Myra watching her sheep on a quiet hillside is one of many who are
about to have their world turned upside down, yet she cannot truly
understand what is to come. It is the change of ages, the end of peace,
and the beginning of the Order of Deacons.
New Zealand author Philippa Ballantine, is a fantasy writer and podcaster.
Her
multiple series--Books of the Order, the Shifted World, and the
Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences (co-written with her husband Tee
Morris)--span many speculative fiction genres.
Her works have won an
Airship, a Parsec, and a Sir Julius Vogel Award. They have also appeared
in the Locus Bestseller list, and been in the Goodreads Top Science
Fiction books of 2011.
She currently resides in Manassas, Virginia
with her husband, her daughter, and a mighty clowder of cats. Visit her
online at pjballantine.com or follow her on Twitter @PhilippaJane.