Title Of Book: Winters Blade
Series: Four Kingdoms: Origins Book 2
By: Jasmine Young
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Sub-Genre: High Fantasy, Swords & Sorcery

Blurb:

She will wield the fury of winter.

War has raged in the West for nearly two decades. The realm of water will never forgive the treachery and betrayal of fire. But the Auld Lords are returning out of the dark, forcing a brave few to question the true origins of the conflict…

In the hinterlands of Glaidde, Lady Eridene Swansea yearns for nothing but stopping the war – and restoring favor with her court. For she is a half-blood, deemed country scum for her barbarian mother’s crimes. Where she knows little of dinner parties, she knows much of the sword.

She will stop the war at all costs.

She will wield the claymore, the blade of her ancestors… even if the Great Houses would kill her before ever believing the depth of royal intrigue.

She will speak the truth, even if one of the foulest terrors of the Old World wakes from the deep… for all who have dug too far have been silenced.

Meet Jasmine Young

It all began with Eragon. Thirteen-year-old Jasmine was so shy and chronically anxious, she decided she’d rather go hungry hiding out with a good fantasy book than get caught sitting alone in the cafeteria. The day Jasmine found Eragon on the upper shelf of her school library, her life changed forever. Not only did she devour that book within a few days on grandma’s couch, it started her own journey of becoming an epic fantasy author (with early books being a total spinoff of Eragon. Oh, thirteen-year-old Jasmine.) Today, in between doting on turtles, bathing in Florida sunshine, and tending to her complicated relationship with Al (almond butter), Jasmine writes epic fantasy to entertain and empower, especially the young underdogs.