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Quarter-finalist in Publisher Weekly's BookLife Prize. Silver medal winner for Literary Sci-fi & Fantasy, Bronze medal winner for Fantasy Action & Adventure, and Dragons & Mythical Creatures at the BookFest Awards.The evil dragon Baras lies subdued by the magical crown of the monarchy of Carandir where people of different genders, races and beliefs live together.Sorcerers want to steal the crown to release their master and align with traitorous nobles who plot civil war to create a misogynistic tyranny and kill or drive out all minorities.Prince Ryckair, Prince Craya and Lady Mirjel are caught in these webs. Ryckair and Craya strive for the throne and the love of Mirjel, whose bound by law to marry the brother who becomes king. But Mirjel, battle trained and head strong, has chosen who she will have.One is cast into the wilderness and searches for a magical talisman to confront the sorcerers and nobles. One stays behind and fights a resistance movement against them. One is seduced by the sorcerers in a character driven story with action, battles, dragons and political intrigue."Readers who enjoy highly dramatic epic fantasies will appreciate this blend of political intrigue, star-crossed romance, large-scale battles, and a hint of magic. Great for fans of Janny Wurts and Raymond E. Feist's Empire Trilogy, and Seth Dickinson's The Traitor Baru Cormorant."- Publishers Weekly

The conclusion of The Carandir Saga trilogy.The dragon Baras waits to wake and spread a rein of terror in vengeance for his confinement in the void.Baroness Luja, Baron Womb and Baron Gilyon slam their forces against the monarchy of Carandir in their civil war to gain control, oppress the rights of women and expel everyone with different colors and backgrounds whom they do not consider to be "Pure Carandirians."The Karakiens, promised the eastern baronies by the rebelling nobles, attack from the south.Yearol and Keetala infiltrate enemy lines to conduct guerrilla war against the traitors in vengeance for the murder of Yearol's mother and Keetala's husband and child.Efforts to seek aid from Carandir's allies are thwarted.Far away, a young princess sheltered from hate and prejudice is tempered to return, face the evil and attempt to heal the wounds of the world.The Carandir Saga is an epic fantasy series with action, battles, political intrigue, magic, lost legends and forgotten lands filled with strong male and female protagonists of diverse orientations, identities, colors and ethnicity who work together as equals while facing challenges that reveal their true natures.An appendix contains guides to languages, musical scores for all the songs in the series with complete lyrics and the legend of the dragon wars.Covenant With the Dragons is the third and final volume of The Carandir Saga, a tale filled with magic, dragons, wizards, sorcerers, fantastic beasts, battles and political intrigue.

Winner of the 2022 BookFest Award - First place for Magic, Legends and Lore - Third place for Historical Women's Fiction.In 1901, women had few rights and no vote to gain them. Artist Margaret Talbot overcomes prejudice and sexual harassment to enter the male dominated world of magazine illustrating. After losing a child in stillbirth and nearly dying herself, she comes to a fishing village.Margaret meets many people. An elderly woman becomes a mentor and confidant. Another woman accuses her of being a witch. A man carries a funeral urn containing his dead wife's ashes everywhere he goes and talks to is as though she were still alive. Everyone else in the village talks to the urn as well. One young woman named Sara skips and jumps and sings nonsense songs. Margaret fears Sara suffers from a deep, childhood trauma, but some in the village say she is a selkie, a being from Celtic mythology who lives on the land as a human and in the sea as a seal.Through their influences and her own self-determination, Margaret strives to discover who she is and what she truly wants.