When a rescue attempt to save a clutch of dragon eggs from the soul mages goes terribly wrong, Warrior-Priestess Verdria of High Rock finds herself on the wrong side of a portal, deep in enemy territory.
She soon learns she’s in the heart of the soul mage’s empire and when Honryn, the future priest-king of the mages, takes a liking to Verdria and saves her life, she’s pretty sure she’s facing down a ‘fate worse than death’ scenario.
Irritated to be woken early from a two-year healing nap after inheriting a demigod’s immense power, Corporal Anna Mackenzie is already battling the fractious magic that can’t wait to draw blood. But she’s seriously annoyed to discover the military outpost she was sent to protect has been annihilated without any signs of survivors…
When Iltani returns home after four years away training to become Ishtar’s Blade, she finds the Gryphon Court much changed. Ditanu, her childhood friend, is now a stoic king surrounded by governors who plot treason and noblewomen who seek to beguile him. But the greatest threat is Ereshkigal, the Queen of the Underworld, who desires to make Ditanu her consort and seize his kingdom for her own.
