Saturday Snippets: July 2022
July is done, and it’s the first Saturday afterwards. So, it’s time for some Saturday Snippets!
Tag: Fantasy
Dragons in the Weaving: Roots and Stars, Book Two
The tapestry thickens
When Shelta is injured in battle, she travels to Asgard to save her unborn child. In return, the gods ask her to become the first world-weaver in ages: a dragon rider whose actions ripple through all of creation. Her mission: to shift the currents of destruction poisoning the multiverse of the World Tree.
But combat training with Thor and riddles with Merlin can only go so far. Secretly, Shelta turns to Loki, a self-professed connoisseur of musicians, and trades her most vulnerable songs for a pair of enchanted blades that allow her to open portals and kill with a thought. Shelta doesn’t want to be a vigilante, and she’s no one’s savior, but she’ll do what it takes to protect her family from the schemes of gods.
Falling Through the Weaving: Roots and Stars, Book One
Enter the tapestry of the World Tree.
A mother whose music bridges worlds has a child loved by three fathers.
A Scottish spymaster.
A mountain man hunted by outlaws.
A Viking demigod with the secrets of dragons.
To be a family they must pay Time’s price”
Love.
Grieve.
Surrender.
Fight.
The Elevator at the Brink of Infinity: Book 3 of the Hotel
After the final battle against Eventide, Vain and her friends find themselves scattered across decades and universes. With a new threat rising to power in the Hotel, it’s only a matter of time before they become gears in the machine of destruction again—unless Vain can figure out who to blow up next.
The Elevator opens its doors for one final adventure.
Setting the Mood
I made a mood board. Pretty simple, really.
Manipulator’s War: Ruarnon Trilogy, Book 1
All roads lead to war.
Nonbinary Ruarnon is determined to prove their worth as heir to Tarlah’s perfect King. But when their parents are abducted, Ruarnon must rule Tarlah in the face of unreliable allies, a brutal expansionist neighbour, and binary male warriors who doubt the lead of a bookish enby youth.
Neighbouring King Kyura faces opposition, as peace-loving ruler of warmongering subjects who dream of expanding their empire. Ruarnon is vulnerable in the absence of their allies, but when Kyura rejects calls to conquer Tarlah once and for all, assassins threaten his family and mutiny threatens his reign.
Trapped in Ruarnon’s world, Linh is desperate to return to her family in Australia, and isn’t above using her host’s belief that she’s a figure from local myth to achieve it. But her gateway home lies on the far side of a brewing war, and her only transport is Ruarnon’s absent allies, sailing to Tarlah’s aid.
A new breed of creature threatens them all: a plague of monsters sailing towards Kyura and Ruarnon’s lands. Linh’s monster observations could save Kyura and Ruarnon’s people, ending the war between them, and clearing Linh’s homeward path. But the price is dear; Linh must risk her life aiding Ruarnon.
And to secure peace with Kyura’s unruly subjects, Ruarnon’s ultimate test as heir risks betrayal and Tarlah’s bloody defeat.
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