NOTE: This edition is signed by the author, wrapped in brown paper, hand-sealed with wax, and includes a custom bookmark and stickers. Each copy is packed and shipped by the author — not a warehouse. Perfect as a gift or collector’s copy. A bard’s song. A wolf’s howl. A bond forged in love and tested in blood. El’Mindeeya Do’Katal, the Emerald Bard, has sung on battlefields and in royal courts, but her music faces its greatest test when family, prophesy, and divine reckoning take the stage. Across three tales of gods and assassins, poisons and politics, Deeya races to protect the people who define her life. Every choice and every loyalty will be tested as she must fight for the bonds that hold her world together, even as each battle threatens to tear them, and her, apart. The Aria of Gods and Wolves: A Prelude Aloucia of the Fae has had a childhood marked by tragedy. But it is shattered when a divine encounter and a fire leave her life a pile of ashes blowing in the wind. Years later, her path collides with the Emerald Bard on a perilous island mission where divinity is threatened and Aloucia’s entire world is turned upside down… again. The Cantata of a Quiet Venom Seventeen years later, love between wolf and bard has grown complicated. A poisoning forces Deeya, Aloucia, and the Goddess of Wolves to adapt to survive. Now, racing against time, they uncover a deadly scheme whose roots strike far too close to home. The Madrigal of Dissonance Beneath the Leaves As a grand celebration approaches in the city of Fo’Est, joy and politics intermingle with danger. From found family reunions to alien metal inventions, the festivities turn deadly when an assassin strikes. To save the future, Deeya must face the shadows of her past. The Ballad of the Emerald Bard is told in a collection of interlinked stories, each forming part of a sweeping saga of magic, music, and myth. Opus 2 brings together three tales; each rich with danger, friendship, and celebration; that reveal new layers of the bard’s world and the hearts that shape it.