Book one of The Cursed Weapons Trilogy – Number 3 UK Amazon Bestseller in both ‘Sword and Sorcery Fantasy for YA’ and ‘Coming of Age Fantasy for YA’!
Within a world broken by an ancient civil war, skilled assassins will kill anyone for a price. Known as Lady Merciless, the greatest assassin in the Five Lands, Amethyst hides a terrible secret from the Coterie of Assassins that hold her in thrall – one that could mean her death.
When she is falsely implicated in the murder of Aerba’s Crown Princess and the theft of their legendary Fire Opal, Amethyst is hunted down and captured by the princess’ brother, Valerian. Things only get worse when his father makes her carry the Cursed Weapons of Aerba as punishment.
Forced together, Amethyst and Valerian set out to find the Fire Opal and the assassin. But as they work towards their goals, their destinies now entwined, things spiral out of control as dark forces move against them. With the Curse hanging over Amethyst, and the Coterie after Valerian, both their lives, and their hearts, are in danger.
REVIEWS
“This book was amazing! You guys know I don’t read a huge amount of fantasy but you do know I love crystals and how stunning is this cover?! It drew me right in to reading the blurb and sounded like a great story so I had to sign up and am I glad I did! The Blood Rule Decree at the start gave it the perfect insight into the world, and combined with the map you had a good idea of the world before the story even began… It was a really well thought-out world and I loved that each of the Five Lands had their own ‘thing’. I thought the naming idea of each land naming their people after different ‘real world’ things like herbs, gemstones, trees etc. was great because it gave them fantasy weird names without the “how the hell am I supposed to pronounce this random assortment of letters?”. Absolutely genius in my opinion!
Samphire was such a strong main character. An assassin but her thoughts and inner turmoils were so normal and human no one could help but fall in love with her. Rian was an excellent sidekick and love, the perfect amount of useful strong prince but not so much that he took over… I loved their relationship and the way it grew despite all odds and I absolutely fell in love with them and their friends (read: family). The storyline was so engaging and set it up the series nicely… I would 100% recommend you pick this up and I will definitely be getting my hands on book 2 as soon as is humanly possible!“
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“If you love an adventurous fantasy, then this is a book you should get on and read!“
“Phire’s relationship with Rian was incredible… heartwarming, emotional and just so bloody fabulous to read!“