FEATURING:

- Sword Wielding Sapphics!

- Magically Bonding to the Last Dragon!

- Australian-Inspired Fantasy Setting!

- Knife to the Throat Scene!

- Reluctant Hero!

RAINBOW CRATE EXCLUSIVES:

- All-new Dust Jacket illustrated by @RamifonVerg!

- Cover and interior design by @ManicFemme!

- Illustrated Hardcase with Foil by @WhirloGlyphics.bsky.social!

- Printed Edges by @RamifonVerg!

- Bonus Short Story

- Signed Bookplates!

Synopsis: Smart, sassy, and sanguine, Des Mildue is a traveling sellsword in Rescalin, a dry and dusty kingdom full of rogues, opportunists, and thieves. She keeps her nose clean, brazens it out with a blade when she can’t, and keeps others at arm’s length where they can’t mess up her plans.

That is, until a sword fight gone wrong leaves her tied by blood to the first dragon hatched in centuries. Suddenly, Des has to contend with a new voice in her head: haughty, willful Esquidamelion.

With half the world on their tail - including Liv, her beautiful, faithless ex who Des is definitely over - Des must search for answers for why so many are willing to kill, maim and torture to get their hands on Squid. But she’s beginning to suspect her blood bond has tied her not only to a dragon, but to a fight for Rescalin’s future…

Rep: wlw (sapphic, bi4bi), queer cis woman main character, bisexual cis woman love interest with PTSD, lesbian cis woman side character

CWs: Violence, blood & gore, trauma, torture, corpses, death of a child, death of a parent, infidelity, attempted genocide, homophobia, misogyny, ableism, manipulation, betrayal (including previous cheating), vomiting, graphic sexual content