Title: In the Company of the Dead
Author: Ciara Ballintyne
Genre: Epic Fantasy Romance
Ellaeva’s obligations to the death goddess leave her no time to hunt
down her parents’ murderer—until both duty and revenge lead her to the lonely
castle where Lyram Aharris has been exiled for striking his prince. As the
castle falls under siege, Ellaeva and Lyram must fight to save themselves from
political machinations and clashing gods—but the greatest threat comes from an
unexpected quarter.
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Ciara Ballintyne grew up on a steady diet of adult
epic fantasy from the age of nine, leaving her with a rather confused outlook
on life – she believes the good guys should always win, but knows they often
don’t. She is an oxymoron; an idealistic cynic.
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Only a
fool would split hairs with a god, least of all the goddess of death, but
Ellaeva would count herself such a fool and consider it worth it—if she could get
away with it.
She
leaned across the knife-scarred timber of the tavern table.
“Are you
sure?” she asked, her tone even and barely loud enough to be audible over the
noise of the flute and the zither. Her work on behalf of the goddess Ahura,
adjudicating the small war here in Dayhl, could only be abandoned in favour of
a greater threat. If she was going to chase off after the man who killed her
parents, she needed to be sure her arguments stacked up. The pursuit of
personal justice wouldn’t be enough.
Is it
justice or revenge?
No time
to worry about that now. She tugged her black hood farther down over her
infamous face, even though deep shadows blanketed the common room corner. She’d
chosen a table far from the tallow candles mounted in their stag-horn
chandeliers. There was no point taking chances; the black hair and porcelain
skin of a Tembran would be remarked here among the platinum-haired Dayhlish.
Besides, someone might recognise her.
“In
Ahlleyn, sure as the spring comes after winter, Holiness.” The narrow-faced man
across from her grinned, baring teeth more brown than yellow. The acrid smoke
from the candles didn’t cover his pungent breath.
She
half-stood, making an urgent, negating gesture as she glanced around, but the
hubbub of chatter from the patrons and the music covered his slip. No one even
glanced their way. On the far side of the room, away from the two blazing
hearths, tables were pushed aside for dancing. She dropped back into her seat,
her black robes fluttering around her booted feet.
She began her first attempts at the craft of
writing in 1992, culminating in the publication of her debut work, Confronting
the Demon, in 2013. Her first book to be published with Evolved Publishing is
In the Company of the Dead.
She holds degrees in law and accounting, and is a
practising financial services lawyer. In her spare time, she speculates about
taking over the world – how hard can it really be? If she could be anything,
she’d choose a dragon, but if she is honest she shares more in common with Dr.
Gregory House of House M.D. – both the good and the bad. She is a browncoat, a
saltgunner, a Whedonite, a Sherlockian, a Ringer and a Whovian… OK, most major
geek fandoms. Her alignment is chaotic good. She is an INTJ.
Ciara lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband,
her two daughters, and a growing menagerie of animals that unfortunately
includes no dragons.
Twitter: @CiaraBallintyne
Facebook: http://facebook.com/CiaraBallintyne
Website: http://ciaraballintyne.com
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