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Raging Sea
The Dragon’s Dove Chronicles Book 3
by Kim Iverson Headlee
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Outcast, clanless, and but a junior officer in Arthur the Pendragon’s army,
Angusel struggles to rebuild the life stolen from him through
betrayal by the person he had held most dear. His legion allegiance
thrusts him onto the campaign trail as one of Arthur’s forward
scouts, stalking Angli troops and being among the first to clash with
these vicious enemies at every turn. But the odds loom high against
him and his sword-brothers, and they will need a miracle just to survive.
Pressured to make the best choice to ensure her clan’s future leadership,
Eileann struggles with her feelings for Angusel, whose outcast status
makes him forbidden to her as a mate. When Angli treachery threatens
everyone she loves, she vows to thwart their violent plan to conquer
her clan. But she is no warrior, she has no soldiers to command, and
she will need a miracle just to survive.
How can one soldier make a difference? How can one woman save her
kin and
clan? In the crucible of combat, Angusel must surrender to the will
of the gods, and Eileann must invoke divine power to forge the most
dangerous warrior the world has ever known.
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Morning’s Journey
The Dragon’s Dove Chronicles Book 2
“Magnificent.”
~ Kathleen Foley, author of the Faith in Uniform series
In a violent age when enemies besiege Brydein and alliances shift as
swiftly as the wind, stand two remarkable leaders: the Caledonian
warrior-queen Gyanhumara and her consort, Arthur the Pendragon. Their
fiery love is tempered only by their conviction to forge unity
between their disparate peoples. Arthur and Gyan must create an
impenetrable front to protect Brydein and Caledonia from land-lusting
Saxons and the marauding Angli raiders who may be massing forces in
the east, near Arthur’s sister and those he has sworn to protect.
But their biggest threat is an enemy within: Urien, Arthur’s rival and
the man Gyan was treaty-bound to marry until she broke that promise
for Arthur’s love. When Urien becomes chieftain of his clan, his
increase in wealth and power is matched only by the magnitude of his
hatred of Arthur and Gyan—and his threat to their infant son.
Morning’s Journey
, sequel to the critically acclaimed Dawnflight,
propels the reader from the heights of triumph to the depths of
despair, through the struggles of some of the most fascinating
characters in all of Arthurian literature. Those struggles are
exacerbated by the characters’ own flawed choices. Gyan and Arthur
must learn that while extending forgiveness to others may be
difficult, forgiveness of self is the most excruciating—yet
ultimately the most healing—step of the entire journey.
Dawnflight
The Dragon’s Dove Chronicles Book 1
What if
King Arthur’s queen was every bit as heroic as he was? Find out
by immersing yourself in this epic story of the power couple whose
courage and conviction would shape the destiny of a nation.
Gyan is a Caledonian chieftainess by birth, a warrior and leader of
warriors by training, and she is betrothed to Urien, a son of her
clan’s deadliest enemy, by right of Arthur the Pendragon’s
conquest of her people. For the sake of peace, Gyan is willing to
sacrifice everything…perhaps even her very life, if her foreboding
about Urien proves true.
Roman by his father, Brytoni by his mother, and denied hereditary
rulership
of his mother’s clan because of his mixed blood, Arthur has followed
his father’s path to become Dux Britanniarum, the Pendragon: supreme
commander of the northern Brytoni army. The Caledonians, Scots,
Saxons, and Angles keep him too busy to dwell upon his
loneliness…most of the time.
When Gyan and Arthur meet, each recognize within the other their soul’s
mate. The treaty has preserved Gyan’s ancient right to marry any
man, providing he is a Brytoni nobleman—but Arthur does not
qualify. And the ambitious Urien, Arthur’s greatest political
rival, shall not be so easily denied. If Gyan and Arthur cannot
prevent Urien from plunging the Caledonians and Brytons back into
war, their love will be doomed to remain unfulfilled forever.
But there is an even greater threat looming. The Laird of the Scots wants
their land and will kill all who stand in his way. Gyan, Arthur, and
Urien must unite to defeat this merciless enemy who threatens
everyone they hold dear.
Kim Headlee lives on a
farm in southwestern Virginia with her family,
cats, goats, Great Pyrenees goat guards, and assorted wildlife.
People and creatures come and go, but the cave and the 250-year-old
house ruins–the latter having been occupied as recently as the
mid-twentieth century–seem to be sticking around for a while yet.
Kim has been a published novelist since 1999 with the
first edition of Dawnflight (Sonnet Books, Simon & Schuster) and
has been studying the Arthurian legends for nigh on half a century.
- Excerpt from Prologue: birth of Gyanhumara
“I see her, Ogryvan. The Hag. There…by the fire.”
He saw only Cynda, cradling at her breast the wee pink creature that was his
infant daughter. The baby fed greedily, obviously unaware of anything save her
primal need. Peredur stood at Cynda’s feet, gazing up at his half sister in wide-eyed
wonder.
Ogryvan beckoned to Cynda. Slowly, to avoid disturbing the bairn, she
approached the bed. Little Peredur marched straight to his mother’s side. As
Ogryvan drew the boy into the shelter of his arms, Peredur wriggled an arm free to
reach for Hymar’s hand. Turning pain-hazed eyes upon him, Hymar summoned a
sad smile for her firstborn.
“Here is your Hag, Hymar,” Ogryvan replied as Cynda bent down with the baby.
“What shall we name her?”
Hymar’s face melted into joy as she beheld her daughter. “She is…my rarest
song…Gyanhumara.”
She raised her hand to touch the child. Gyanhumara’s tiny fist closed around her
finger. Hymar sighed, smiling, eyes transfixed upon the infant. Her chest did not rise
again. - Excerpt from Chapter 2: Gyan’s “call to adventure” (~175 words)
“I am a warrior! Not a fledgling priest to sit and listen to some mumbling old
mage all day. You cannot make me go to this place if I do not wish it.” The defeat in
his eyes affirmed the truth of her statement. “And I do not wish it.”
Her father sighed. “I’d hoped you would see the wisdom in this. The advantages
it could bring you. And through you, our clan.”
“Ha. What can those Breatanaich teach me that I can’t learn here?”
“Ròmanaiche, first.” His open, upraised hand forestalled her reply. “So you can
study Ròmanach battle tactics.”
Gyan felt her eyebrows quirk upward. A chance to learn from the army that had
tried to destroy her people more than once across the span of generations, most
recently at Abar-Gleann…to prevent such a thing from ever happening again. If she
could somehow bring this to pass, her name would be hailed in the songs of the clan
seannachaidhean forever! Her lips drew back in a slow, proud smile.
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Looks like a interesting story. I can’t wait to read it.
Looks like another great read!
would like to take a look at this book