A War of Fractured Souls
Mulan meets Hannah Kaner’s Godkiller in A WAR OF FRACTURED SOULS, an adult romantic fantasy at 115k words, the first book of a proposed trilogy.
Twenty-five-year-old Sascha Willard would do anything to keep her family together in the midst of a protracted war. When all military age-males are conscripted to serve at the behest of the crown, Sascha makes a drunken bargain with Zafira, the Goddess of Death to ensure their protection and flees their hometown, joining the army in place of her younger brother, but for a price—kill the king. As Sascha is honed into a tool of the crown, her training is derailed by the interference of gods’ blessed humans and a secret society—the New Age—who may have motivations of their own, but are united in one cause: to deter their enemy’s victory. As Sascha struggles to survive—and maintain her disguise—with her handsome commanding officer tugging at her heartstrings, proof of her king’s villainous plans come to light, and, the even more nefarious machinations of her deal with Zafira: that she, like the other gods’ blessed humans, will perish if they do not fulfill the terms of their deals struck with the gods. Sascha, with the help of one of Zafira’s defected minions, must risk everything—even her allegiances—for her freedom, her life, and peace.
Shattering Infinity
SHATTERING INFINITY, is an epic adult fantasy standalone novel, combining a character-driven plot similar to Tasha Suri’s The Lotus Empire, in a quest like Lyndsay Ely’s The Lost Reliquary, against the backdrop of a world plagued with persistent, larger-than-life beings as in the animated series Attack on Titan.
Gwendyn, a lone island at sea, has been relentlessly attacked by massive serpents for centuries. The Order, Gwendyn’s theocratic government, employs their Guardians to combat them—humans who volunteer to undertake a life-threatening test of worthiness from their goddess in exchange for heightened physical abilities. Diana, Lyn, Rian, and Elle are their nation’s best team of Guardians, until their failure in the line of duty results in unimaginable casualties, the death of Elle, and Lyn’s permanent disfigurement and banishment from The Order.
Years after the tragedy, Diana kills The Order’s ruler after he proposes what seems like a suicidal venture: to push Guardians beyond Gwendyn’s shores and locate the serpents’ nesting grounds. Rian, as the lone supporter of their murdered ruler, refuses to recognize Diana as their new leader during her coup, and barely escapes with his life. He seeks refuge with his former teammate, Lyn, and as a declared enemy of the nation, armed with a mysterious item from their former ruler that can , Rian embarks on a quest alongside Lyn to locate the island. But along their journey they come across a creature—half human, half serpent—with the knowledge of even a worse fate: that the serpents are coming from a place beyond their world, and it is only a matter of time before their nation falls if they do not sever the horde from its source.