A DANCE OF FLESH & FLAME
ISEULT
I'M TRAPPED.
BROUGHT INTO HELL ON EARTH BECAUSE I HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO
BE BORN A WOMAN OF NOBLE BLOOD. THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OUT OF THIS NIGHTMARE I'M LIVING - TO GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTS. TO DO THE ONE
THING I NEVER WANTED TO DO. GIVE HIM AN HEIR.
HELMAR
I'M TRAPPED.
SPARE TO THE HEIR OF THE THRONE, A SEAT I'VE THIRSTED FOR MY WHOLE LIFE & ONE I CAN NEVER HAVE. LIVING A FACADE TO APPEASE MY FAMILY, PRETENDING I AM NOT THE THING THEY FEAR MOST, THE THING THEY HATE.
A MONSTER.
A SONG OF GODS & LUST
I HAVE EVERYTHING I WANT.
TWO PEOPLE I LOVE MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF, A HOME WE'VE MADE TOGETHER,
& GIFTS BESTOWED UPON ME BY THE GODS.
BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THE KING. HE WANTS MORE FROM ME.
WHEN HE DEMANDS I FULFIL MY DUTY, I FIND I CANNOT DO IT ANYMORE.
BUT REJECTING MY BROTHER COULD BE THE END OF EVERYTHING I LOVE...
...EVERYONE I LOVE.
A BALLAD OF SALT & STEEL
ALL MY LIFE, I'VE BEEN AFFLICTED.
VISIONS OF THE MOST CURIOUS CREATURE. A WOMAN BEYOND ALL COMPARE.
A FIGHTER. A LOVER. A QUEEN.
SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHO I AM. DOESN'T KNOW THAT SHE'S DESTINED TO BE MINE & I HERS. BUT I KNOW HER. AND NOW, I'M COMING FOR HER.
NO MATTER WHAT CHALLENGES I MIGHT FACE ALONG THE WAY.
THREE STORIES. THREE WORLDS. ONE VOLUME.
AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME, AN EXCLUSIVE BONUS STORY: ELODINE & ASTRAEUS