Sheβs big, bloodthirsty,Β andΒ obliterates her enemies.
Never should they have met.
But they did...
With the Serpent Godβs ultimatum hanging over them, Honryn and Verdria know they are running out of time. The Festival of the Vine is only four months away. And on that night the deity will claim Honryn as his mortal vessel and Verdria as his consortβa fate they both want to avoid.
Yet one of the Serpent Godβs new βgiftsβ to Verdria allows her to wield soul mage magic, and she discovers she can now create long-distance portal spells like Honryn.
This proves groundbreaking because Honryn has been building a secret settlementβa city situated between dragon territory and Verdriaβs own homelandβand with Verdriaβs help Honryn can now supply his secret new settlement twice as fast, thus guaranteeing he can evacuate all his people to the new settlement before he becomes the host for a hostile god.
But there is just one problem with his plan.Β
Honryn isnβt planning to go with them.
Heβs going to stay behind and become the new Priest-King and the mortal vessel for the Serpent God. Because if Honryn doesnβt stay behind, and he flees with his family back to the mountains, his uncle will send the might of the empire to crush Verdriaβs homeland and βrescueβ Honryn.
As far as Verdria is concerned, she only has two choicesβfind a way to free Honryn from the Serpent God or stay by his side and become his consort.
Because thereβs no way sheβs abandoning him.
Lisa Blackwood is the author of the bestselling Gargoyle and Sorceress urban fantasy series. Her work has also landed on the Wall Street Journal and the USA Today Bestseller lists as part of the Dominion Rising Anthology. When sheβs not reading and writing, she also enjoys gardening and spending time with her horse and her dogs.
At present, she grudgingly lives in a small town in Southern Ontario, though she would much rather live deep in a dark forest, surrounded by majestic old-growth trees. Since she cannot live her fantasy, she decided to write fantasy instead.