Alone amid the vast wilderness of a medieval empire, two sisters flee for their lives.
Stubborn, naive, isolated and overshadowed; Vreiginia An Roskilde has never felt like she matters or belongs. But after a massacre lures her reclusive father back to politics, and her older sister suddenly cuts all family contact, Gin is plunged unexpectedly into the heart of imperial decadence and obsession.
Deemed traitors by an emperor, Gin and her sister are forced into a perilous game of cat and mouse with imperial soldiers. If they are to survive, Gin must discover how resilient she truly is.
(Nearly) complete at 96,000 words, Heretic is an adult coming-of-age historical fantasy, the first of two books set amid the fictional medieval otherworld of the Vazran Empire. A world where the prophecy’s bollocks, and the women are stubborn, and flawed, and determined to survive. Despite those who fail them.
It will appeal to fans of Outlander’s multi-genre approach and finely researched detail, as well as Guy Gavriel Kay’s ‘history with a quarter turn to the fantastic’.
Magic does not feature.