Thursday 23 November 2023

BBNYA Spotlight - The Phoenix and the Sword by J.C. Snow


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Book Details

Length: 355 pages

Genre: Fantasy

Age Category: Adult

Date Published: 17 July 2022

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Blurb


Cursed with immortality and destroying fire, Aili Fallon will cross life and death to find the truth.


Aili is desperate.

Determined to escape her past, the young woman refuses to let anything impede her training as a combat nurse. But when the woman she loves binds her with blood and disappears, Aili is transformed into a magical killer, a blood-bound healer, an immortal being.


Gambling with her own existence, she crosses through phoenix gates into a new world. But when she is reunited with her lost love, she learns they have been pawns in an ancient game of immortals, the keystone in a demon's curse.


Will Aili's newfound power and the secrets of her past destroy her, or can she and her lost phoenix unravel the binding of life and death?


The Phoenix and the Sword is the first book in the Crane Moon Cycle, a queer epic fantasy novel set in a world of spiritual powers, past lives, and beings of myth and legend. Unexpected, multilayered, and beautiful, The Phoenix and the Sword begins a tale of love and adventure that crosses centuries and worlds.


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The Crane Moon Cycle is set in a world that includes war and violence, and themes that may be difficult for some readers. Please see the author's website, jcsnow.carrd.co, for list and details.


Author Bio



J. C. Snow (she/her) is a queer fantasy author. Her fantasy worlds are inspired by diverse historical and cultural settings, and her stories always center queer characters. She holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Columbia University and has written extensively on religion and race in American history, including a book on religion and early Asian immigration to the United States. She lives with her amazing partner and child in the Bay Area. When not writing she is mostly wishing she could be writing, or wandering around unsupervised at night listening to spotify character playlists.


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