Jay Aspen

Ariel knows that to accept the Shadowblade's deadly gift of fighting skill and power is the first step on a dark path to tyranny. Blade adepts are hated and feared--and ultimately hunted down and killed. She has no choice. It's her only chance to rescue her sister from capture and slavery b...

A fiery dragon at the heart of the dune sea. A hoped-for ally or instant death? In a last desperate attempt save Samaran from the invaders, Ariel ventures into the scorching deserts of Annubia to train with the deadly Nishan assassins. She knows the old king is too weak to inspire and lead ...

A mysterious stranger. A murderous ambush and a sinister plot in the deep desert. Alissa returns home from university, still haunted by the death of her sister and a restlessness that keeps drawing her back into the great sand sea of Irithen, the dangerous heart of a remote province on a dista...

A sinister attack. A dangerous city. An abandoned child. The old cities are flooded, crops have failed, and resource wars have wrecked most things from refineries to satellites. It was the day Jac discovered how precarious her life had become. Her love of nature and loyalty to her remote...

In the aftermath of a deadly invasion, Samaran is a land in turmoil. Bandits prey on cities and farmsteads, corsairs prowl the high seas. Ariel has earned her place with the elite Mage-warriors of the Eldrin, sworn to protect King and country––but power comes with a cost. The Elementals wh...