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The Whisper of Leaves
The critically acclaimed The Whisper of Leaves , Book 1 in The Kira Chronicles Series , is a richly imagined high fantasy tale set in a beautifully crafted world of deep emerald forests and vast sweeping plains.
A gold-eyed Healer, a prophecy, two brothers at war.
In seasons long past, twin gold-eyed princes sundered a kingdom when the Healer Kasheron rejected his brother’s warrior ways and led his people deep into the southern forests. Forgotten by the outside world and protected by the trackless trees, the Tremen flourish, upholding Kasheron’s legacy of peaceful healing. All Tremen delight in the healing arts, but Kira is the greatest Healer of them all. To the north of the forests, drought grips the land and the Shargh suffer. A herding people, they lost their grazing tracts years before in long and bloody wars.
As the drought tightens its grip and their animals die, the chief’s younger brother seizes on an ancient prophecy to snatch the chiefship for himself. The prophecy links the Shargh’s doom to a gold-eyed Healer and Kira has gold eyes.
The Shargh attack with devastating consequences and Kira fights to save the wounded but the wounds rot, no matter her skill and, as the blood-shed continues, Kira faces a terrible betray everything Kasheron fought for or watch those she loves die.
A gold-eyed Healer, a prophecy, two brothers at war.
In seasons long past, twin gold-eyed princes sundered a kingdom when the Healer Kasheron rejected his brother’s warrior ways and led his people deep into the southern forests. Forgotten by the outside world and protected by the trackless trees, the Tremen flourish, upholding Kasheron’s legacy of peaceful healing. All Tremen delight in the healing arts, but Kira is the greatest Healer of them all. To the north of the forests, drought grips the land and the Shargh suffer. A herding people, they lost their grazing tracts years before in long and bloody wars.
As the drought tightens its grip and their animals die, the chief’s younger brother seizes on an ancient prophecy to snatch the chiefship for himself. The prophecy links the Shargh’s doom to a gold-eyed Healer and Kira has gold eyes.
The Shargh attack with devastating consequences and Kira fights to save the wounded but the wounds rot, no matter her skill and, as the blood-shed continues, Kira faces a terrible betray everything Kasheron fought for or watch those she loves die.
262 pages, Paperback
Published March 24, 2021
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About the author
K.S. Nikakis
44 books42 followersKaren Simpson Nikakis grew up in a small country town in NE Victoria, Australia where she rode horses through beautiful alpine scenery. This continues to influence her fiction, nonfiction and poetry works.
She pursued a career in Education including Secondary Colleges, AMECs, TAFE and Universities (Australian and International) and was Assoc Prof and Foundation Head of Melbourne Polytechnic's innovative Bachelor of Writing and Publishing. She holds a B.Ed, M.Ed(Hons) in fantasy, and a Ph.D in Campbell's hero myth, as well as three Diplomas in the areas of Writing and Communications.
She is the author of over 17 fiction, nonfiction and poetry works. Her fantasy novel I Heard the Wolf Call My Name and short story Glass-Heart were both short-listed in the Aurealis Awards 2019, and her poem Deadway was short-listed in the Australian Shadows Award 2020.
Karen is a Communications Consultant and qualified Life Coach and works as a writer and publisher with SOV Media.
She pursued a career in Education including Secondary Colleges, AMECs, TAFE and Universities (Australian and International) and was Assoc Prof and Foundation Head of Melbourne Polytechnic's innovative Bachelor of Writing and Publishing. She holds a B.Ed, M.Ed(Hons) in fantasy, and a Ph.D in Campbell's hero myth, as well as three Diplomas in the areas of Writing and Communications.
She is the author of over 17 fiction, nonfiction and poetry works. Her fantasy novel I Heard the Wolf Call My Name and short story Glass-Heart were both short-listed in the Aurealis Awards 2019, and her poem Deadway was short-listed in the Australian Shadows Award 2020.
Karen is a Communications Consultant and qualified Life Coach and works as a writer and publisher with SOV Media.
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