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Blood of the Covenants #5
Dragon's Hope
Two lives, one hope. . . .
All Sarah Lind's dreams now seem within her reach. Not only is she welcomed back to the Six Realms as the Queen of Ice, she is now days from her marriage to their dragon-shifter King of Flame, and, united by their powerful bond, Sarah and Ben have so far thwarted the Devourer's attempts to ruin the Realms' recovery from its invasion.
Yet there is still one more dream for her to discover. However new and growing, that dream proves to be one of the most potent, and, according to the Tree of Ice, the key to saving the Realms from the Devourer once and for all. For though a King is dangerous, a Queen is more powerful. Because she, like a Tree Herself. . . can become a mother.
All Koriben Sunfilled's hopes now rest on the promise the Tree of Flame gave him that if he did as She commanded, Sarah—the one person he cannot live without—would survive the darkness coming for her.
Yet his Tree's command tests him to his very core, because it echoes his parents' own sacrifice to give him life, the cycle he had once vowed would end with him. But after losing so much, Ben will now do anything to save Sarah. Anything. Even . . . become a father.
As desperately as they want to live and save their Realms, Sarah and Ben resolve to have a child only for the right reasons. Yet even as they wait to be sure of rightness of that course, their time is once again running out, for the Devourer will not tolerate the growing threat the Monarchs of Ice and Flame pose. Sensing in them the culmination of millennia of Tree preparations for its final defeat, the Devourer has determined they must die—and it knows just how to lure the Queen of Ice into the open. The Devourer will invade once again, this time coming for the fading Tree of Ice, whom Sarah is sworn to protect. This time . . .
. . . it is coming for Earth.
All Sarah Lind's dreams now seem within her reach. Not only is she welcomed back to the Six Realms as the Queen of Ice, she is now days from her marriage to their dragon-shifter King of Flame, and, united by their powerful bond, Sarah and Ben have so far thwarted the Devourer's attempts to ruin the Realms' recovery from its invasion.
Yet there is still one more dream for her to discover. However new and growing, that dream proves to be one of the most potent, and, according to the Tree of Ice, the key to saving the Realms from the Devourer once and for all. For though a King is dangerous, a Queen is more powerful. Because she, like a Tree Herself. . . can become a mother.
All Koriben Sunfilled's hopes now rest on the promise the Tree of Flame gave him that if he did as She commanded, Sarah—the one person he cannot live without—would survive the darkness coming for her.
Yet his Tree's command tests him to his very core, because it echoes his parents' own sacrifice to give him life, the cycle he had once vowed would end with him. But after losing so much, Ben will now do anything to save Sarah. Anything. Even . . . become a father.
As desperately as they want to live and save their Realms, Sarah and Ben resolve to have a child only for the right reasons. Yet even as they wait to be sure of rightness of that course, their time is once again running out, for the Devourer will not tolerate the growing threat the Monarchs of Ice and Flame pose. Sensing in them the culmination of millennia of Tree preparations for its final defeat, the Devourer has determined they must die—and it knows just how to lure the Queen of Ice into the open. The Devourer will invade once again, this time coming for the fading Tree of Ice, whom Sarah is sworn to protect. This time . . .
. . . it is coming for Earth.
524 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 19, 2024
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About the author
Leah E. Welker
12 books13 followersLeah E. Welker began crafting stories almost from the moment she learned to speak. One of her very first novels was a fantasy retelling of Robin Hood, emailed to her siblings and best friend chapter by chapter.
Though she voraciously read all sorts of fantasy, she found her home in the full-fantasy realms of Gail Carson Levine, Patricia C. Wrede, Tamora Pierce, Mercedes Lackey, Christopher Paolini, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien. She hopes The Blood of the Covenants, her young adult fantasy series, pays homage to these greats (with an added dash of romance, too).
Leah lives in the DC area with her family and a handsome rescue Australian shepherd, Wes. You can find out more about her (and Wes!) at leahewelker.com.
Though she voraciously read all sorts of fantasy, she found her home in the full-fantasy realms of Gail Carson Levine, Patricia C. Wrede, Tamora Pierce, Mercedes Lackey, Christopher Paolini, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien. She hopes The Blood of the Covenants, her young adult fantasy series, pays homage to these greats (with an added dash of romance, too).
Leah lives in the DC area with her family and a handsome rescue Australian shepherd, Wes. You can find out more about her (and Wes!) at leahewelker.com.
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January 30, 2025
Having finished this series and taken some time to reflect, I am now coming back to write my review of book 5. I can easily say that this is the best book in the series! The romance was still clean and sweet, details about the world were shared in a manageable, interesting way, and I could clearly picture the setting. And most of the characters were amazing! Of course, there’s the villains…
What really made Dragon’s Hope five stars for me was how I kept crying because of the sheer beauty of the characters’ ability to handle worlds-shatteringly, heartbreakingly difficult revelations. There are some hard things, some tragic things, in this book, but the characters experience those things and then grow stronger and more tender because of it, and I think that’s a beautiful thing. They were able to grow up without becoming jaded, without losing hope, courage, and soft-heartedness, and my tears were because I felt tragedy and anguish alongside the characters and was in awe at how they could take those hardships in stride and let them shape them into who they were meant to be.
Note: What I just described is in all the books to a certain degree, but it came out the most in this book, and that’s why I’m highlighting it here.
I value characters who are willing to set aside their needs in order to take care of other people. That, to me, is part of what the adjective “honorable” encompasses. You sacrifice what you want; you put yourself aside—and that’s what Leah Welker’s characters do so well. That is one of the things that endears them to me most. Of course, there’s also the fact that they’re just plain lovable and relatable, but there’s more to them than that. They are, in every one of my definitions of the word, “honorable.”
Thank you, Leah Welker, for allowing me to meet, fall in love with, and spend such extensive time with your characters. Their presence in the literary world is truly a gift.
What really made Dragon’s Hope five stars for me was how I kept crying because of the sheer beauty of the characters’ ability to handle worlds-shatteringly, heartbreakingly difficult revelations. There are some hard things, some tragic things, in this book, but the characters experience those things and then grow stronger and more tender because of it, and I think that’s a beautiful thing. They were able to grow up without becoming jaded, without losing hope, courage, and soft-heartedness, and my tears were because I felt tragedy and anguish alongside the characters and was in awe at how they could take those hardships in stride and let them shape them into who they were meant to be.
Note: What I just described is in all the books to a certain degree, but it came out the most in this book, and that’s why I’m highlighting it here.
I value characters who are willing to set aside their needs in order to take care of other people. That, to me, is part of what the adjective “honorable” encompasses. You sacrifice what you want; you put yourself aside—and that’s what Leah Welker’s characters do so well. That is one of the things that endears them to me most. Of course, there’s also the fact that they’re just plain lovable and relatable, but there’s more to them than that. They are, in every one of my definitions of the word, “honorable.”
Thank you, Leah Welker, for allowing me to meet, fall in love with, and spend such extensive time with your characters. Their presence in the literary world is truly a gift.
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