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A FLAME IN THE NORTH
A female-centric, Norse-inspired fantasy with an epic quest at its core. Perfect for fans of John Gwynne and H.M. Long, it's the start of the new epic fantasy series entitled The Black Land's Bane, following a wisewoman with elemental magic who is the key to protecting humanity from the return of the Great Enemy.
The Black Land is a spent myth, and these are modern times. At least, so says Solveig's father, and as his father told him. But after Solveig's brother accidentally kills a northern lord's son, she is sent north as a weregilt (part hostage, part honored guest) for a year and a day. As a volva - a wisewoman - and even rarer, an elementalist, Sol isn't quite upset at the notion of travel, for she has her shieldmaid companion and a fair share of magic to see her through the journey.
Yet the Black Land is no myth, and has merely been dormant for a few short mortal generations, biding its time. Upon its iron throne sits the Great Enemy, and trapped in his crown are two jewels of surpassing power, wrought by the Elder in the morning of the world. The third jewel, wrested free at great cost, is a prize beyond reckoning - but its power cannot be used, except by an elementalist. Solveig is the key to a weapon of great power, and the remaining Elder, not to mention the Men in service to them, will stop at nothing to control it. And her.
And once the Enemy hears word that another elementalist has been born, neither will he. Far from home, with only her shieldmaid and her own wits to rely upon, Solveig must not only master power beyond her imagination but also retain some measure of freedom - and even if she does, the Black Land looms, its armies and fell creatures ready to burst forth and cover the world in dark thralldom, unless the Elder, the Faithful, and the Third Jewel can stop him.
And then, there are the wolves...
Lilith Saintcrow was born in New Mexico, bounced around the world as an Air Force brat, and fell in love with writing when she was ten years old. She currently lives in Vancouver, WA.
Yet the Black Land is no myth, and has merely been dormant for a few short mortal generations, biding its time. Upon its iron throne sits the Great Enemy, and trapped in his crown are two jewels of surpassing power, wrought by the Elder in the morning of the world. The third jewel, wrested free at great cost, is a prize beyond reckoning - but its power cannot be used, except by an elementalist. Solveig is the key to a weapon of great power, and the remaining Elder, not to mention the Men in service to them, will stop at nothing to control it. And her.
And once the Enemy hears word that another elementalist has been born, neither will he. Far from home, with only her shieldmaid and her own wits to rely upon, Solveig must not only master power beyond her imagination but also retain some measure of freedom - and even if she does, the Black Land looms, its armies and fell creatures ready to burst forth and cover the world in dark thralldom, unless the Elder, the Faithful, and the Third Jewel can stop him.
And then, there are the wolves...
Lilith Saintcrow was born in New Mexico, bounced around the world as an Air Force brat, and fell in love with writing when she was ten years old. She currently lives in Vancouver, WA.
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