“I am less concerned for that than I was. You know this is true.”
“You’re remarkably forbearing. I’m very grateful for that. Thank you. But you were right to demand it—you were right in every regard—and if there’s any way at all to remove every sorcerous tie from your mind, I will certainly see to it that this is done.”
“So,” I said. “Good.” I wanted that; this had not changed. But I had spoken the truth: I thought now, for the first time since he had set his will upon me, that if the tie between us could not be broken, I might be able to accept that.
He touched my arm. Then he let his hand fall again. We walked back toward the tents of my people, side by side, not speaking. Before us, the towering mountains rose up against the sky and, high above, the eagle turned and turned in his golden spiral through the brilliant light.
Endnotes
I hope you enjoyed reading TARASHANA! I certainly enjoyed writing it.
I love this world and these characters. By the time you read this, I will probably be working on the 4th and 5th books in the series. The 4th, KERANAUNI, will be a shorter novel offset from the main story arc. The 5th, probably titled TASMAKAT, will be a direct sequel to TARASHANA, picking up just about where this story leaves off. Keep an eye out for these novels to appear in 2022.
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Acknowledgments
Many thanks to Mary Beth Decker, Kim Aippersbach, and my brother Craig Neumeier for providing invaluable feedback on the first complete draft of this novel.
I’m also indebted to Hanneke Nieuwenhuijzen and to my mother, Dolores Neumeier, for reading through the final draft to weed out remaining typos. I’m endlessly grateful to the keen eyes of all my proofreaders, without whom I would never be able to catch those last few egregious typos.
Other Work
Urban Fantasy: The Black Dog Series
BLACK DOG
BLACK DOG SHORT STORIES I
PURE MAGIC
BLACK DOG SHORT STORIES II
BLACK DOG SHORT STORIES I & II (collection)
SHADOW TWIN
BLACK DOG SHORT STORIES III
COPPER MOUNTAIN
BLACK DOG SHORT STORIES IV, forthcoming
SILVER CIRCLE, forthcoming
Young Adult Fantasy
THE CITY IN THE LAKE
The Floating Islands duology:
THE FLOATING ISLANDS
THE SPHERE OF THE WINDS
THE WHITE ROAD OF THE MOON
Adult Fantasy
The Griffin Mage trilogy:
LORD OF THE CHANGING WINDS
LAND OF THE BURNING SANDS
LAW OF THE BROKEN EARTH
The House of Shadows duology
HOUSE OF SHADOWS
DOOR INTO LIGHT
THE MOUNTAIN OF KEPT MEMORY
WINTER OF ICE AND IRON
The Tuyo series
TUYO
NIKOLES
TARASHANA
KERANAUNI, forthcoming
TASMAKAT, forthcoming
The Death’s Lady trilogy
THE YEAR’S MIDNIGHT
OF ABSENCE, DARKNESS
AS SHADOW, A LIGHT
Collections
BEYOND THE DREAMS WE KNOW