The Highlands War is now live!


An all-new serial adventure!

Winter still grips the Highlands, and though Kaia Steelflower is recovering from a deadly wound there is no rest for a woman of her particular skills. Ancient evil is stirring, her barbarian friend Redfist must have an army, and her companions seem determined to fling themselves into danger. Amid the wild wastes, the giants of Skaialan, and magics ancient and foreign, another challenge lurks—a citadel of pale glassy stone amid an unholy blight, where the Ferulaine and his green gem have taken refuge.

Kaia is no stranger to battle, nor to siege and sorcery. She possesses skill, stubbornness, and good steel aplenty. Yet in order to win this campaign—not to mention keep her companions alive—she needs more. She has always turned aside from the burden of command, but this time the Steelflower will not shrink from taking control of the Highlands’ fractious troops.

And gods help anyone in her way… 


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(This is book 4 of the Chronicles. The soundtrack for the series can be found here.)


Steelflower

Steelflower

Sellsword. Assassin. Thief.

Kaia Steelflower has done quite well for herself, and she longs to retire as an innkeeper. Unfortunately, one night she picks the wrong pocket, and finds herself saddled with a barbarian, an elven princeling and his two hapless companions, a wharf-rat, and a lutebanging minstrel. And there’s the little matter of an old friend calling in a debt of honor and blood–a debt Kaia can’t refuse.

Now a reluctant Kaia and her companions face a rebellious army, assassins, more assassins, and oh yes, the assassins. They don’t have a chance…

…but all her life, Kaia Steelflower has never known when to quit.

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Steelflower at Sea

After pitched battle, betrayal, and escape, Kaia Steelflower has enough gold to feed her troupe of outcasts through the winter. She can settle them in a small villa in Antai, that queen of maritime cities, and look forward to welcome boredom.

Unfortunately, there’s a pirate-infested sea to cross, her difficult new talents to corral, her traveling companions’ problems to solve, a princeling’s attentions to manage, and once in Antai, people keep trying to kill her. Or, more precisely, assassinate the barbarian Redfist, and Kaia keeps getting in the way.

Even the Steelflower can’t kill every assassin in the city. It’s going to take all her sharp wits—and sharper blades—to even try…

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Steelflower

Steelflower in Snow

Steelflower in Snow

Kaia Steelflower meant to spend her winter resting, but the high price upon the head of her barbarian companion Redfist has drawn her out of safety and through the northern passes to the Highlands.

Bandits, blood, and treachery, Kaia’s seen it all before. But something else lingers in the snowy wastes north of the mountain Rim. Ancient power has found a new host, plans have been laid for rebellion, and the giants of Skaialan do not take kindly to foreigners. Saving Rainak Redfist will demand all the skill, strength, and cunning the Steelflower can muster; saving herself—and her new princeling husband—might be impossible.

Winter in the Highlands is brutal, and it’s only just begun…

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