
by BlakeCarpenter
Deathbringer (Book 1): Winner of Upstream Reviews' Best of 2023 Golden Raygun Award! Inga Alenir is a Swordbearer. She is the latest in a long line of women to inherit a magical weapon called Deathbringer. She's also dead, murdered on her wedding day by the ruthless and covetous noblewoman Yenda Avard, who steals the sword after killing Inga and her entire family.And yet, some secrets won't stay buried. Deathbringer has a will and a consciousness of its own, and even has the power to raise Inga from the dead for a short time. It warns her that she has one week to find and retrieve the sword before death reclaims her—permanently. With each day bringing her doom and final demise ever closer, Inga will have to see just how far she's willing to go to achieve her vengeance.DEATHBRINGER (Book 1) is set in the world of Agareth where a scorned, young widow fights back against the powerful elites that wronged her, and begins a journey that might turn the entire world against her. LIFEBINDER (Book 2) is a continuation of Inga Alenir's story of adventure, heartache, victory and loss, and asks the question of how to live after revenge has already been won. BLOODLUST (Book 3) carries on the story from the point of view of Jaska Isrodel, Inga's friend and companion, as she fights to defend the ones she loves as plots deepen and Agareth spirals towards a darker, more harrowing fate.
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