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Incarn Saga #4
Giahem's Talons
“According to legend, when the world was young, Giahem, King of the Gods, realized that the pantheon was on the verge of self-destruction due to his own actions. To protect his favorite child, he hid the infant and gave her a false name in the hope that she would survive—a name that would forever be associated with the young goddess: Issaura.
Now, the capital has fallen to the Outlanders, the king has been overthrown, and the Raiders have entered the kingdom of Elysia in full force. Eighteen-year-old Lluava must flee in order to survive. After all the losses she has endured, the battles she has fought and won to no avail, she must face the worst fact of all: that she alone is responsible for the kingdom’s demise. Will she ever be able to rectify her wrongs?”
Lluava’s story continues in Giahem’s Talons, the final book in The Incarn Saga's award-winning new-adult series: Issaura's Claws, Ullr's Fangs, Crocotta's Hackles, and Giahem's Talons. Giahem's Talons Awards:
2020 Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Award Silver Winner for Young Adult Fiction
2020 Literary Titan Five Star Book Award for April
Now, the capital has fallen to the Outlanders, the king has been overthrown, and the Raiders have entered the kingdom of Elysia in full force. Eighteen-year-old Lluava must flee in order to survive. After all the losses she has endured, the battles she has fought and won to no avail, she must face the worst fact of all: that she alone is responsible for the kingdom’s demise. Will she ever be able to rectify her wrongs?”
Lluava’s story continues in Giahem’s Talons, the final book in The Incarn Saga's award-winning new-adult series: Issaura's Claws, Ullr's Fangs, Crocotta's Hackles, and Giahem's Talons. Giahem's Talons Awards:
2020 Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Award Silver Winner for Young Adult Fiction
2020 Literary Titan Five Star Book Award for April
- GenresFantasyShapeshifters
306 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 17, 2019
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About the author
Katharine E. Wibell
31 books393 followersFrom a very young age, stories and storytelling pursued me like a child’s imaginary friend. I created make-believe characters for every toy that my sister and I owned. Each had an individual personality, back-story, hopes, dreams, and reason for being. The villains were even more intriguing than the heroes and heroines. Why were they so evil? Had something horrible happened to them in their past? How were they connected to their victims? But enough of teddy bears and beanie babies!
Like many children, I was drawn to animals. After my first puppy, I never looked back. My family lived in a rural area and frequently fostered abandoned dogs and orphaned kittens. In time, I learned to care for, show, and judge dairy heifers; raised exotic breeds of chickens; judged poultry; and nurtured injured and abandoned wild animals.
My menagerie of critters grew along with my fascination with all beasts—mythical as well as real. Even now, if you ask which my favorite is, the answer remains a dragon. I read every story and collected every book I could find about them including encyclopedias of mythical beasts and beings. That opened the door to legends, folklore, and world mythologies filled with magic, mystery, and fantasy.
While most of my friends left the world of make-believe behind, I resolutely continued on my path of tom-boyishness and refused to stop believing in the unseen. I imagined worlds intertwined in an immense universe filled with talking animals, unending adventures, and enchanted weapons. My favorite character had twelve special possessions that helped her on her quests. I can still name them all, but that’s for another time. What is important is that I fully embraced her spirit and wanted to do everything that she could do. That included archery. So for six years, I competed in recurve archery tournaments. In 2007, I was honored to represent Georgia at a national tournament in Rapid City, SD. Our team – the only all-female team - placed third, and I was the highest scoring female competitor. The dynamics of competition would give rise to similar situations in Issaura’s Claws.
One other passion came into play. I wanted other people to see what I imagined. Fortunately, I loved to draw. Now, it was time to take my interest in art seriously.
During my college years at Mercer University, these different threads were woven together. I majored in fine art, which gave me the opportunity to hone raw skill and develop my own personal style. However, I also double majored in psychology with an emphasis in animal behavior. My curiosity about animals challenged me to learn how they thought and thus behaved. One result was that I became a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in the state of Georgia. My summers were filled with caring for and raising numerous wild mammals and domestic birds for release into the wild. Finally, I began to work on the characters, ideas, and plots that would become the Incarn Saga.
Shortly after graduation another special animal entered my life: Alli, a rescued American bulldog/pit mix. I had the opportunity to train and work with the sweetest dog ever. In the meantime, I provided marketing services for the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art located in Buckhead, Georgia. When the Ogden Museum in New Orleans had a show of Thomas’s work, I attended the opening reception. I was hooked. Here was a city that had the same eclectic flavor and lust for life as I had. I accepted an internship at the Audubon Zoo and Alli and I relocated to the “Big Easy”.
I am now a full-time writer and artist. Staying true to who I am, my reverse-glass paintings, especially those using recycled windows from Hurricane Katrina, feature an array of domestic and wild animals often with a New Orleans theme. Better yet, check out my website at katharinewibell.wixsite.com/kwibellart or visit Zele on Magazine Street if you visit the Crescent City.
Like many children, I was drawn to animals. After my first puppy, I never looked back. My family lived in a rural area and frequently fostered abandoned dogs and orphaned kittens. In time, I learned to care for, show, and judge dairy heifers; raised exotic breeds of chickens; judged poultry; and nurtured injured and abandoned wild animals.
My menagerie of critters grew along with my fascination with all beasts—mythical as well as real. Even now, if you ask which my favorite is, the answer remains a dragon. I read every story and collected every book I could find about them including encyclopedias of mythical beasts and beings. That opened the door to legends, folklore, and world mythologies filled with magic, mystery, and fantasy.
While most of my friends left the world of make-believe behind, I resolutely continued on my path of tom-boyishness and refused to stop believing in the unseen. I imagined worlds intertwined in an immense universe filled with talking animals, unending adventures, and enchanted weapons. My favorite character had twelve special possessions that helped her on her quests. I can still name them all, but that’s for another time. What is important is that I fully embraced her spirit and wanted to do everything that she could do. That included archery. So for six years, I competed in recurve archery tournaments. In 2007, I was honored to represent Georgia at a national tournament in Rapid City, SD. Our team – the only all-female team - placed third, and I was the highest scoring female competitor. The dynamics of competition would give rise to similar situations in Issaura’s Claws.
One other passion came into play. I wanted other people to see what I imagined. Fortunately, I loved to draw. Now, it was time to take my interest in art seriously.
During my college years at Mercer University, these different threads were woven together. I majored in fine art, which gave me the opportunity to hone raw skill and develop my own personal style. However, I also double majored in psychology with an emphasis in animal behavior. My curiosity about animals challenged me to learn how they thought and thus behaved. One result was that I became a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in the state of Georgia. My summers were filled with caring for and raising numerous wild mammals and domestic birds for release into the wild. Finally, I began to work on the characters, ideas, and plots that would become the Incarn Saga.
Shortly after graduation another special animal entered my life: Alli, a rescued American bulldog/pit mix. I had the opportunity to train and work with the sweetest dog ever. In the meantime, I provided marketing services for the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art located in Buckhead, Georgia. When the Ogden Museum in New Orleans had a show of Thomas’s work, I attended the opening reception. I was hooked. Here was a city that had the same eclectic flavor and lust for life as I had. I accepted an internship at the Audubon Zoo and Alli and I relocated to the “Big Easy”.
I am now a full-time writer and artist. Staying true to who I am, my reverse-glass paintings, especially those using recycled windows from Hurricane Katrina, feature an array of domestic and wild animals often with a New Orleans theme. Better yet, check out my website at katharinewibell.wixsite.com/kwibellart or visit Zele on Magazine Street if you visit the Crescent City.
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January 30, 2020
Giahem’s Talons is the final book in Katharine E. Wibell’s Incarn series, and it’s a great conclusion to the series. After enjoying the three prior books – Issaura’s Claws, Ullr’s Fangs, and Crocotta’s Hackles – there was a lot I wanted to see from this one, and I was not disappointed by what I was given.
Giahem’s Talons offered an epic conclusion to the series, giving fantasy fans everything that they desire from an epic read. War and conflict, politics and intrigue, action and drama. Things are constantly happening throughout this one, ensuring you cannot put it down. With so many questions being answered, each chapter pulls you in ever deep.
As much as I loved this one, I will be honest and say I saw a few things coming. This did not lessen my enjoyment, but I would have liked certain details to have been a bit more shocking than they were. I’m also uncertain how I feel about the romance. For me, it was the aspect of the series I liked the least. There were details that felt forced, simply to include a romantic element to this story, but that could be because I’m picky about my romance in fantasy.
Despite the couple of things that I wasn’t one hundred percent crazy about, I highly recommend this series. There were enough details left open to ensure there will be more of this world, and I’ll be diving right into those stories.
Giahem’s Talons offered an epic conclusion to the series, giving fantasy fans everything that they desire from an epic read. War and conflict, politics and intrigue, action and drama. Things are constantly happening throughout this one, ensuring you cannot put it down. With so many questions being answered, each chapter pulls you in ever deep.
As much as I loved this one, I will be honest and say I saw a few things coming. This did not lessen my enjoyment, but I would have liked certain details to have been a bit more shocking than they were. I’m also uncertain how I feel about the romance. For me, it was the aspect of the series I liked the least. There were details that felt forced, simply to include a romantic element to this story, but that could be because I’m picky about my romance in fantasy.
Despite the couple of things that I wasn’t one hundred percent crazy about, I highly recommend this series. There were enough details left open to ensure there will be more of this world, and I’ll be diving right into those stories.
September 20, 2019
Lluava's epic tale of war, loss and redemption is completed in Giahem's Talons, the forth book in The Incarn Saga series. At eighteen, she must come to terms with the numerous setbacks and seeming defeats that her kingdom has endured. What is worst of all is that many of those were caused because of her own errors. Her only hope it to make amends if at all possible. Bloody, thrilling and full of twists, this book is the perfect wrap up to this harrowing journey.
September 22, 2019
Best book in the 4 book saga. Was held in suspense till the final pages. The main characters in the book are not hard to cheer for,with unexpected turns and turmoil this is a captivating saga. The only drawback is that there are only 4 books in the series. I am hoping that the story will continue. Please write more
July 21, 2022
So, I really enjoyed this book and I'm kind of sad the series is over? I did enjoy reading it and trying to figure out how it would end. However, I'm not a fan of the ending! Like, how can it end on a cliffhanger like that?! I'm the type of person who wants everything answered and the ending of the book.... it really seems like there should be a follow up!
Overall, it was a good book though. I'm personally annoyed at how the love triangle seems to be ending.. but thats cause my pick seems to be losing. Haha I'm hoping there's a continuation or spin-off, cause there's still so many things that need to be answered!
Overall, it was a good book though. I'm personally annoyed at how the love triangle seems to be ending.. but thats cause my pick seems to be losing. Haha I'm hoping there's a continuation or spin-off, cause there's still so many things that need to be answered!
July 5, 2020
Great end to a well written series.
The author does a great job throughout all four books of building a new world and keeping the reader engaged and looking forward to where the story will end. I've thoroughly enjoyed her writing and look forward to more.
The author does a great job throughout all four books of building a new world and keeping the reader engaged and looking forward to where the story will end. I've thoroughly enjoyed her writing and look forward to more.
November 27, 2021
Superb series i highly recommend
These stories had me hooked from the first chapter of the first book. Read them all over the course of a weekend. Full of mythology. Fabulously rich characters. Full of action, family drama and love.
These stories had me hooked from the first chapter of the first book. Read them all over the course of a weekend. Full of mythology. Fabulously rich characters. Full of action, family drama and love.
September 13, 2022
This is a wonderful series. I couldn’t put it down. The author created characters that you can’t help but like and hate. The world that you get lost in is one that stays with you. Hands down this series is one of best I’ve read this year!
January 15, 2020
AHHHH
OK USUALLY SERIES END KINDA MEH WITH ALLOT OF LOOSE ENDS AND SUCH BUT HOLY HELL WAS THIS AMAZING I LOVE THIS SERIES, I CANT WAIT FOR SPINOFFS!!!
OK USUALLY SERIES END KINDA MEH WITH ALLOT OF LOOSE ENDS AND SUCH BUT HOLY HELL WAS THIS AMAZING I LOVE THIS SERIES, I CANT WAIT FOR SPINOFFS!!!
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