The Queen of Wind and Sunlight
In The Queen of Wind and Sunlight, a depressed bisexual “elf” warrior, a possibly-treacherous, egotistical bounty hunter, and a young woman who happens to be the world’s most disappointing “chosen one”—all of whom want nothing to do with each other—are on the run from an assassin reminiscent of Disney’s Gaston on his worst day.
The Chrysathamere Trilogy
Set in the fictional world of Navessea (sort of what happens when you take the Roman Empire and give it a little Morrowind-esque twist) Chrysathamere is the story of a young woman, Marilia, her twin brother, Annuweth, and the war between them.
Born the bastard daughter of a painted lady, Marilia was told she would live out her days within the walls of her mother’s brothel, a companion for the rich men of Tyrace. But after a terrible loss and a shocking act of betrayal, Marilia’s world turns upside down. With the help of her twin brother, Annuweth, she flees the only home they’ve ever known in search of the one man who can offer her a chance at a better life–the friend of their deceased father, the commander of the Emperor of Navessea’s finest knights.
What follows is a journey spanning years, from the streets of the desert city of Tyrace to the splendor of the emperor’s keep and the wind-swept, wild island of Svartennos, where farmers tend herds of giant, roaming insects and warriors duel with swords of bright crystal. Along the way, Marilia discovers her true passion, a gift inherited from her father: an uncanny knack for the games of war and strategy that Navessean noble-men play, but which are forbidden to women like her.
When the empire is threatened by an army of bloodthirsty invaders, the defense of Marilia’s homeland is left in the hands of an unstable general she soon realizes is no match for the enemy he faces. With the fate of Navessea and her family hanging in the balance, Marilia swears to use all her courage and cunning to do whatever she can to help repel the invasion—if she can manage to convince anyone to follow her.
The struggle that follows will test her to her core and lead her back to the past she thought she had escaped. Facing treachery within her own ranks as well as a devious and vicious enemy commander, Marilia will need all the help she can get—even if it means turning to the one person she hoped not to need again: her estranged twin brother.
The war with Tyrace is over.
It was supposed to be a time of celebration. Of triumph. But for Marilia Sandara, hero of Chrysathamere Pass, the cost was too high. After watching her childhood friends slaughtered before her eyes, all she wants to do is sail back to Svartennos and try to forget the price she had to pay for her victory.
But the peace isn’t long to last. After Emperor Vergana makes a shocking announcement—that he means to disinherit his true-born son, Rufyllys, in favor of his adopted child, Prince Ilruyn—the seeds are sown that will plunge Navessea back into war. This time, Marilia and her twin brother, Annuweth, find themselves on opposite sides of a conflict that threatens to undo all they fought for. By the time the dust settles and the killing stops, only one of the children of Karthtag-Kal may be left standing.
Rufyllys Vergana, the usurper, has stolen the throne from his adopted brother, Prince Ilruyn, plunging the empire of Navessea into civil war. The very first casualty of that war: Karthtag-Kal Sandaros, Marilia’s father.
With the help of Ben Espeleos, Prince of Svartennos, Marilia has sworn to bring the usurper and the rest of her father’s killers to justice…including her own traitorous brother, Annuweth, now serving as the usurper’s right hand.
Annuweth has sworn an oath of his own—to protect his wife and their unborn child from the forces who mean to destroy them. To guard Rufyllys Vergana’s reign against its enemies—even if one of those enemies is his own sister.
Navessea’s bloody civil war comes to a head in the third and final chapter of the Chrysathamere Trilogy. No one is safe, and no one will be the same.
A story of love, loss and redemption, Children of Jade blends the ferocious twists of Game of Thrones at its best with a Last of Us-style saga of bitter revenge.