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Under Cold Moons

The Crowns of Talam Book One

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HEIRESS TO A LOST REALM
Aisla Iarkis is the Gheall Ceann, the promised one, prophesied to wield an immense power with the potential to save or end the nine realms of Talam. She finds herself burdened by the pressures of a prophecy that has been lost and mistranslated through generations. As she enters adulthood, Aisla has come to fear the power gnawing beneath her skin and lacks the skill to control it. When a mysterious disease, ailing her land and her people, sinks its claws into her best friend, Aisla rushes into enemy lands—a land with no magic—in search of a cure.
She must rely on her training as a warrior and her own ingenuity to save her continent, but what will it cost?
HEIR TO THE WORLDLY REALMS
Weylin Myrkor has spent his entire life preparing to sit the Arden Throne, the throne stolen from the Iarkis family during the War for Descendants. His family has fought against the doom foretold in the prophecy of the norns since its contents first spread. Following his betrothal to the daughter of a powerful dynasty, Weylin feels more confident than ever that he will be the one to unite the realms. A scream in the woods stalls his journey home, and Weylin finds himself saving a mysterious female from beasts of Hel.
With secrets, vulnerabilities, and betrayals knotted between them, will his travels change him for better or worse?

Blood of Ember

The Crowns of Talam Book Two

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RETURNING HOME TO A LAND THAT HAS REJECTED HER…
Aisla Iarkis’s life was irrevocably changed the moment she set foot in enemy lands. The choices she made will have a lasting impact for herself, her realm, and those she loves the most. In dealing with her grief, fear, and guilt, she pushes away from those she once held dearest. Aisla is faced with more questions than answers and is running out of time to solve them.
With the burdens of the prophecy pressing upon her heavier than ever, she finds herself alone on her quest for knowledge to help her in the face of the coming war. While those around her begin to question if she is their savior or their demise, what conclusion will she come to?
LEFT IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE LANDING OF THE WYVERN…

Weylin Myrkor is eager to rally allies and wage war against the Gheall Ceann. His nights are haunted by the mistakes he made, and the yellow-green eyes that belonged to a female who betrayed him. Nothing has been the same since he promised himself to Rania Dorcas, the Gem of Dreams, and Weylin is desperate to prove his strength again as the Udar Apparent of the worldly realms.
When an opportunity to arises to solidify an alliance with a powerful neighboring realm, Weylin rushes headfirst into it. What he doesn’t realize is how much he will miss by abandoning his duties in his home realm.

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Shards of Wind

The Crowns of Talam Book Three

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