A Flame in the North by Lilith Saintcrow
From bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow comes the first book in a thrilling Norse-inspired epic trilogy about ancient myth and magical destiny.
The Black Land is a myth: Centuries have passed since that Great Enemy was slain. Yet old fears linger, and on the longest night of the year, people in the South still light ritual bonfires to banish the dark.
In her village, this duty falls to Solveig, a girl favored by the gods with powerful fire magic. But when her brother kills a Northern lord’s son during the ritual, it is Sol who faces punishment, by being weregild—part hostage, part guest—in the North for a year and a day.
As she journeys to her captivity, Sol starts to realize that the Black Land is no myth. The forests teem with foul beasts. Her travel companions are not what they seem, and their plans for her magic are shrouded in secrecy.
With only her loyal shieldmaiden and her own wits to rely upon, Sol must learn to master her powers and wrest control of her fate. For the Black Land’s army stirs, ready to cover the world in darkness—unless Sol can find the courage to stop it.
- File Name:a-flame-in-the-north-by-lilith-saintcrow.epub
- Original Title:A Flame in the North (Black Land's Bane Book 1)
- Creator:Lilith Saintcrow
- Language:en
- Identifier:ISBN:9780316440431
- Publisher:Orbit
- Date:2024-02-12T18:30:00+00:00
- File Size:753.022 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Title Page
- 2. Copyright
- 3. Dedication
- 4. Map
- 5. Epigraph
- 6. Part One: Journey North
- Hastily Done
- Simple, Easy
- Ill News
- Arguments
- A Warm Hall
- Blessing Morn
- Never Fear
- Stripping the Roof
- A Fate in This
- Truth
- Day Travel
- At Any Age
- Notice Enough
- Quite So Flimsy
- Night Falls
- Content with Simple
- Lady Question
- Treesong, Welcome Cup
- Precious and Rare
- How Men Think
- Fare-Thee-Wells
- Singularly Incapable
- Different Sparring
- Quick and Delicate
- Edge of Foolhardy
- Across the Ford
- 7. Part Two: Nithraen
- Morn in Nithraen
- A Promise So Often
- Sons of Faevril
- Not Hospitality
- The Tale Bleaker
- Offering Apology
- Remove All Doubt
- A Riddle in Light
- Half Done, Worse than Not
- Dread News
- Death of Nithraen
- Neither Foolish nor Hardy
- Swearing Alliance
- Individual, Complete
- Tasks and Remembrance
- Battle, Persuasion
- Allies So Few
- Not by Foe
- 8. Part Three: Redhill to the Wild
- Laden with Discoveries
- The True Difference
- Atop the Listening Hill
- The Chair of Honor
- Truth in Our Dealings
- Shieldmaid Dancing
- Venture into Winter
- Whistle, Bone
- A Watchful Ride
- Anything Unreasonable
- Mistwood’s Shroud
- Every Fire Loses
- Hold, and Be Ready
- Lich and Snow-Hag
- Love Latecomers So
- Lodestone and Splinter
- The Ice Door
- The Passage Guards
- Waterstone
- 9. Acknowledgments
- 10. Discover More
- 11. Extras
- Meet the Author
- A Preview of "The Fall of Waterstone"
- A Preview of "Shield Maiden"
- 12. Also by Lilith Saintcrow
- 13. Praise for Lilith Saintcrow
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