WARNING: This book contains intense romantic tension, emotionally charged sensuality, and scenes of intimate connection that bend the laws of time and space. Read responsibly-and maybe keep a fan nearby.
Chronos: Book Two of Rafu, the Barbarian
The seven realms are unraveling. Time is breaking-and so is reality. After surviving the brutal arenas of Pyranox and the frostbitten wilds of Lunaris, Rafu descends into Chronos: a fractured realm where time moves forward, backward, and stands still-all at once. With her loyal companions-Fenrir, her battle-hardened German Shepherd; Sköll, her black warhorse; and Xelphyr, a sarcastic, sentient AI in a holographic emitter-she must navigate a world where every moment contradicts the last. Her mission: recover the Chrono Key, a legendary artifact said to hold the power to stabilize the collapsing realms. But in Chronos, memories deceive, timelines tangle, and even identity can shatter under the pressure of looping time.Rafu will battle gladiators plucked from every century, face illusions that imprison her in eternal loops, and fight enemies who remember killing her-before she's even met them. To survive, she must master time itself-slowing it, splitting it, suspending it-until she becomes a weapon forged from the very fabric of the realm she hopes to save.
But power isn't the only force calling to her.
Within the echoes of Chronos, Rafu confronts the ghosts of those she couldn't save-and the visions of those she may yet love. One man in particular rises from the shadows of time, pulling her into a connection so profound, it threatens to undo everything she thought she was fighting for.
Bonds will be tested. Temptations will rise. And in a realm where time is fluid and fate is fragile, Rafu must decide how far she's willing to go-not just to save the realms, but to claim a future that was never meant to exist.
The Time Traveler's Wife meets Dune meets Wonder Woman: Flesh and Soul edition.
The clock is ticking-in every direction.