Book 0.6

The Broken Ones

by Danielle L. Jensen

Published 6 June 2017
Prequel to the USA Today Bestselling Malediction Trilogy

Below Forsaken Mountain, a plot is being hatched to overthrow the tyrant king of Trollus, and Marc is the right-hand man of its leader.  His involvement is information more than one troll would kill to possess, which is why he must keep it a secret from everyone, even the girl he loves. 

After accidentally ruining her sister's chance to become queen, Pénélope is given one last opportunity by her father, the Duke d’Angoulême, to make herself useful: she must find proof that the boy she’s in love with is conspiring against the crown. If she fails, her life will be forfeit.

Marc and Pénélope must navigate the complex politics of Trollus, where powers on all sides are intent on using them as pawns, forcing them to risk everything for a chance at a life together.

Except being together may turn out to be the greatest risk of all.

File Under: Fantasy

Book 1

Stolen Songbird

by Danielle L. Jensen

Published 1 January 2014
For five centuries, a witch’s curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the mountain. When Cécile de Troyes is kidnapped and taken beneath the mountain, she realises that the trolls are relying on her to break the curse.

Cécile has only one thing on her mind: escape. But the trolls are clever, fast, and inhumanly strong. She will have to bide her time…

But the more time she spends with the trolls, the more she understands their plight. There is a rebellion brewing. And she just might be the one the trolls were looking for…

File Under: Fantasy

Book 2

Hidden Huntress

by Danielle L. Jensen

Published 25 May 2015
Sometimes, one must accomplish the impossible.

Beneath the mountain, the king’s reign of tyranny is absolute; the one troll with the capacity to challenge him is imprisoned for treason. Cécile has escaped the darkness of Trollus, but she learns all too quickly that she is not beyond the reach of the king’s power. Or his manipulation.

Recovered from her injuries, she now lives with her mother in Trianon and graces the opera stage every night. But by day she searches for the witch who has eluded the trolls for five hundred years. Whether she succeeds or fails, the costs to those she cares about will be high.

To find Anushka, she must delve into magic that is both dark and deadly. But the witch is a clever creature. And Cécile might not just be the hunter. She might also be the hunted…

Book 3

Warrior Witch

by Danielle L. Jensen

Published 3 May 2016
Sometimes, one must become the unimaginable…

Cécile and Tristan have accomplished the impossible, but their greatest challenge remains: defeating the evil that they have unleashed upon the world. As they scramble for a way to protect the people of the Isle and liberate the trolls from their tyrant king, Cécile and Tristan must battle those who’d see them dead. To win, they will risk everything’ and everyone.

But it might not be enough. Both Cécile and Tristan have debts, and they will be forced to pay them at a cost far greater than they had ever imagined. Everything is at stake, in the heart-stopping conclusion to the acclaimed Malediction Trilogy.

File Under: Fantasy / Young Adult

Books 1-3, 0.6

Collects Stolen Songbird, Hidden Huntress, Warrior Witch and The Broken Ones

When Cécile is kidnapped and sold to trolls, the best she can hope for is the cookpot, but instead she finds herself bound to the king’s son, Tristan, and at the heart of a brewing rebellion in the Kingdom of Trollus. For centuries, a witch’s curse has trapped the trolls in their city beneath the mountain. Is Cécile the one who will free them?

Against all odds, Cécile escapes the king’s tyranny, but at a great cost. Now she delves into dark and deadly magic to track down the witch who cursed the trolls. And Cécile might not just be the hunter. She might also be the hunted.

Cécile and Tristan accomplished the impossible, but their greatest challenge remains: defeating the evil that they have unleashed upon the world. As they scramble for a way to protect the people of the Isle and liberate the trolls from their tyrant king, Cécile and Tristan must battle those who’d see them dead. To win, they will risk everything’ and everyone.

Sometimes one must return to the beginning… The Broken Ones chronicles the ill-fated love affair between Marc and Pénélope as they struggle to navigate the complex political world of Trollus, where powers on both sides are intent on using them as pawns.

File Under: Fantasy