Blood Descendant

by Barbara Lund

In a family of priests and priestesses that are touched by the gods, Eztli thinks of herself as the least —least favorite, least gifted, least loved. She seems to have very little in common with them, and even less to offer the people of the city. But when a fearsome warlord arrives to bring blood and slaughter, Eztli scrambles to protect the prophesied one , the world’s only hope for her younger sister Zumi. No five-year-old should have to stop a war no matter what the gods have decreed, so Eztli decides to keep her sister safe. Safe from their neighbors in the city, safe from the invaders, and safe from the prophecy . With only an ironwillow knife and a stubborn streak a river wide, Eztli embarks on a dark adventure that will test her beliefs , her sanity , and her sister’s love .

148 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 15, 2017

About the author

Y'all, I re-released the CROWNS PEAK series with new, pretty covers... If you've bought them once, please don't buy them again (unless you really, REALLY love the new covers)!

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Award-winning speculative fiction author Barbara Lund has seven indie-published novels, dozens of short stories, and has been traditionally published in Daily Science Fiction and L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume 37.

She won the Writers of the Future Golden Pen (2021), along with a First Place, three Silver Honorable Mentions, and two Honorable Mentions.

She is always working on new novels and short stories -

Add a husband, two kids, and a martial arts obsession, and she keeps pretty busy.