly and supernatural forces. The Eika warriors thirst for the King’s land and power, their enmity sealed by generations of blood. Bitter in-fighting within King Henry’s court and the ceaseless attrition of raiders threaten the kingdom. Those who remain true must stay strong as the shadow of the Cursed Ones falls. Now all who have survived the magical return of the exiled Aoi lands must find a way to mend their shattered territories and take a stand against their enemies in a power struggle that may forge new alliances, or doom them all.
Book 7 - Crown of Stars:
In the wake of the cataclysm new alliances form as old ones dissolve. King Henry’s kingdom has been ravaged by internecine warfare in a conflict that has been both long and bloody. As Sanglant struggles to legitimize his own leadership, the Aoi are carrying out random attacks--while implicating him as their leader. Stronghand has begun a march of conquest into the heart of Sanglant’s realm. Adelheid and Antonia have made an unholy alliance. And Sabella and Duke Conrad are moving to seize Sanglant’s crown.
Cultures, religions, and races clash in what will be the ultimate struggle for control of this strange new world. And in the end, Alain and Liath may, alone of all people, gain the understanding to prevent
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