Byrdfyre
Byrdfyre: Dark Fantasy Romance Meets Speculative Historical Fiction
Jayne Starwing (a new pen name from Olivia M. Jacques)
It’s 1349 and the Black Plague has just arrived in Norway via a “ghost ship” seemingly manned by no one. So begins Byrdfyre Covenant, a brand Dark Fantasy Romance that features elements of Speculative Historical Fiction and Horror. It will appeal to fans of V.E. Schwab (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue), Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife) and Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass). Expect heart-pounding action, swoony slow-burn romance, twists and turns that come out of nowhere, and a chilling, heart-rending cliffhanger ending … because there’s always more to the story.
My mother died on the same day my father went mad. He tried to kill me. With his bare hands, he gripped my throat, stole my breath, meant to tear me from the world. I survived, but I changed. That was the beginning of the plague that devoured us. I would be its ending.
I am Astrid, my mother’s first child, promised to an ancient, odious priest and surrounded by brothers who love me to varying degrees, but don’t respect me at all. Still, I love my family and my home, and I would do anything to save them, to save everything I can from the sickness that’s come to our shores, but no one will listen to me.
No one but him — the mysterious foreigner, Will Green.
Fire destroys, but it also tempers. It makes things strong. And I’ve been through hell. If I can harness it, and if I am careful, it might be our salvation. Or…
Byrdfyre Covenant is about desperation and loss, unbreakable bonds and old Gods, and a young woman locked into a deal with a dark stranger that stole her humanity and chained her to him for eternity.
And the young man who refused to do the same.