Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal
For adult fans of dark high fantasy that explores major social issues, past lives, spiritual awakening, and the struggle between decency and demonic depravity.
A mixed-race outcast, revealed as the bastard daughter of a high-ranked lord, faces a stranger father and the outrage of the overclass while being stalked by a demon.
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Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal launches a dark high fantasy series chronicling the world-ending clash between decency and the demonic
Author Candace Lynn Talmadge’s Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal launches a dark high fantasy series that examines themes of racial bigotry, income inequality, past lives, spiritual awakening, and the timeless struggle between decency and demonic depravity.
Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal is for adult readers who crave the sweeping scope of Dune, the emotional fire of A Court of Thorns and Roses, and the layered complexity of The Broken Earth Trilogy. It is for those who enjoy the works of authors like George R.R. Martin, Robin Hobb, or Ursula K. Le Guin, or are drawn to fiction that explores reincarnation, past lives, and the paranormal.
Helen Andros is a mixed-race military physician and an outcast in Azgard, an island nation divided sharply by race, rank, religion, and income.
Her hidden parentage revealed, she enters a dangerous game of power. The outrage of the overclass and the lethal hostility of the mighty Temple of Kronos rain down on her. The demonic Stoneslayer stalks her to steal the mysterious gem she inherited from her mother.
She also tangles with a powerful, high-ranked father she neither knows nor trusts. She must navigate their rocky relationship while facing a political marriage that promises only emptiness.
Praise for Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal
***** (Five Stars)
“If you are interested in high fantasy, political drama, and social issues, then this book should be right up your alley.”
–Sean Patrick Tracy
See full review on OnlineBookClub.org
**** (Four Stars)
“Scandal is excellent high fantasy…Talmadge constructs an immersive world, and her political intrigue rivals anything from Game of Thrones.”
–Alana Maple
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Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal Details
Publisher: Wider Realities Media
Publication date: November 12, 2024
Language: English
Print length: 362 pages
ISBN-10: 1964293006
ISBN-13: 978-1964293004