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- Chasing Sunset
- River's Roar
- Song of Jade: Red Wolf
- Midnight Crow
- Giants' Gate
- Song of Jade: Hidden Kingdom
“Magic permeated the atmosphere. It left a tangy taste in my mouth.”
News of an old adversary sends Queen Jade of Sharren on a journey of discovery. Can she fulfill her vow to bring them to justice or will they elude her again?
SONG OF JADE: HIDDEN KINGDOM continues the story of the woman who didn’t want to be queen with another standalone adventure. This is the second DRAGON AGE prequel to the WOODSPELL SERIES and one of the TALES OF ARDONNA.
Content Advisory: Contains adult themes and situations and spoilers for Song of Jade: Red Wolf and the Mage Era books
Publisher: Kapeo Press
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Genres:
Tropes: Dragonriders, Evolving Powers, Immortality, Lost Civilization
Setting: The improbable planet of Ardonna
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Same Universe / Various Characters
Tropes: Dragonriders, Evolving Powers, Immortality, Lost Civilization
Setting: The improbable planet of Ardonna
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Same Universe / Various Characters
What in all the Lord’s good grace is that buzzing?
Nothing good. Your Lord has fallen flat. They came out of the sunflowers. The ones you thought pretty.
They are. It is a bright forest of giant sunflowers—how can one complain?
They have bees.
Moonflower raced ahead. I clung to a spur for life’s sake. The dragon dipped into unnaturally tall grass, skimming a lake. A sticky, ropelike tongue shot up. Moonflower spit a crackling bolt, and a charred tongue fell back. We sped south, toward a black haze.
What is this now?
Our view solidified into innumerable jagged peaks. Moonflower lurched back, sending me spinning. Another gift from Your Grace—shining mountains of slag.
I lost my hold and my breakfast and slid down her midsection. Help!
READ MORESorry. She leveled, staying my fall, then diverted east, speeding along the flank of those impossible mountains. Their summits were hidden in clouds.
I thought I would see Quenelle. We’ve been flying for days and found nothing but wildlands. And seem to have run out of south.
Didn’t your grandmother mention a white tower? That should stand out.
A bell tower, yes, in the center of an island. We’ve seen no such thing. Most of this country is draped in forest. Ah well. We have other business.
Do you think to discover one red animal inside this tangled green sea?
I expect to find Lucia and her group. They won’t be so near to Quenelle, but not too far off to want for mischief.
There are scores of beasts down there. Many blood signatures.
The dragon drew my awareness into hers. I noted numerous beating hearts. All sizes and rhythms.
Can you not distinguish between them? Bonobos would be humanlike.
Perhaps. Though we are not certain they are here.
If she is, they will be. If anyone knows where to find the Red Wolf, it’s Lucia.
And the last who would tell you. Your scouts could have seen one of those beasts your grandfather spoke of. Or-rangs?
The gray owls said it had four legs and loped along the ground. Had to be a wolf.
After the death of the great gray Maltheus, lord of the southern peaks, the Red Wolf’s trail had gone cold. He’d been my only scout in the south. His people had been keen to avenge him, yet no trace of the beast woman had been found.
Until this week.
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