From PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: "Vigorously told deceptions and battle scenes will satisfy fans of traditional epic fantasy with a romantic thread."

Sole heiress to a forbidden craft, Eolyn lives in a world where women of her kind are tortured and burned. When she meets Akmael, destined to assume the throne of this violent realm, she embarks upon a path of adventure, love, betrayal and war. Bound by magic, torn apart by destiny, Eolyn and the Mage King confront each other in an epic struggle that will determine the fate of a millennial tradition of magic.

Published
2011
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Karin Rita Gastreich

Karin Rita Gastreich's publications include the epic fantasy Eolyn as well as short stories in Zahir, Adventures for the Average Woman, 69 Flavors of Paranoia and A Visitor to Sandahl. She is a recipient of the Spring 2011 Andrews Forest Writer's Residency. Together with authors Terri-Lynne DeFino and Kim Vandervort, Karin runs the blog Heroines of Fantasy, dedicated to lively discussion of fantasy fiction, and especially women in fantasy fiction. Karin was born near Kansas City, Missouri. After earning a PhD in Zoology at the University of Texas in Austin, she lived for ten years in Costa Rica. There she directed a study abroad program in…