Ravensblood

In a world where death magic is sometimes the lesser of the evils, a dark mage risks everything for redemption.

To win a pardon, Raven must play a dangerous game of double agent. His mission: help the Guardians bring down his master William, the most powerful dark mage alive.

His only Guardian contact is Cassandra, his former lover and the apprentice he once betrayed. His best weapon is the Ravensblood, a fearsome magical artifact his master thought destroyed.

As Raven struggles to regain Cassandra’s trust, the two of them devise a desperate plan to defeat William.

If their plan fails, Raven could lose everything: his freedom, his love, his life, and his soul.

And if William acquires the Ravensblood, he will gain the power to bring the world to its knees.

First in the award-winning Ravensblood series, set in an alternate Pacific Northwest.

From earliest childhood, Shawna Reppert has had a passion for stories-- for reading them and for writing them. Two of her stories have won honorable mentions from Writers of the Future. Previous short stories sold to online ’zines, and several ’indie’ short stories are available for sale at Amazon. Her story ’The Beast Within’ appears in the second Gears and Levers anthology, edited by Phyllis Irene Radford. Her debut novel, The Stolen Luck, came out with Carina Press in May of 2013. It won a silver medal in the other world fantasy category of the Global Ebook Awards and a 2014 Eppie in the fantasy romance category. In college, Shawna volunteered at a raptor rehabilitation center, which became valuable background for her short story The Sword and the Kestrel. Shawna has always had an affinity for wolves, and used to keep a wolf-dog hybrid as a pet. Her current four-footed children are a Lipizzan stallion and an orange-and-black cat named Samhain. She enjoys Irish social dancing and is an ardent supporter of live Irish music. Shawna also likes to play with the Society for Creative Anachronism and can sometimes be found in medieval garb on a caparisoned horse, throwing javelins into innocent hay bales that never did anything to her. A Pennsylvania native, she currently lives in the beautiful wine county of Oregon. For more information and to keep abreast of her current writing projects, check out her website at www.Shawna-Reppert.com