Winter Be My Shield

Jo Spurrier

Feb 2012 · Children of the Black Sun Book 1 · Sold by HarperCollins Australia

About this eBook

A complex, adult epic fantasy from a new Australian author ... original, dramatic, unputdownable ...

Sierra has a despised and forbidden gift - she raises power from the suffering of others.

Enslaved by the king's torturer, Sierra escapes, barely keeping ahead of Rasten, the man sent to hunt her down. Then she falls in with dangerous company: the fugitive Prince Cammarian and his crippled foster-brother, Isidro.

But Rasten is not the only enemy hunting them in the frozen north and as Sierra's new allies struggle to identify friend from foe, Rasten approaches her with a plan to kill the master they both abhor. Sierra is forced to decide what price she is willing to pay for her freedom and her life ...

Original, dramatic and unputdownable, Winter Be My Shield is the first in an epic fantasy trilogy from brilliant new Australian talent Jo Spurrier.

'Unlikely heroes, villains you will cheer for, and cold that eats your bones. Winter Be My Shield will take you to an unforgiving place, but you won't want to leave it.' Robin Hobb

Ratings and reviews

Excellent read. Any fan of A Song of Ice and Fire will love this book in my opinion. Dark and gritty with nonstop action and violence, Spurrier has created a world that sucks you in very quickly and you just don't want to leave. My only complaint is that I didn't discover this sooner, can't wait to get into the rest of this series!

Couldn't put it down. Now onto the next in the series!

This book will draw you in and keep you guessing. Can't wait to read the next!

About the author

Jo Spurrier was born in 1980 and has a Bachelor of Science, but turned to writing because people tend to get upset when scientists make things up. Her interests include knitting, spinning, cooking and research. She lives in Adelaide and spends a lot of time daydreaming about snow.