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Book Launch: Kherishdar's Exception

Added 2019-07-19 13:00:03 +0000 UTC

ve san posh shetavem fae rod, the shidar, the ve yas posh shetavem rihharani vadar menes eker

the hands that held a god, and children, and the arms that held the priest who serves Shame

In all Kherishdar there is one man with no choices… and one woman with them all.

When alien taint destroyed her former House, Haraa nai‘Qevellen-osulkedi was raised out of casteless despair to translate human languages for the god of Civilization, the Ai-Naidari Emperor. At first her curiosity and intelligence serve her well, but the longer she spends among aliens, the more questions she has about her world. How did Kherishdar come about? Why is the Emperor singular, and the priest who serves Shame? Why does Kherishdar need an Exception, and why is it always a woman, and why does she annoy Haraa so badly?

Kherishdar’s Exception is a coming-of-age story set in a world where everyone has a place. But among the Ai-Naidar, you don’t get to choose that place.

Unless….

Today, the fourth Book of Kherishdar hits retail. You can buy the e-book and paperback editions at your favorite store here.

Don't know this series? Book 1 is on sale. You can see all the books here, and read their descriptions/content tags.

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What do I want to say about this book? That I began writing it years ago, and had to stop because I didn't know if I could continue writing it when the world seemed in such tumult, and when it wanted least to hear stories like the one Haraa needed to tell us. Stories about social integration, and sacrifice, and belonging. Stories about the costs of peace, and the costs of growing up, and the sublime gifts that await us when we do.

Stories about coming home.

But that book needed to be written, so here it is. Come walk through the Gate, and see what awaits you there.