Beyond the Gyre, the fourth and final book of the “Song of the Arkafina” series by Suzanne Francis, is now available in paperback edition from all good bookstores around the world, both offline and online.

Here is the blurb:

The island of Asaruthe has sheltered the Dawnmaid, Myriadne, for the past sixteen years, but Yr has fallen prey to a deadly plague, and it is clear she must leave soon. Katkin du Chesne and her daughter Poppy travel with Myriadne and help her free the Firaithi from Maggrai’s diabolical laboratory in the former Infirmarie on Isle St. Valery.

Meanwhile, Gunnar Strong Arm’s twin sons, Jakob and Lut, are feuding with each other. When Jakob carelessly gap shifts, he leaves a trail that Maggrai’s minions can follow back to Asaruthe. The death and havoc they wreak will send Lut on a mission of vengeance against Maggrai — and his brother, Jakob.

In the final battle, the Dawnmaid must find a way to converse with her enemies, the Angellus, before they attack the secret haven of the Firaithi with their unquenchable fire. What is it they have been defending through all the turns of the Gyre? The answer astonishes both Amaranthine and human alike…

The “Song of the Arkafina” series consists of Heart of Hythea, Ketha’s Daughter, Dawnmaid and Beyond the Gyre. Suzanne is currently working on more books and stories set in the same universe, including Wintermoon Ice, which will be available later this year.

Dawnmaid, the third book of the Song of the Arkafina series by Suzanne Francis is now available from all good book stores in paperback.

The Song of the Arkafina series is also available in ebook editions from the usual ebook stores online.

The blurb:

Gwenn and Gunnar travel to Khalama to bury Arkady Svalbarad, but nothing goes as planned. For one thing, Arkady isn’t really dead. And his old teacher, Dawa Tinley, seems somehow menacing. When Gunnar mysteriously disappears, Gwenn and Arkady form an alliance that will bring both danger and new promise to the peoples of Yrth.

Meanwhile, Huw and Katkin find comfortable shelter in an ice-locked valley, until the addition of two orphaned children to the family leaves Katkin feeling trapped and miserable. After Huw’s arrest for murder, she must decide whether to run or stand by his side. The choice becomes even more difficult when Katkin meets up with an old love. But a chance meeting steers her to Starruthe just in time to deliver Gwenn’s baby daughter Myriadne.

Now that the Dawnmaid has been born, it will take a miracle to hide her from Maggrai, who has returned from the future with a weapon of total annihilation. But Gunnar also has a secret weapon, though he is reluctant to use it. Will he accept his true nature before Maggrai’s wrath destroys the last hope of the Firaithi?

Dawnmaid contains adult themes.

ISBN: 978-1-84319-815-4, 308pp.

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The second volume in the Song of the Arkafina series by Suzanne Francis is now available in paperback under our imprint Bladud Books from all good bookstores, both online and offline.

Ketha’s Daughter returns us to the world we were introduced to in Heart of Hythea where we follow the adventures of Katkin’s daughter, Gwenn Faircrow.

Here is the blurb from the back of the book:

Queen Katrione Arkafina ably rules the kingdom of Beaumarais, but she has had less success with her boisterous daughter, Gwenn, born under the sway of a brutal Goddess. Keth Dirane has given Gwenn awesome strength and almost complete invulnerability, but manipulates her cruelly in return. Now, to further her own ends, she convinces Gwenn she must seek revenge for an old betrayal.

On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Gwenn runs away. After she allies herself with some marauding coastal raiders, captained by Gunnar Strong Arm, she has the army she requires. Now, as the dreaded warrior Faircrow, Gwenn will steer the Fynära inexorably towards her former home — the City of Isle St. Valery.

Paperback: 316 pages, ISBN 978-1-84319-809-3.

Ketha’s Daughter is also available as an eBook.