Despite yesterday's spectacular computer crash (repair still in progress)...

Sword and Chant is now available!



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Back-of-the-Book Blurb:
Three decades ago, the ruling Iyah of Calligar brutally conquered the neighboring land of Kennem.

Five days ago, a Kennem rebel murdered him.

Jaynes, the Iyah's rightful son, spent years battling those rebels along the border. Bryas, the Iyah's half-Kennem bastard, advocated for a truce. Now, despite rumors that Bryas is to blame for their father's death, the brothers must keep Calligar's tribes united against both civil war and invasion.

But the greater danger is yet to be discovered.

The Chant is the exiled god of sacrifice—sensual, seductive, exacting. He will no longer be denied worship. The Chant reveled in Calligar's conquest of Kennem, enticed Kennem to commit bloody retaliation, provoked the Iyah's murder—all so he could feed on blood spilled in pursuit of ambition.

The Swords stand against him—mortals bearing god-graced blades that prevent the Chant's return. But only three survive, and their power is weakening. Now the Chant possesses an assassin ready to sacrifice those Swords in his name, spilling enough blood to break the Chant's exile and prepare the land for his homecoming.

Then the Chant will dominate Calligar again, and blood will flow at his command.

Chant Facts:
Three central characters appeared, about twenty-five years ago, in one of my first attempts to write a novel.  One of them has the same name.  Though nearly everything else about them has changed, the dynamics of their relationship triangle have remained the same.

(Many of the gods' names are the result of me chopping up and smooshing together names of friends and family members.  You'll find sartorias in there, btw.)

There will be a sequel.  There may be a sequel to the sequel.  There will not likely be a sequel to the sequel's sequel, but there will be novels set in neighboring lands.