Emmylou Kotzé

Maiden of Despair (Forest of the Morning, #2) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The blood sorcerer Arran Sylvaissen has clenched the continent in an iron fist, sacking the city of Ülhard and laying siege to the surrounding villages. Yet amidst the storm of war, a tentative resistance now arises to thwart him.

Having brought Velda safely within the magical borders of Qwu'Mallorn, Albryan struggles to understand the purpose of her divinely bestowed power to undo magic. Once a soldier sworn to serve his homeland, now love and duty do battle in his heart. Together they decide to uncover the destiny that awaits her, a destiny entangled with a strangely familiar face she glimpses only in dreams.

Meanwhile, as they recover from the wounds of their last battle, the former assassins Nico and Fish must make a choice that will chart the course of the war. Will Fish walk away, heed his partner and flee far away from the massing storm? Or will he stay, join the fight, and face at last the spectre of his hated father and the implacable wrath of his long-lost sister Dannine?

All efforts at resistance may yet be in vain, for at long last Arran has discovered the identity of the sacrificial victim who will secure the power of his dark goddess. Guided by prophecy, he sets out to ensnare her: the maiden who has only known despair...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pink Hydra Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780639843131
• Artikelnr.: 72889262

Autorenporträt

Hi! I'm Emmylou Kotzé, a poet, writer and editor from Mangaung, South Africa (which translates as "The Place of the Cheetah" from Sesotho). I'm not too hung up on genre, and my work spans literary, fantasy, sci-fi, and romance, with my main focus on three-dimensional characters with an inner life and the ways in which they relate to each other. In my stories, people like assassins, kinslayers and sex workers navigate their complex lives in magical worlds and fall in love as often as not, queer love.

I have a long history of questioning everything: religion, sexuality, gender, history and I strive to reflect that stance in my writing. The two themes that make me practically quiver in delight are feelings of otherness, and clashes of culture. I love narratives where things get messy and complex, and where it all comes with a heaping side of intense, gory pulp-style action.

Outside of writing, I did get that geoscience doctorate in the end, and I can confidently explain the terms "buttress" and "orogeny." I currently live on the border of Lesotho, with the sight of my favourite mountain range, the Malutis, in the distance.

You can find my free poetry at amphipolitan.com, or purchase a print book on Amazon. The revised edition of The Broken Knight is currently available as an ebook and paperback on Amazon, and will be available here in October. You can also find my story "What Makes A Man..." in the 2024 edition of Cloaked Press' Fall Into Fantasy, releasing on Amazon on 21 Sept.

I'm also the Editor-In-Chief at the brand-new webzine The Pink Hydra, free to read at thepinkhydra.com. We publish short stories and poetry with an unreal feel, with genres spanning SFF, romance, erotica, and literary.