Allaigna's Song

In the six years since Allaigna left home killed her betrothed and joined the Brandishear Rangers she has hidden her family name and her ability to sing music into magic. Confronted with the dire implications of her grandfather’s exploration into long-forbidden arcana Allaigna must swallow her pride and summon her courage to return home with the ashes of her cousin to prevent yet another war or worse an arcane catastrophe to rival that of the legendary Cataclysm.. The Allaigna’s Song trilogy is a love story a family saga and a coming-of-age novel that braids together the stories of daughter mother and grandmother.. What readers are saying about Allaigna's Song:CC Humphreys award-winning author of Plague and Shakespeare’s Rebel. Magically unputdownable! JM Landels not only knows her magic music and swords she knows how to weave all these elements into an exciting enchanting and uplifting tale. More please!. Grady Harp San Francisco Review of BooksAn immensely satisfying epic. Landels delivers her richly woven story with both grace and ardor as befits the realm of her tale. Yes the story includes magic even beyond the quality of the prose and the loom is elaborated with line drawing illustrations. This is a fine launch for a promised series – one that seems destined to become a standard! Recommended.Brandon Crilly BlackGate.comElegantly constructed boasting a subtle and well-thought out magic system based on music on top of everything else. I’d highly recommend checking it out.Mel Anastasiou author of Stella Ryman and the Fairmount Manor MysteriesFrom the very first page JM Landels draws me into Allaigna’s brilliantly observed world a land rich in conflict and magic. Landels is gifted with storytelling abilities and gives her readers those greatest of rewards surprise turns and great character growth and transformation. Subtle and powerful her writing always pleases.