Path of Blood

The fate of two worlds rests in Reisil's hands.

During the war, the wizards cast a spell and quickly lost control. Now the fate of two worlds is at stake, and only Reisil can save them.

If she can figure out how, and if her enemies don't kill her first.

Chaos reigns in the realm of Kodu Riik. Plague continues to ravage its populace. Armies of the power-hungry Aare are on the march, slaughtering everything in their path to place a madman on the throne. The rift between the kingdom and the land of Cemanahuatle yawns ever wider, threatening to consume both beneath waves of uncontrollable magic and destroy every living soul within them.

Only Reisil possesses enough power to breach the spellbound city of Mysane Kosk and seal the fracture. Accompanied by her goshawk, Saljane, and her lover, Yohuac, Reisil must journey across a land besieged by war and fight for a domain torn asunder by sorceries beyond imagining.

Hope will come from unexpected quarters, but so will pain, betrayal, and death. Is this the end of the world? And will the world that's left be worth saving?
 

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"Francis is certainly not afraid to tell it how it is, delivery a robust, action-packed story….Whatever she writes next, I will be reading." —MyShelf.com

"Part three of a right smart fantasy trilogy….tasty as toasted almonds." —Speculative Romance Online

Hailed by her peers as "promising" (David Coe),"talented" (Kristin Britain), and "masterful" (Carol Berg), Diana Pharaoh Francis crafted a unique magical world and one of fantasy's most intriguing heroines in Path of Fate and Path of Honor.