There were footsteps behind her; Alynn turned to see Lukas with a book tucked under his arm. “Are ye in here, Alynn?” Lukas asked. “I’m here.” Lukas felt his way through the dark and eventually set a hand on Alynn’s shoulder before pressing the book into her hands. “It’s mostly Bible stories, wi’ a bit …
“This looks like a knife wound,” said Lukas, using Brett’s native Norse. “Assuming Tarin didn’t stab you, what happened?” “Something bit me.” Brett’s breath still came quickly. “I didn’t see it well. It was cloudy, there’s fog—and everything happened so fast—” He paused and wiped his brow. “It might have scratched me. Maybe with its …
From her seat at the hearth of St. Anne’s Monastery, Alynn the Dauntless could hear three or four conversations going on in two different languages. She wasn’t following any of them—she was too tired. Her daughter Elspeth was nursing herself to sleep, and there was nothing Alynn wanted to do more than fall asleep along …
O Death, I have watched you in silence, I have watched as you ravage and steal. But now, foolish Death, I will fight you, My prayers and sword you will feel. Leave me, dark angel! Touch not my home! Take with you the fear in my heart! Touch not this cradle, touch not my kin, …
Christmas is coming, and I have a present for you! Behold: the cover of Where Arrows Fall, Book 3 in the Clouds Aflame series! I know that the book was supposed to come out in November. Life happened. I’m now shooting for mid- to late January, depending on how much work formatting proves to be …