The Maker of Spells

Tropes

The Maker of Spells trope graphic: a painting of a scroll, with grecian-pottery style figures across the bottom, against a background of dragon fire. The list of tropes is: queer-normative high fantasy, can be read as stand-alone, 38-year-old protagonist, telepathic bird-dragons, Greco-Roman paganism, badass women, intrigue & espionage, talismans & incantations.

The Maker of Spells

Description

"Have you ever looked into the eyes of a dragon?"

Juno didn’t ask to be an ambassador - least of all now. By training, she’s a spellwright: a magician who heals the sick and maintains the balance of the elements. And the woman she loves – now her queen – has just broken off their betrothal.

But a year ago, when dragons ravaged the south, it was Juno that saved the realm – not with magic, but with diplomacy. And so it is to Juno that Queen Artemis turns when diplomacy is her only hope. A hated rival king has given the newly crowned queen an ultimatum: her hand in marriage, or war. To find her a third option, she sends Juno, the very woman whose heart she broke mere days before.

Juno accepts the diplomatic mission, and even finds connections among her new acquaintances that might heal her broken heart. But King Amorgo is not the only one with a hidden agenda, and war is not the only looming threat. The natural world is descending into chaos – the kind of chaos that can only end in dragon fire. But the cause of the imbalance is mysterious. A web of intrigue and sorcery ensnares the Six Realms, and the more Juno untangles it, the more she struggles to reconcile her many roles: subject, lover, diplomat, healer. Can she save her world? And will she lose herself?

Character-driven epic fantasy meets bisexual romance in this story of sacrifice and resilience. Read The Maker of Spells today!

Spice level: GINGER CHAI. The right amount of sweet; the right amount of heat.

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