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DawnSinger(Tales of Faeraven #1)
By Janalyn Voigt
Fantasy, Christian Fantasy
Paperback & ebook, 342 Pages
June 29, 2012 by Harbourlight Books
The High Queen is dying...
At the royal summons, Shae mounts a wingabeast and soars through the air to the high hold of Faeraven, where all is not as it seems. Visions warn her of danger, and a dark soul touches hers in the night. When she encounters an attractive but disturbing musician, her wayward heart awakens.
But then there is Kai, a guardian of Faeraven and of Shae. Secrets bind him to her, and her safety lies at the center of every decision he makes.
On a desperate journey fraught with peril and the unknown, they battle warlike garns, waevens, ferocious raptors, and the wraiths of their own regrets. Yet, they must endure the campaign long enough to release the DawnKing and the salvation he offers into a divided land. To prevail, each must learn that sometimes victory comes only through surrender.
Excerpt
Shae
put up her hood and left the shelter of the stronghold to follow the graystone
path. A chill wind rippled through the folds of her cloak, and she shivered.
Overhead, clouds unfurled in a pearling sky. She passed into green scented
shadow, where notes of damp moss and ripe humus met her.
She
shouldn’t have yielded to temptation and escaped into nature unescorted. In
earlier days, she had roamed the grounds in freedom with no one caring. She
couldn’t get used to the strictures placed on her now that she’d grown older.
When would she learn to be more like Katera? She couldn’t remember her winsome
twin ever causing their mother concern.
She would go back, but first she needed fresh
air to ease the tightness in her chest. Shae wandered beneath boughs laced with
new growth and came at last to her favorite place at the garden’s heart. Although
the voice of a stream beckoned in
the near distance, she paused beneath a stand of gnarlwoods, their ancient
branches stretched wide. These trees had witnessed the construction of Whellein
Hold, and they would remain when the stronghold’s mortar crumbled and its
stones fell away.
She emerged from the copse into a meadow
dotted with early flowers and bathed in morning light. The flutter of wings
beat an accompaniment to the warbling of birds, and a wingen flitted through
the lesser canopy to light in a nearby whispan tree. She stilled to avoid
frightening the tiny bird, which dipped and bobbed its bright head to preen
scarlet feathers.
With
its grooming complete, the wingen lisped into sweet-sad song.
Shae
smiled. “Sing, small one.”
But
a shriek ended the wingen's song. Darkness extinguished its colors. Blood
dripped from the foliage of the whispan tree, pure white only an instant ago.
Terror
gripped Shae by the throat, choking off her scream.
The
giant raptor had descended from nowhere and now flailed ragged wings as it
rose, screeching in victory, its black eyes trained on Shae.
Pulse
thrumming in her ears, she crept backward. Back, back she moved, her gaze never
leaving the leathery beast in the air.
This
made no sense. How could a welke have ventured so far north?
Her
heel caught the hem of her cloak, and she slammed into the ground.
Fear
yanked her to her knees. Shock brought her to her feet.
The
whispan tree stood pristine as new snow. No blood
stained the smooth bark. No movement stirred the silken plumes. No sign
lingered of wingen or welke.
And
yet she had seen... what?
“Lof Yuel!
Does this vision warn of danger?”
About the Author
Janalyn Voigt is a writer and professional speaker with a photography habit and a passion for travel. Her unique blend of adventure, romance, suspense, and fantasy creates worlds of beauty and danger for readers. Tales of Faeraven, her epic fantasy series beginning with DawnSinger, carries readers into a land only imagined in dreams. She is represented by Sarah Joy Freese of Wordserve Literary.
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