The Red Thread: Book Five of The Chronicles of Eirie

by Prue Batten

A red silk thread tied around one’s wrist by the God of Fate is immovable.Destiny is immutable.For Lien of the First House of Silk and Ming Xao, her Emperor, the woven silk thread on their wrists brings them to the very edge of death as they are hunted by the fey for a secret map they hold in their possession.A new, long-awaited fantasy from award-winning writer, Prue Batten, author of The Chronicles of Eirie.“Prue Batten is skilled at using language to create visual images, bringing the world of her books alive for the reader. Reading The Red Thread, I imagined an intricate tapestry unfolding. This novel should appeal to fans of Cecilia Dart-Thornton.” (Juliet Marillier, author of the Sevenwaters and Blackthorn & Grim series)

329 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 24, 2023

About the author

Prue was born in Australia and studied history and politics at the University of Tasmania. She has worked as a hotel cleaner, a cosmetician in a major department store, and a bookseller. But most properly, she was been a journalist/researcher for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Prue is a multi-award-winning cross-genre writer of historical fiction and historical fantasy. Her Historical fiction books of which there are two trilogies with more to come, are set in the last decade of the twelfth century.
She has collaborated in a number of excellent anthologies, including a number that raise money for cancer research, a cause that holds great meaning for her.
Her most unique contract is as an ongoing short-story writer for www. bopressminiaturebooks.com in the USA

Prue can be found at:www.facebook.com/Prue.Batten.writer
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