Shadowblade - A Dance of Fire & Shadow, #1 - E-book - ePub

Elves, Dragons, Elementals... and a mysterious Mage-Warrior In the shadow of a powerful Elemental, Ariel makes a deadly bargain to save her sister and begins an epic journey to become the greatest mage-warrior the land has ever known Ariel knows that to accept the Shadowblade's deadly gift of fighting skill and power is the first step on a dark path to tyranny. Blade adepts are hated and feared--and ultimately hunted down and killed. She has no choice.
It's her only chance to rescue her sister from capture and slavery by the the ruthless Rapathian invaders.?It feels like a desperate but simple decision until she meets Marin, Captain of the Eldrin, the elite force protecting King and realm from attack. Pledged to fight invaders, they are also sworn to capture and kill dangerous Blade adepts.?Now Ariel has to convince Marin and his highly skilled team of fighters to help her rescue her sister--and that they can trust her to fight alongside them. ?Failure means instant death.
But the path to success is long and hard. Love and war would be complex enough without having to resist the temptation that too much power brings--or the interference of powerful Elementals focused on revenge... Shadowblade is the first in A Dance of Fire and Shadow, the epic fantasy adventure-romance series by Jay AspenPerfect for fans of J R R Tolkien and Sarah J Maas