The Book of Red

Sandra Delight can call down lightning and split the earth, yet she cannot save her northern temple from the silent warriors in black armour. Taken alive, the Priestess of the Stars is marched through the snow to an isolated fortress. The moment she enters, her elemental power vanishes. Within its walls stands a black church that feeds upon the magic she can no longer reach.Chained alongside her, the soldier Jared is determined to keep her alive. But the work forced upon him inside the church threatens something Sandra fears losing more than her life: his humanity.Beyond the fortress, Cale Bannington races south to warn King Eric of the slaughter. He carries news that powerful men at Drondor Castle cannot afford to let him deliver. While Prince Marcus struggles through sword lessons and his younger sister Lena evades her own duties, treachery is already at work within their home.From a prison buried in the frozen north to the hidden chambers beneath a royal castle, The Book of Red follows a family whose enemies are closer than they know-and whose survival may depend upon confronting the forbidden necromantic arts.