“The blood of the living shall welcome the blood of the dead. I am the keeper of the Fault Lands, and the dead shall keep me.”
For generations, the Corpse Lords of the Fault Lands have watched over the fire mountain of Aeretoll, preventing it from erupting and laying waste to the North. Not yet twenty, Náli is a powerful necromancer in service to his king, a talented swordsman known for his razor-sharp insults…and chained to his destiny as Corpse Lord, doomed since birth to lead a short, painful life; forced to beget an heir so that his essential magic can be passed on to the next Corpse Lord.
War looms on the horizon, but Náli must return to his homeland, to soothe the mountain, and to finally choose a bride. Painfully in love with his Dead Guard captain, Náli sets out to discover the secrets of his power once and for all – to settle the mountain, spare himself a wedding, and finally seize all that he truly wants.
The enemy is lurking, though, and war won’t wait for long. A war in which the heroes of Aeretoll will need the Demon of the Dead on their side.
This is the fourth installment of the Drake Chronicles, an epic fantasy romance series intended for adult audiences. Look for the first three books: Heart of Winter, Edge of the Wild, and Blood of Wolves.
DOTD is live, and you can grab it HERE.
I hope you all enjoy book four of our ongoing Drake saga. I had fun focusing a little more strongly on Náli, and on expanding the lore of the universe. I do want to stress, though, while I have your attention, that, as an ongoing series, and as an ongoing fantasy series, the Drake Chronicles is not formatted as a sequence of standalones meant to exist independently. The books do need to be read in order, and while some books will shift the focus onto certain characters, this is most definitely not a "main couple per book" sort of series. Our characters face challenges, and gain new ground, but the overall story is ongoing, as are their individual stories. Nothing will be "decided," as it were, until the end. Oliver and Erik have much more page time ahead, as does Amelia, teased only in a few chapters so far. The pacing is intentional - I'm writing it as a fantasy series with strong romantic storylines, rather than a romance series with fantasy elements. It's important not to expect tidy resolutions in each book. It's also important not to take what you read on GR as fact. I've seen readers claim they know how many books the series will contain, when I've never given a firm number. I don't have a newsletter, so if someone assures you they "read it in her newsletter," they're lying. Always come straight to the source with questions, y'all!
Book five is titled Fortunes of War, and I'll be working away on it (along with other projects) in the weeks to come.
Happy Tuesday, and happy reading :)
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