Earth Splits: Pillars of the Empire Book 1
About this ebook
Earth Bear is a Pillar, wielding magical power, destined to be sacrificed for the greater good. She has a secret she’s keeping, protecting an enemy of the Empire from afar. In the night before her ritual death, he intervenes.
Too shocked to resist, Earth allows him to handle their escape. However, guilt about leaving her House to die and breaking her promise to her lover Sky poisons Earth’s heart. With the Empire’s army pursuing them into the Northlands, can Earth come to her senses before they all die?
“Earth Splits” continues the riveting fantasy series Winds of Destiny, returning to established places and bringing back favorite characters.
If you enjoy epic fantasy mixed with low magic, high adventure and slow burn romance, found family and embarrassing secrets, you will love the first book of the Pillars of the Empire by Hannah Steenbock.
This is Book 5 in the Winds and Pillars series. The best reading order for your enjoyment is
South Breaks
West Flows
East Roars
North Shatters
Earth Splits
About the author
Hannah Steenbock is a German writer of Speculative Fiction. She uses both her native German and English as languages for her tales, as she loves English and tends to think in that language when plotting Fantasy.
She prefers stories with satisfying endings and generally refrains from slaying her characters. That's why she likes to call her stories “feel-good fantasy”.
After finishing university with a degree in English and Spanish, Hannah lives and works in Kiel, the northernmost state capital of Germany. Her other pastimes include reading on her balcony, strolling along beaches, talking with trees, and devouring as many stories as time allows.
Her book "Sequoia" won two awards in the Turning the Pages Book of the Year Awards, for Best Short Story Book of the Year 2013 and Best Folklore Book of the Year 2013.
Read more on her website: www.hannah-steenbock.de
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