Zusatztext "Vane's work is immersive in every aspect. BookPage "If you love epic fantasy romance, you need to be reading this series right now."All About Romance " A Touch of Stone and Snow is a masterful tale that blends high fantasy with romance."--Romance Junkies "The action is brutal, the romance is off-the-charts sexy, and the characters are flawed and triumphant."--One Way or An Author "If you enjoy George RR Martin's high fantasy series and loved Lord of the Rings , and enjoy a good romance, then this second book of the Gathering of Dragons series will surely gain a place of honor on your bookshelf of favorite fantasies."--I Smell Sheep "This series speaks straight to our fantasy book-loving hearts. Intense, mysterious, harrowing, dramatic, action-filled and super passionate. This series is everything and the way in which it is written, SUPERB! We cannot even begin to adequately pay homage to this incredible series and Author."--Elite Hall & Culture Media "Overall this was an easy 5 star rating for me and this is creeping up on my list of all time favorite series. If you are a sucker for a truly epic adult fantasy romance series, this is it. I have yet to read anything that comes close to this within the genre."--Dragons and Pages Informationen zum Autor Under a pen name, Milla Vane is also an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of steampunk and paranormal romance. Milla currently resides in Oregon. Klappentext Milla Vane returns to a world of kings, magic, and passion in her exhilarating A Gathering of Dragons series, as a great alliance forms to stand against an evil warlord intent on their destruction. Danger lurks in the western realms. The Destroyer's imminent return has sent the realms into turmoil as desperate citizens seek refuge-but there's no safety to be found when demons and wraiths crawl out from the shadows. Even Koth, a northern island kingdom left untouched by the Destroyer a generation past, is besieged by terrors spawned from corrupt magics. When Lizzan leads the Kothan army against these terrors, only to see her soldiers massacred and to emerge as the only survivor, she is called a coward and a deserter. Shunned from her home, Lizzan now wanders in solitude as a mercenary for hire, until she encounters a group of warriors seeking new alliances with the northern kingdoms-a group that includes Aerax, the bastard prince of Koth, and the man who sent her into exile. Though they were childhood friends, Aerax cannot allow himself to be close to the only woman who might thwart his treacherous plan to save their island realm. But when a goddess's demand binds them together, Lizzan and Aerax must find a way to overcome their painful pasts. Or there will be no future for the western realms... Leseprobe Chapter 1 Lizzan Many an innkeeper had woken Lizzan by tossing a bucket of water into her face. This day marked the first time she was doused awake by a tree. She sat up sputtering and squinting beneath the morning sun. Or perhaps it was the midday sun. The source of the light filtering through the jungle canopy was too high for morning, and far too bright for eyes unshaded by sobriety. Judging by how it blinded her, she was nearly sober. A sad state that Lizzan would soon remedy. Of late, her flask was always as near to her hand as her sword. She uncorked the neck and was doused again when another broadleaf overfilled with rain and tipped out its burden. The deluge poured over the top of her head. Sputtering again, her black hair hanging around her face, Lizzan contemplated the effort of leaving the base of the tree where she'd made her bed. All around her, the canopy dumped water as if making wet war on the world below. She would be no drier if she abandoned this spot....

"Vane's work is immersive in every aspect.” –BookPage

"If you love epic fantasy romance, you need to be reading this series right now."–All About Romance

"A Touch of Stone and Snow is a masterful tale that blends high fantasy with romance."--Romance Junkies

"The action is brutal, the romance is off-the-charts sexy, and the characters are flawed and triumphant."--One Way or An Author

"If you enjoy George RR Martin's high fantasy series and loved Lord of the Rings, and enjoy a good romance, then this second book of the Gathering of Dragons series will surely gain a place of honor on your bookshelf of favorite fantasies."--I Smell Sheep

"This series speaks straight to our fantasy book-loving hearts. Intense, mysterious, harrowing, dramatic, action-filled and super passionate. This series is everything and the way in which it is written, SUPERB! We cannot even begin to adequately pay homage to this incredible series and Author."--Elite Hall & Culture Media

"Overall this was an easy 5 star rating for me and this is creeping up on my list of all time favorite series. If you are a sucker for a truly epic adult fantasy romance series, this is it. I have yet to read anything that comes close to this within the genre."--Dragons and Pages

Autorentext
Under a pen name, Milla Vane is also an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of steampunk and paranormal romance. Milla currently resides in Oregon.

Klappentext

Milla Vane returns to a world of kings, magic, and passion in her exhilarating A Gathering of Dragons series, as a great alliance forms to stand against an evil warlord intent on their destruction.

Danger lurks in the western realms. The Destroyer's imminent return has sent the realms into turmoil as desperate citizens seek refuge-but there's no safety to be found when demons and wraiths crawl out from the shadows. Even Koth, a northern island kingdom left untouched by the Destroyer a generation past, is besieged by terrors spawned from corrupt magics.

When Lizzan leads the Kothan army against these terrors, only to see her soldiers massacred and to emerge as the only survivor, she is called a coward and a deserter. Shunned from her home, Lizzan now wanders in solitude as a mercenary for hire, until she encounters a group of warriors seeking new alliances with the northern kingdoms-a group that includes Aerax, the bastard prince of Koth, and the man who sent her into exile.

Though they were childhood friends, Aerax cannot allow himself to be close to the only woman who might thwart his treacherous plan to save their island realm. But when a goddess's demand binds them together, Lizzan and Aerax must find a way to overcome their painful pasts. Or there will be no future for the western realms...

Leseprobe

Chapter 1

Lizzan

Many an innkeeper had woken Lizzan by tossing a bucket of water into her face. This day marked the first time she was doused awake by a tree.

She sat up sputtering and squinting beneath the morning sun. Or perhaps it was the midday sun. The source of the light filtering through the jungle canopy was too high for morning, and far too bright for eyes unshaded by sobriety. Judging by how it blinded her, she was nearly sober.

A sad state that Lizzan would soon remedy.

Of late, her flask was always as near to her hand as her sword. She uncorked the neck and was doused again when another broadleaf overfilled with rain and tipped out its burden.

The deluge poured over the top of her head. Sputtering again, her black hair hanging around her face, Lizzan contemplated the effort of leaving the base of the tree where she'd made her bed. All around her, the canopy dumped water as if making wet war on the world below. She would be no drier if she abandoned this spot.

And she would be no drunker unless she did. Only a few drops remained in her flask-and those tasted of rainwater.

Groaning, she shoved the cork into the neck. A fine day this was. Such a very fine day.

Whatever day it might be. The last she remembered, her flask had been full. Usua…