Mistress of the Knell

Doom: an unexpected detour through a vortex in time and across vast reaches of space...

Chief Samarit Longbow is still alive, but barely. Since Aha Domain has repelled the reptilians' dragon ships and their fire from the sky, Sir Rowan Berry must find her, wherever she is in exile. But will he?

Nearly burnt at the stake in the Ahan civil war, he has crossed the wilderness and found the Gate of the Shining Ones. He has pronounced the password, the true name of Dancer in Blood, the gatekeeper, but something has gone very wrong.

He finds himself in a strange world, an icy moon of ringed planet Zhamanak, in a timeline long Eorthe ages before the range of hybrid sapiens species the Primordial Architects experimented with exist. Zhamanak's moon Penetra Dor is ruled by a fabulously wealthy mad genius, who has his own agenda. Trapped, will Rowan defeat the tyrant Aglet Scion-Aiguille or will he be marooned there, lost in time and space forever?

Mistress of the Knell is book three of the first trilogy in The Stars Hereafter Chronicles, a legend of courage, love, romance, mysticism and enlightenment as the dark past of a reluctant hero enables power but leads to increasingly dangerous crossroads on Eorthe and beyond.

★★★★★ "You've created a page-turner!" Donna Brooks

★★★★★ "I'm super stoked to read this. The cover and synopsis have me hooked! I love it! I've become quite fond of Rowan." Kate MacDonald

★★★★★ "I'm glad he makes it into the next book too! I've been trying to make it last. It's really nice to have another world to escape to and I'm enjoying my time in your alternate universe." Kate MacDonald

★★★★★ "After hearing about it, I want to read it, even though I'm not a science fiction fan." Chris Cox

★★★★★ "Great world-building, everything is so clearly described." Spencer Schmidt

★★★★★ "Can I be your alpha beta reader?" Grahame Edwards

Q: What order should I read the books in?

A: You can read the books in any order because each makes brief references to the overall story, but I suggest this sequence:

• Lightning Seeds
• Bones of Silver, Bones of Iron
• Mistress of the Knell
• Eye of Stone (coming soon)
• The Naked Eye (coming soon)
• The Mirror Universe (coming soon)

There will be a third trilogy in 2021.

Q: Why should readers give these books a try?

A: Because The Stars Hereafter Chronicles is a wild ride through a strange land in a parallel universe, anyone who enjoys their imagination stimulated in a way that makes them see the world differently will find themselves absorbed. That's what science fiction has done for me - to see human beings from enough distance to appreciate the wonder and mystery of our existence.

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