Blessed Epoch

Yarrow and Duncan's precarious alliance is strained by a third member with reasons that may not be in the best interests of the kingdom.

Despite their disparate natures, Yarrow, Duncan, and Sasha united against overwhelming odds to save Prince Garith's life.

Their world teeters on the precipice of change, and Sasha, Duncan, and Yarrow can only hope the links they've forged will hold.

Throughout the Blessed Epoch, Octavian Rose chooses between what is right and what is beneficial to him.

Book Five of the Blessed EpochWhose hand will orchestrate the change in the world? The decade-long war with Johmatra is over, but peace hangs by a thread in Garith's kingdom. Yarrow, isolated in his island realm, refuses to abide by the treaty or to follow the dictates of the priestesses. Others-Octavian Rose among them-are uneasy with the growing military power of the temples, and the mage island of Espero remains a tenuous ally. Garith knows his people cannot weather another conflict, and that infighting will leave their lands vulnerable to further invasion. The arrival of a Johmatran ambassador with his own agenda calls everyone's loyalties into question. Sides will be chosen, and the consequences of those choices will have repercussions no one can foresee. Even among the turmoil, Yarrow is determined to have his vengeance against the thirteen goddesses and heal the world's magic. But how far will he go, and what lines is he willing to cross? As unlikely alliances are forged and enemies are revealed, Prince Thane seems to be the key to forgotten knowledge that will shape the future-and some will do whatever it takes to control him.

When mage Yarroway L'Estrella and knight Duncan Purefroy are both assigned to escort Prince Garith to his new bride and kingdom, neither is sure he trusts the other, but a disturbing secret and another ally forces the three to work together, in Ashes and Echoes. After Yarrow leaves Duncan and Sasha to find a cure for his magical affliction, in Ice and Embers, the pair is left on their own to deal with Duncan's new realm of Windwake and Sasha's former family of assassins. Sasha gave up everything when he chose to stay with Yarrow and Duncan and not to kill Prince Garith; now, in Iron and Ether, all three must face the consequences and deal with a threat to Garith's twin kingdoms. In Cairn and Covenant, Octavian Rose was given a second chance thanks to an assassin's unexpected mercy. Through the years, determined to make a name for himself and retain his morals while doing so, his actions will have much larger consequences than he could have ever imagined.