Warrior of the World
Chronicles of Dasnaria #3
by Jeffe Kennedy
Genre: Dark Fantasy
PubDate: 1/8/19
Just beyond the reach of the TwelveKingdoms, avarice, violence, strategy, and revenge clash around asurvivor who could upset the balance of power all across the map. . .
Once Ivariel thought elephants werefairy tales to amuse children. But her ice-encased childhood inDasnaria’s imperial seraglio was lacking in freedom and justice.With a new name and an assumed identity as a warrior priestess ofDanu, the woman once called Princess Jenna is now a fraud and afugitive. But as she learns the ways of the beasts and hones new usesfor her dancer’s strength, she moves one day further from thememory of her brutal husband. Safe in hot, healing Nyambura, Ivarielholds a good man at arm’s length and trains for the day she’ll behunted again.
Sheknows it’s coming. She’s not truly safe, not when her mind cloudswith killing rage at unpredictable moments. Not when patientOchieng’s dreams of a family frighten her to her bones. But itstill comes as a shock to Ivariel when long-peaceful Nyambura comesunder attack. Until her new people look to their warrior priestessand her elephants to lead them . . .
Exile of the Seas
Chronicles of Dasnaria #2
Aroundthe shifting borders of the Twelve Kingdoms, trade and conflict,danger and adventure put every traveler on guard . . . but some haveeverything to lose.
ESCAPED
Onceshe was known as Jenna, Imperial Princess of Dasnaria, schooled ingraceful dance and comely submission. Until the man her parentsmarried her off to almost killed her with his brutality.
Now,all she knows is that the ship she’s boarded is bound away from hervicious homeland. The warrior woman aboard says Jenna’s skill indancing might translate into a more lethal ability. Danu’s fighterpriestesses will take her in, disguise her as one of their own—andallow her to keep her silence.
Butit’s only a matter of time until Jenna’s monster of a husbandhunts her down. Her best chance to stay hidden is to hire out asbodyguard to a caravan traveling to a far-off land, home to beastsand people so unfamiliar they seem like part of a fairy tale. But hersupposed prowess in combat is a fraud. And sooner or later, Jenna’sflight will end in battle—or betrayal . . .
Prisoner of the Crown
Chronicles of Dasnaria #1
Shewas raised to be beautiful, nothing more. And then the rules changed. . .
Inicy Dasnaria, rival realm to the Twelve Kingdoms, a woman’s role isto give pleasure, produce heirs, and question nothing. But a plot tooverthrow the emperor depends on the fate of his eldest daughter. Andthe treachery at its heart will change more than one carefullylimited life . . .
The Gilded Cage
PrincessJenna has been raised in supreme luxury—and ignorance. Within thesweet-scented, golden confines of the palace seraglio, she’s neverseen the sun, or a man, or even learned her numbers. But she’s beenschooled enough in the paths to a woman’s power. When her betrothalis announced, she’s ready to begin the machinations that her motherpromises will take Jenna from ornament to queen.
Butthe man named as Jenna’s husband is no innocent to be cozened orprince to charm. He’s a monster in human form, and the horrors oflife under his thumb are clear within moments of her wedding vows. IfJenna is to live, she must somehow break free—and for one born to asoft prison, the way to cold, hard freedom will be a dangerous pathindeed…
JeffeKennedy is an award-winning author with a writing career that spansdecades. She lives in Santa Fe, with two Maine Coon cats, a bordercollie, plentiful free-range lizards and a Doctor of OrientalMedicine. Jeffe can be found online at JeffeKennedy.com, or everySunday at the popular Word Whores blog.
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