Every month, the great black dragon comes. Every month, a child is snatched. That's all the village of Kalma knows.Semra is one of those children, and she knows the truth: there is a dragonlord in the mountain, raising the children into his personal syndicate of assassins.When seventeen-year-old Semra learns they aren't fighting evil but are in fact evil themselves, she risks everything to expose the dragonlord. As one young, nobody assassin against the kin...

Assassins aren't often framed for murder.But when ex-assassin Semra is falsely accused of murdering a king, she is forced to go on the run—only to discover an underground network of old enemies bent on her destruction and a mysterious ailment keeping her from working her best.As tensions rise, Semra must gather evidence to clear her name, find a remedy for her ailment, and stop rogue assassins from interfering with the war.

Bloodlust: the one thing she's good at. The one thing she must fight against.Ex-assassin Semra may have broken free of the mountain where the dragonlord indoctrinated her as a child, but she can't shake his voice in her head—or the suspicious sideways glances following her every step.The people closest to her seem distant, and the royal family's grief serves as a daily reminder of Semra's failures. With rogue assassins on the run and a dragon far too large ...

Magic is dead, but her enemies are using it. A prophecy dooms her to fail.When someone from her past kicks ex-assassin Semra out of the only place she calls home, she must race against the clock to thwart an ancient prophecy. An enemy is destined to unlock the bounds of magic, and if Semra fails, the magician will become unstoppable, and the kingdom will fall. As Semra sets out to secure a weapon of legend, she is faced with her greatest questions yet: is forgivene...

Travel from distant planets on the edge of space to enchanted worlds filled with magic. Laugh with plucky thieves and cry with aging mages. Discover ancient wisdoms, rise above unbeatable odds, and reflect on personal sacrifices.ALL FOR HONOR!Honor is an exciting new anthology from Golden Griffin Press, featuring twenty-two SF&F authors. Each of them is a rising star in independent publishing in their own right, but we bro...

From distant planets to enchanted worlds of magic, embark on a journey through amazing short fiction in this epic anthology featuring twenty-two science fiction and fantasy authors.Travel from distant planets on the edge of space to enchanted worlds filled with magic.Laugh with plucky thieves and cry with aging mages.Discover ancient wisdoms, rise above unbeatable odds, and reflect on personal sacrifices.ALL FO...

King Leontes of Sicilia is seized by sudden and terrible jealousy of his wife Hermione, whom he accuses of adultery. He believes the child Hermione is bearing was fathered by his friend Polixenes, and when the baby girl is born he orders her to be taken to some wild place and left to die. Though Hermione's child escapes death, Leontes' cruelty has terrible consequences. Loss paves the way for reunion, and life and hope are born out of desolation and despair.One of the late romances...