Books of Aerie
2 primary works
Book 1
A girl whose breath is poison, whose touch can kill…
In the half-drowned city of Aerie, grudges between the Great Houses run deeper than the canals that serve as streets. For Denevah, a member of House Aves, the world of House politics is foreign to her. She’s been raised in solitude, her only company the magnificent garden her father created especially for her. But now, with the Match Ball—the grand dance where marriages are brokered and House alliances are cemented—at hand, Denevah finds herself initiated into the avenues of power as her future is determined behind closed doors.
But the tides of unrest are rising in the city. A vagrant street preacher is fomenting rebellion against the Doge, calling on the ancient powers of the Diluvians—water dragons once worshipped as gods and now bound to the very fabric of Aerie—to rise up and smite the wicked. Earthquakes rock the city and send the populace into a panic. In the midst of the chaos, Denevah prepares for her wedding to Cyngare—a young man from House Dauricus—and she discovers that her father holds secrets of his own: about the Diluvians, Cyngare’s mother, and her own frightening power.
Denevah will discover that hatred runs deeper than love, that beauty can destroy, and that the faintest touch can demolish even the brightest future.
Book 2
The streets of Aerie grow more perilous with every passing day. The quakes continue, the Great Houses fight for control of the Doge’s council, and a rogue preacher foments unrest among the common people. As a new member of the House Corvus, Denevah is given the task of protecting Lord Savino, the half-brother of the man she killed on her Match Night.
With the help of Benedetto, she and Savino must navigate the corridors of political power, the dangerous city streets, and plots to tear apart the mystic forces that keep the city stable. As powerful enemies attempt to use Denevah’s poisons for their own ends, her cousin Ettoni searches for a cure for her curse to give her a chance at a real life.
But those who wish Denevah to remain as she is will not be so easily thwarted.