"Prologue
'In the blood of the innocent, roses bloom darkest.'
— ANCIENT IRON KINGDOM PROVERB
One late winter's afternoon in the Iron Kingdoms, snowflakes fell like dying stars to a market street forgotten by warmth. Most merchants packed up for the day, eager to
return home before night settled—all except for a single boy and girl who lingered, their innocent laughter cutting through the war-deadened silence.
Each carried bundles wrapped against the frost-bread, salted fish, dried berries. A feast in a town close to battle lines.
Eyes followed their path. Hungry eyes, resentful eyes. Not for the food, but for the youthful hands carrying it."
- The Queen (Book 1, The Bride Hunt) by Lana Pecherczyk
Juanita wrote a fascinating three-part series following one research rabbit hole from a theological question about Adam and Eve all the way to the construction of racial ideology and its echoes in modern Australia.
Congratulations to our DarkSiders!
Happy Reading everyone. Be safe & well.
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