COVER REVEAL | WINDS OF DETERMINATION | KAREN LYKKEBO

Today on the blog we have a cover reveal for the upcoming book by Karen Lykkebo called The Winds of Determination. This is the third book in her Palace of Winds Trilogy.

The Winds of Determination will be released on 18 DECEMBER 2024.

The cover is designed by Gery Adrytia (INSTAGRAM, FIVERR), who has designed the covers for the other books in the series.

Series blurb:

The Palace of Winds is an epic fantasy series set in a world of sentinel elemental spirits, immortal men, and war between powerful families.

A millennium has passed since the Lord of Life and Lord Brissé, agreed to trap Life and the elemental Spirits within bonds of servitude; an agreement Brissé quickly regretted. The Lord of Life gained immortality – Lord Brissé the freedom of the Wind. For generations war has raged across Literra as the Brissés fought the Lord of Life to end the agreement and once again free Life and the Spirits. But against immortality, the odds are steep.

Twenty years ago, the Wind Rebellion suffered yet another defeat against the Lord of Life. Mareau Brissé, the last heir to the Wind, has since lived in exile, drowning his shame and guilt with ale. When he’s approached by his wild niece, Storm, he realizes that his battle is far from over and there is more than just vengeance to win.

Joining Storm, her lover Samerra, and Samerra’s older sister Jodea, Mareau finds himself once again on the path of war. Storm has a daring plan to free Life and the Spirits, but without his help, she might leave Literra in ruin if the power she’s unleashing doesn’t break her first.

With no pacts to honor and with ancient bonds crumbling, there is nothing holding Mareau back from claiming the Wind and rise as Lord of Winds. It’s a power that comes with a price and he’ll need steady ground beneath his feet to not be swept away by a gale of his own conjuring.

Together Storm and Mareau must shoulder the burden of their ancestors’ choices and face the forces threatening to swallow the world; a task that brings them face to face with their fear of failure. Loosing, would cause the Wind to forever be still. Winning, could give them more than just freedom.

COVER REVEAL

Book 3 blurb: (with spoilers for book 1 and 2)

The Spirits are free and Literra is on the brink of civil war. Following the destruction of the City of Winds, Jodea, Lady of Earth, has taken refuge in her family’s fortress of Groma. Here, while waiting for Mareau to recover from fatal wounds, she advocates for peace. An appeal that’s continuously ignored by Panmar’s soldiers who are raging terror upon the land. Forced to act, she marches her army to meet them. But the power of the Spirits is a sporadic and unreliable ally, and soon she finds herself in need of aid that perhaps only the Wind can provide.

Trapped between the lines of war, Samerra and Jerro search for Storm whom they refuse to believe dead. Their journey is treacherous and old foes become forced allies while they tread along a knife’s edge of danger and failure.

Far out in the wilderness, Lira is hiding with Panmar, struggling to understand the purpose of her existence while memories of another life merge with those of an ancient one. Putting her faith in the one person she knows – Panmar – she hopes to find the truth about herself before Literra succumbs to war. But Panmar has his own agenda, one that strikes fear into her heart, and she sends the Spirits to find another who might know her truth: The Spirit Guide.
When she finds that her fear and anger is not only justified but the base of her very being, the question remaining is not if she should take vengeance, but on whom.

In a race against time, the Wind will rise one last time in a fight for justice.

IF THE BOOK SOUNDS LIKE SOMTHEING YOU WANT TO READ YOU CAN FIND BOOK 1 CURRENTLY ON SALE FOR 99c, AND WINDS OF DETERMINATION IS AT THE SPECIAL PE - ORDER PRICE OF $2.99