Call of Chaos: Book One: Chaos Reigns Saga

By Carol Hightshoe and Carol Hightshow

Exiled from home. Chosen by a goddess. Claimed by chaos.

Kyrianna Dalynne's first mistake was trusting the Thieves' Guild. Her second was being caught by her own brother.

Half-elven, stubborn, and unwilling to hide what she is, Kyrianna has never fit neatly into the ordered world of Nydith. When a guild assignment turns into a setup, she is banished from the city and cut off from the family she both loves and defies. Determined to prove she is more than a thief, Kyrianna pledges herself to Frayrith, Lady of the Forests, and is marked as one of the goddess's Chosen.

Then the dark mist comes.

Dragged through a portal into another world, Kyrianna finds herself trapped in a deadly temple dedicated to Thynitic, the Lady of Chaos. To survive, she must join an uneasy company of warriors, rogues, priests, and mages searching for an ancient artifact and a way home. But the temple is only the beginning. Demon-haunted passages, old magic, undead horrors, and a cursed noble estate all point toward a deeper truth: chaos has not called Kyrianna by accident.

A power older than worlds wants her for its own.

If Kyrianna cannot choose her path before others choose it for her, the exile trying to reclaim her honor may become the weapon that breaks the balance.

Call of Chaos is the first book in the Chaos Reigns Saga, a heroic sword-and-sorcery adventure of exile, magic, ancient gods, dangerous companions, and the hard work of becoming more than the mistakes that made you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936099616
• ISBN13: 9781936099610
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Wolfsinger Pub
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good fantasy

Call of Chaos Carol Hightshoe Double Dragon, Jul 2008 ISBN: 1554045983 Kyrianna Dalynne was climbing a wall when she is caught by her brother a guard. He wanted to let her go free, but others arrive. Her father keeps her out of prison, but also throws her out of his home. While traveling in a forest a fog engulfs her and a voice demands she find the Artifact of Order and Chaos. Not one to follow orders, Kyrianna ends up with other women at the temple of Thynitic, The Lady of Chaos knowing she is captive as those who guard the portals tell the females they will be freed once they locate the ancient artifact. Kyrianna wonders why she, as a nonentity daughter of a nothing Kilenter noble, is being used to search for the relic. Once they succeed on their mission with retrieving the artifact, they are all set free. Though no longer stuck in a portal at the temple, Kyrianna knows her hosts did not return her to her home. She has no idea where she is when her fellow prisoners arrive as well soon after. In nearby Raspa, one of her formerly imprisoned peers is accused of murder leaving it up to Kyrianna and her sisters in arms to prove otherwise. Native Tristan Duvall, who has family issues involving demons that have kept him from his peerage, knows he must confront his dead blood kin, but offers to assist the outsiders in exchange for their ad with his paranormal relatives. This is an entreating fantasy thriller starring a fascinating lead protagonist who would find heaven to be hell. The story line is action-packed, but feels choppy as Kyrianna leaps from one escapade to another in too rapid of a sequence. Still fans will enjoy following her adventures across worlds as she is an engaging rebel without a cause. Harriet Klausner

Magical

Hightshoe creates an epic tale that sweeps the reader into world filled with magic, friends, and adventure. I liked it.

Really good book

I disagree with the previous reviewer. I really enjoyed this book and can't wait for the next in the series.