by Kyra Halland
Maybe he could turn invisible and sink into the earth.
Davian shook himself. He was taking too long. He’d better finish the job before the Inquisitress came to see what he was doing. Or before the wizard got away.
But the old man hadn’t moved. Davian picked up the knife again and gripped the underside of the wizard’s jaw, bending the old man’s head back, then stopped. For all his strength just moments ago, the wizard was now limp and unresisting. His eyes stared sightlessly upward into the shadowy heights of the cavern; his gnarled hands lay still at his sides. The harsh, broken breathing had stopped.
An uncomfortable sensation twisted inside Davian. The wizard had been strong enough to break the chains that bound him to the table, strong enough to stay alive through days of imprisonment and torture, long past the point when anyone else would have died, until the Inquisitress left them alone and he had the chance to give Davian his message and the power from his Source-token. If he was that strong, why had he allowed himself to be taken prisoner and tortured to the point of death in the first place? It was almost as though he had sacrificed himself on purpose to bring Davian that message.
But what was the use in telling a slave he could be something more?
Heir of Tanaris (A Novel of Tehovir)
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More Tales of Fantasy, Heroism, and Romance
by Kyra Halland
Daughter of the Wildings
http://www.kyrahalland.com/daughter-of-the-wildings.html
Cowboys and gunslingers meet wizards in this high fantasy series inspired by the American Wild West. Bounty-hunting mage Silas Vendine and Lainie Banfrey, a young woman both drawn to and terrified to her developing magical powers, team up to hunt down renegade mages and other evildoers while staying one step ahead of the law themselves and growing a love deep and strong enough to resist all the dangers and troubles that try to tear them apart.
Book 1: Beneath the Canyons
Book 2: Bad Hunting
Book 3: The Rancher’s Daughter
Book 4: To the Gap
Book 5: City of Mages
Book 6: For the Wildings
Tales of Tehovir
http://www.kyrahalland.com/tales-of-tehovir.html
Chosen of Azara
http://www.kyrahalland.com/chosen-of-azara.html
In a quest that spans centuries, Sevry, the last king of the magical land of Savaru, searches for the woman who holds the secret to bringing his destroyed homeland back to life.
The Brilliant Career of Sajur Golu and Other Tales of Azara
http://www.kyrahalland.com/tales-of-tehovir.html
Nine companion stories to Chosen of Azara.
The Warrior and the Holy Man
http://www.kyrahalland.com/tales-of-tehovir.html
Haveshi, a young wife and mother betrayed by her clan, sets out on a path to regain what she has lost. Latan, a lowly clerk in a magical order, finds himself on a path of unexpected danger and self-discovery, guided by the warrior named Haveshi Yellowcrow.
Source-Breaker
http://www.kyrahalland.com/source-breaker.html
A washed-up repairman of magical Sources and a Source priestess whose career has run into a dead end come up against a sorcerer conducting dangerous experiments with magic, that threaten all the world's Sources.
Heir of Tanaris
http://www.kyrahalland.com/heir-of-tanaris.html
When Davian, a badly-injured runaway slave from a corrupted magical Source, is brought to Isamina's healing Source, Isamina must find the courage to heal his damaged spirit, while Davian must defeat the evil within himself to become the great man he was meant to be and win the love he yearns for.
Romantic High Fantasy
Standalone novels
Urdaisunia
http://www.kyrahalland.com/urdaisunia.html
In Urdaisunia, a land torn by war and drought and abandoned by the gods, a widowed rebel and a prince walk intertwining paths of danger, love, and war to save the land they both love.
The Lost Book of Anggird
http://www.kyrahalland.com/the-lost-book-of-anggird.html
Stodgy Professor Roric Rossony has been tasked with finding a way to stop the deterioration of the powerful magica, and hires free-spirited Perarre Tabrano to translate books for his research. Caught up in the most important work of his life - and his unexpected romance with Perarre - he goes too far in his search. Magical disaster strikes, and Roric and Perarre must set off on a dangerous journey to discover the lost secret of the magica's origins.
Sarya’s Song
http://www.kyrahalland.com/saryas-song.html
In a world where music is magic, disgraced musician Sarya dyr-Rusac hears strange and powerful new music on the wind. Torn between the man who loves her, whom she can never have, and a beautiful man in chains who appears in her dreams, begging her to sing him free, she must discover the meaning of the mysterious music she heard before the world itself is torn apart.
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Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Jill B for her feedback.
Also thanks to Mominur Rahman, for bringing Silas and Lainie to life on the cover.
And, most of all, many many thanks to my readers for staying with me through the adventures of Silas and Lainie, to my husband for his love, patience, and support, and to my God for the talent and opportunity to share my stories with readers.
About the Author
Kyra Halland has always loved fantasy. She has also always loved a good love story. She blends these two loves in writing the kinds of books she wants to read, tales of heroism and romance set in worlds of magic.
Kyra lives in southern Arizona. She’s a wife, mom and mom-in-law, grandma, and devoted servant to three cats.
You can learn more about her and her books at
http://www.kyrahalland.com/
