MOTH AND SPARK

Welcome to Caithenor, the genteel and cosmopolitan capital city of Caithen. As you stroll past beautiful ladies in full, elegant skirts and handsome men in top hats, you might think you’ve wandered into a Jane Austen novel—until a dragon flies overhead.

MOTH AND SPARK is the thrilling story of Corin—the brave prince tasked with freeing the Empire’s dragons from their mysterious bondage—and Tam—the clever commoner who discovers she’s also a Seer gifted with powerful visions. When Corin and Tam run into one another at Summer Court, sparks fly—but it isn’t necessarily happily ever after for these two. Not only is it verboten for a prince to marry a commoner, but war is coming and Prince Corin finds himself torn between his love for Tam and his duty to his country. However, with their wits and powers combined, not to mention the help of a rogue dragon-rider and a village of secret wizards, Corin and Tam might just save the kingdom. Anne Leonard’s exciting debut novel has something for everyone: love, sex, dragons, political intrigue, murder, war. Much like Game of Thrones, and Viking’s own Angelology and Discovery of Witches series, MOTH AND SPARK has great crossover potential—a fantasy novel for people who don’t typically like fantasy.

Anne Leonard is the editor of the critical anthology Into Darkness Peering: Race and Color in the Fantastic.