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Tree of Bones
Two Curses
A curse of Darkness... Deep within the Thill forest, stands a tree made of human bones, crowned in black leaves and red thorns.
A curse of Light... Beneath the Wastelands of Skarros, a crystal imprisons a dark, immortal queen.
The Sorceress, Runa, is tormented by horrific images of this tree of bones in a distant, lifeless forest. Even as the visions debilitate her, Mellypip, her beloved familiar, also experiences these sinister dreams, bound by the same dream seer magic as his mistress. The tree of bones summons Runa, and she must risk madness and death as obsession drives her on. What she finds reveals a devastating truth.
Koll the Sorcerer awaits trial for his crimes. His familiar, Xabral, searches for allies to free him. Driven by his own dreams of dark prophecy, Koll seeks to free Obsydia, the Bloodstone Queen, from her prison. Determined to let nothing stop him, Koll will commit any evil to achieve his goal.
Runa and Mellypip’s newest journey reveals truths behind ancient secrets, as Koll’s obsessive hunt for a fallen queen threatens to doom the world forever. Runa and Koll, bound by opposing magical destinies of Light and Dark, will ultimately face frightening revelations and unimagined consequences.
A curse of Darkness... Deep within the Thill forest, stands a tree made of human bones, crowned in black leaves and red thorns.
A curse of Light... Beneath the Wastelands of Skarros, a crystal imprisons a dark, immortal queen.
The Sorceress, Runa, is tormented by horrific images of this tree of bones in a distant, lifeless forest. Even as the visions debilitate her, Mellypip, her beloved familiar, also experiences these sinister dreams, bound by the same dream seer magic as his mistress. The tree of bones summons Runa, and she must risk madness and death as obsession drives her on. What she finds reveals a devastating truth.
Koll the Sorcerer awaits trial for his crimes. His familiar, Xabral, searches for allies to free him. Driven by his own dreams of dark prophecy, Koll seeks to free Obsydia, the Bloodstone Queen, from her prison. Determined to let nothing stop him, Koll will commit any evil to achieve his goal.
Runa and Mellypip’s newest journey reveals truths behind ancient secrets, as Koll’s obsessive hunt for a fallen queen threatens to doom the world forever. Runa and Koll, bound by opposing magical destinies of Light and Dark, will ultimately face frightening revelations and unimagined consequences.
599 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 1, 2017
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About the author
Verna McKinnon
14 books10 followersVerna McKinnon is a fantasy author of adventurous heroines. She is the author of the novels, The Bastard Sorceress, The Bardess of Rhulon, Gate of Souls & Tree of Bones. Fantasy is her genre of choice, though she has some science fiction in the works. Check in with her at her website. You can also read some of her previously published short stories at her website http:// vernamckinnon.com. Stay in touch by subscribing to email list at http://vernamckinnon.com/newsletter.html for her quarterly newsletter for news & updates. Follow Verna on Instagram @ vernamckinnon.author & Facebook for the latest on her writing life as a fantasy author, animal lover, and how she stays sane despite the odds. Chocolate helps.
More fantasy tales brimming with heroines and magic will be coming soon. Visit www.vernamckinnon.com for more info on Verna and the heroines who form her magical world.
More fantasy tales brimming with heroines and magic will be coming soon. Visit www.vernamckinnon.com for more info on Verna and the heroines who form her magical world.
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November 25, 2017
Vernon McKinnon creates a mythical world that is thoughtfully detailed. So intricate are the descriptions that the characters, cities, sights, and smells feel tangible. This book is more than a tale of lore, though fantasy, lovers will be satisfied. This is a story that layers the meaning of good and evil, darkness and light. The author sweeps you away by the side of the sorceress Runa, a woman plagued by foul dreams, and her adorable wampu, familiar, Mellypip. We are all headed to a place, a strange place, a desolate forest, that contains the tree of bones.
This story stands out for me, because the author chooses a detail for a reason. No word is superfluously added in order to fit into a niche. One believes that such a place as the Thill forest exist. Reading this book one will still start to imagine this place hidden in the bowels of a faraway world. One will believe that only dragons can feast upon the flesh of trolls or that tree, a frightful tree, holds secrets that only the reader can unfold.
Vernon McKinnon is a story-teller, a weaver of words that hums with the promise of a bright and long future. She is gifted in the skill to unlocking a trunk long tucked away in our youthful dreams.
The journey awaits, should you heed the calling, beware of beasts and ill-omens, for there’s a curse desiring to consume. Now go if you must but you have been warned.
This story stands out for me, because the author chooses a detail for a reason. No word is superfluously added in order to fit into a niche. One believes that such a place as the Thill forest exist. Reading this book one will still start to imagine this place hidden in the bowels of a faraway world. One will believe that only dragons can feast upon the flesh of trolls or that tree, a frightful tree, holds secrets that only the reader can unfold.
Vernon McKinnon is a story-teller, a weaver of words that hums with the promise of a bright and long future. She is gifted in the skill to unlocking a trunk long tucked away in our youthful dreams.
The journey awaits, should you heed the calling, beware of beasts and ill-omens, for there’s a curse desiring to consume. Now go if you must but you have been warned.
November 2, 2017
What an intriguing, mystical and magical world you have created. With complex characters fighting for good and evil, a tension builds for the reader, we cheer on Runa and fear for her as Koll and his followers devise ways to destroy for darkness.
The amount of detail written for the characters, their familiars and the world they inhabit allows the reader to be totally immersed in the story and the struggle they are experiencing becomes real.
A great narrative I highly recommend.
The amount of detail written for the characters, their familiars and the world they inhabit allows the reader to be totally immersed in the story and the struggle they are experiencing becomes real.
A great narrative I highly recommend.
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