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Incarn Saga #1-4
The Incarn Saga Boxed Set: Books 1-4
Destany beckons. A young shifter answers…
Welcome to the Kingdom of Elysia where certain beings are born with the gift to change into animal forms, royalty reigns supreme, and belief in an ancient religion persists.
A war is brewing in the lands beyond the ocean. After several seaside villages are ravaged, a draft is implemented, and seventeen-year-old Lluava answers the call to defend the threatened kingdom. She will leave her family and the small village that is home to face an uncertain future. But first, she must survive the unabashed sexism and racism that has tormented her throughout her life. For Lluava is a Theriomorph, the native race of shifters that has long since bent a knee to mankind. And the beast within her thirsts for blood.
Issaura’s Claws:
According to legend, when the world was young, the goddess Issaura appeared among men. Those who treated her with kindness received the gift of the gods—the ability to transform into an animal form. This was a great honor but one that separated this race from other humans. Before Issaura departed the mortal realm, she promised to return if her people were ever at the point of destruction.
Now a threat is rising from a land across the mists of the ocean, a threat that will push this race to the brink of extinction. Responding to the call to war, seventeen-year-old Lluava heads off to find her destiny, one that will carve her name in history.
All four books of The Incarn Saga in one collection.
1: Issaura’s Claws
2: Ullr’s Fangs
3: Crocotta’s Hackles
4: Giahem’s Talons
Dark and gritty, The Incarn Saga is the perfect New Adult series to sink your claws into.
Series Awards
Issaura's Claws:
2018 New Apple Book Awards Solo Medalist Winner for E-Book Children's/Young Adult
2018 Fantasy/Paranormal Fiction by Epic eBook Awards!
2018 Global eBook Awards for Young Adult Fiction!
2018 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2nd place winner for Young Adult Fiction eBook
Ullr's Fangs:
2019 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist for New Adult Fiction
2019 Gold Metal Award Literary Titan Award for November
Crocotta's Hackles:
2019 Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Award Gold Winner for New Adult Fiction
2020 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist for New Adult Fiction
2020 Literary Titan Five Star Book Award for November
Giahem's Talons:
2020 Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Award Silver Winner for Young Adult Fiction
2020 Literary Titan Five Star Book Award for April
Welcome to the Kingdom of Elysia where certain beings are born with the gift to change into animal forms, royalty reigns supreme, and belief in an ancient religion persists.
A war is brewing in the lands beyond the ocean. After several seaside villages are ravaged, a draft is implemented, and seventeen-year-old Lluava answers the call to defend the threatened kingdom. She will leave her family and the small village that is home to face an uncertain future. But first, she must survive the unabashed sexism and racism that has tormented her throughout her life. For Lluava is a Theriomorph, the native race of shifters that has long since bent a knee to mankind. And the beast within her thirsts for blood.
Issaura’s Claws:
According to legend, when the world was young, the goddess Issaura appeared among men. Those who treated her with kindness received the gift of the gods—the ability to transform into an animal form. This was a great honor but one that separated this race from other humans. Before Issaura departed the mortal realm, she promised to return if her people were ever at the point of destruction.
Now a threat is rising from a land across the mists of the ocean, a threat that will push this race to the brink of extinction. Responding to the call to war, seventeen-year-old Lluava heads off to find her destiny, one that will carve her name in history.
All four books of The Incarn Saga in one collection.
1: Issaura’s Claws
2: Ullr’s Fangs
3: Crocotta’s Hackles
4: Giahem’s Talons
Dark and gritty, The Incarn Saga is the perfect New Adult series to sink your claws into.
Series Awards
Issaura's Claws:
2018 New Apple Book Awards Solo Medalist Winner for E-Book Children's/Young Adult
2018 Fantasy/Paranormal Fiction by Epic eBook Awards!
2018 Global eBook Awards for Young Adult Fiction!
2018 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2nd place winner for Young Adult Fiction eBook
Ullr's Fangs:
2019 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist for New Adult Fiction
2019 Gold Metal Award Literary Titan Award for November
Crocotta's Hackles:
2019 Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Award Gold Winner for New Adult Fiction
2020 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist for New Adult Fiction
2020 Literary Titan Five Star Book Award for November
Giahem's Talons:
2020 Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Award Silver Winner for Young Adult Fiction
2020 Literary Titan Five Star Book Award for April
1524 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 11, 2021
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About the author
Katharine E. Wibell
31 books392 followersFrom a very young age, stories and storytelling pursued me like a child’s imaginary friend. I created make-believe characters for every toy that my sister and I owned. Each had an individual personality, back-story, hopes, dreams, and reason for being. The villains were even more intriguing than the heroes and heroines. Why were they so evil? Had something horrible happened to them in their past? How were they connected to their victims? But enough of teddy bears and beanie babies!
Like many children, I was drawn to animals. After my first puppy, I never looked back. My family lived in a rural area and frequently fostered abandoned dogs and orphaned kittens. In time, I learned to care for, show, and judge dairy heifers; raised exotic breeds of chickens; judged poultry; and nurtured injured and abandoned wild animals.
My menagerie of critters grew along with my fascination with all beasts—mythical as well as real. Even now, if you ask which my favorite is, the answer remains a dragon. I read every story and collected every book I could find about them including encyclopedias of mythical beasts and beings. That opened the door to legends, folklore, and world mythologies filled with magic, mystery, and fantasy.
While most of my friends left the world of make-believe behind, I resolutely continued on my path of tom-boyishness and refused to stop believing in the unseen. I imagined worlds intertwined in an immense universe filled with talking animals, unending adventures, and enchanted weapons. My favorite character had twelve special possessions that helped her on her quests. I can still name them all, but that’s for another time. What is important is that I fully embraced her spirit and wanted to do everything that she could do. That included archery. So for six years, I competed in recurve archery tournaments. In 2007, I was honored to represent Georgia at a national tournament in Rapid City, SD. Our team – the only all-female team - placed third, and I was the highest scoring female competitor. The dynamics of competition would give rise to similar situations in Issaura’s Claws.
One other passion came into play. I wanted other people to see what I imagined. Fortunately, I loved to draw. Now, it was time to take my interest in art seriously.
During my college years at Mercer University, these different threads were woven together. I majored in fine art, which gave me the opportunity to hone raw skill and develop my own personal style. However, I also double majored in psychology with an emphasis in animal behavior. My curiosity about animals challenged me to learn how they thought and thus behaved. One result was that I became a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in the state of Georgia. My summers were filled with caring for and raising numerous wild mammals and domestic birds for release into the wild. Finally, I began to work on the characters, ideas, and plots that would become the Incarn Saga.
Shortly after graduation another special animal entered my life: Alli, a rescued American bulldog/pit mix. I had the opportunity to train and work with the sweetest dog ever. In the meantime, I provided marketing services for the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art located in Buckhead, Georgia. When the Ogden Museum in New Orleans had a show of Thomas’s work, I attended the opening reception. I was hooked. Here was a city that had the same eclectic flavor and lust for life as I had. I accepted an internship at the Audubon Zoo and Alli and I relocated to the “Big Easy”.
I am now a full-time writer and artist. Staying true to who I am, my reverse-glass paintings, especially those using recycled windows from Hurricane Katrina, feature an array of domestic and wild animals often with a New Orleans theme. Better yet, check out my website at katharinewibell.wixsite.com/kwibellart or visit Zele on Magazine Street if you visit the Crescent City.
Like many children, I was drawn to animals. After my first puppy, I never looked back. My family lived in a rural area and frequently fostered abandoned dogs and orphaned kittens. In time, I learned to care for, show, and judge dairy heifers; raised exotic breeds of chickens; judged poultry; and nurtured injured and abandoned wild animals.
My menagerie of critters grew along with my fascination with all beasts—mythical as well as real. Even now, if you ask which my favorite is, the answer remains a dragon. I read every story and collected every book I could find about them including encyclopedias of mythical beasts and beings. That opened the door to legends, folklore, and world mythologies filled with magic, mystery, and fantasy.
While most of my friends left the world of make-believe behind, I resolutely continued on my path of tom-boyishness and refused to stop believing in the unseen. I imagined worlds intertwined in an immense universe filled with talking animals, unending adventures, and enchanted weapons. My favorite character had twelve special possessions that helped her on her quests. I can still name them all, but that’s for another time. What is important is that I fully embraced her spirit and wanted to do everything that she could do. That included archery. So for six years, I competed in recurve archery tournaments. In 2007, I was honored to represent Georgia at a national tournament in Rapid City, SD. Our team – the only all-female team - placed third, and I was the highest scoring female competitor. The dynamics of competition would give rise to similar situations in Issaura’s Claws.
One other passion came into play. I wanted other people to see what I imagined. Fortunately, I loved to draw. Now, it was time to take my interest in art seriously.
During my college years at Mercer University, these different threads were woven together. I majored in fine art, which gave me the opportunity to hone raw skill and develop my own personal style. However, I also double majored in psychology with an emphasis in animal behavior. My curiosity about animals challenged me to learn how they thought and thus behaved. One result was that I became a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in the state of Georgia. My summers were filled with caring for and raising numerous wild mammals and domestic birds for release into the wild. Finally, I began to work on the characters, ideas, and plots that would become the Incarn Saga.
Shortly after graduation another special animal entered my life: Alli, a rescued American bulldog/pit mix. I had the opportunity to train and work with the sweetest dog ever. In the meantime, I provided marketing services for the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art located in Buckhead, Georgia. When the Ogden Museum in New Orleans had a show of Thomas’s work, I attended the opening reception. I was hooked. Here was a city that had the same eclectic flavor and lust for life as I had. I accepted an internship at the Audubon Zoo and Alli and I relocated to the “Big Easy”.
I am now a full-time writer and artist. Staying true to who I am, my reverse-glass paintings, especially those using recycled windows from Hurricane Katrina, feature an array of domestic and wild animals often with a New Orleans theme. Better yet, check out my website at katharinewibell.wixsite.com/kwibellart or visit Zele on Magazine Street if you visit the Crescent City.
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May 11, 2023
nice read
There were times when I got frustrated with the main character’s periods of blatant immaturity. I then had to remind myself that she’s just 19. The progression of the 4 book series did a very good job of growing her up to a mature woman who was able to make decisions based on logic more than emotion.
There were times when I got frustrated with the main character’s periods of blatant immaturity. I then had to remind myself that she’s just 19. The progression of the 4 book series did a very good job of growing her up to a mature woman who was able to make decisions based on logic more than emotion.
July 21, 2022
So, once I finished Issaura's Claws, I flew through the rest of the books within a few days. Katharine Wibell always creates unique worlds and stories! This series is no different. I enjoyed getting to know the characters, reading about the obstacles they went through to end the war, and learning more about Incarns. So much happened in this series! I would recommend it for anyone interested in fantasy or adventure stories.
It also has a love triangle in it, which is something I'm partial to, so that really drew me in. Overall, I thought this series was really good and I'm hoping it continues in some way, whether its a continuation of the series or a spin-off.
It also has a love triangle in it, which is something I'm partial to, so that really drew me in. Overall, I thought this series was really good and I'm hoping it continues in some way, whether its a continuation of the series or a spin-off.
December 21, 2022
really stupid
No good. Bad writing. Really stupid characters, boring world, pointless plot. This book gets nothing right. The ML is a brat Princess who randomly shows up to human and animal people still in basic training. He’s the sole heir to the kingdom but pairs up with our Mary Jane protagonist so he can fight side by side on the front lines. For some reason humans and animal humans have to pair up to fight. Sometimes he can’t do stuff because he’s the sole heir and other times he acts as bait to break through the enemy lines. The chemistry between these to epitomizes cliche. Both characters are terrible and I was rooting for the raiders to kill both of them.
No good. Bad writing. Really stupid characters, boring world, pointless plot. This book gets nothing right. The ML is a brat Princess who randomly shows up to human and animal people still in basic training. He’s the sole heir to the kingdom but pairs up with our Mary Jane protagonist so he can fight side by side on the front lines. For some reason humans and animal humans have to pair up to fight. Sometimes he can’t do stuff because he’s the sole heir and other times he acts as bait to break through the enemy lines. The chemistry between these to epitomizes cliche. Both characters are terrible and I was rooting for the raiders to kill both of them.
September 6, 2021
I received a copy of this book for a fair and honest review. I was glad that I had the boxset. The story was fast paced and full of adventure. Lluava is a seventeen year old female shifter who has been drafted to help safe her kingdom. She leaves her small village with hope of doing her part. The war is between the land and the sea. The worldbuilding is amazing. It gave me a sense there are a lot of secrets and plot twists. It kept me turning the pages. I had to know what was coming next. I don't want to give too much away for I enjoyed the series.
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January 13, 2022The Incarn Saga starts out slow building up revealing one secret after another that kept me on the edge of my seat wondering and waiting how everything was going to intertwine in the end. There were more twists and turns than a spiral staircase. I was drawn in from the first page wondering what was going on as each character was introduced giving us a little insight into each as their stories were revealed. I received a copy of this series through StoryOrigin and this is my true and honest review
February 17, 2021
The Incarn Saga Boxed Set edition contains all four books of this the debut series by Katharine E. Wibell.
When her kingdom is threatened, seventeen-year-old Lluava Kargen, a female shifter, is drafted in the army. This collection follows Lluava and her group of friends as they struggle to protect their homelands and deal with forces far darker than they could have ever imagined. I recommend this New Adult series for fans of darker fantasy full of action and sudden plot twists.
When her kingdom is threatened, seventeen-year-old Lluava Kargen, a female shifter, is drafted in the army. This collection follows Lluava and her group of friends as they struggle to protect their homelands and deal with forces far darker than they could have ever imagined. I recommend this New Adult series for fans of darker fantasy full of action and sudden plot twists.
July 23, 2023
I enjoyed being able to read the entire collection in this universe. I was engaged with the time-period used and enjoyed how everything worked overall. I enjoyed getting to go from book to book. Katharine E. Wibell has a great writing style and I can't wait for more in this series.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
January 9, 2022
This is a boxset that I enjoyed reading from start to finish. The characters are engaging and entertaining throughout the pages. The words flowed easily throughout the pages.
I received a copy and am voluntarily leaving my honest review.
I received a copy and am voluntarily leaving my honest review.
July 16, 2022
a great finale
A loved watching Luava come into her own, how she grew and how her adversaries grew with her. It’s a worthy ending to a great series!
A loved watching Luava come into her own, how she grew and how her adversaries grew with her. It’s a worthy ending to a great series!
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