Ishtar's Blade

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The court of the gryphon king has ever been a dangerous and seductive place where Ishtar's blessing is both the hot breath of passion and the cold kiss of steel.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Yet as the childhood companion of King Ditanu Iltani never doubted her place in either his kingdom or his heart. Then duty called her away to complete her training.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now a woman grown and a sword-maiden to the goddess Ishtar Iltani returns and takes up her sacred destiny to protect the royal line. But so much has changed.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ditanu most of all.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The youth she knew is gone. A stoic untouchable king now sits the throne.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Does anything of their once deep bond survive?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Iltani must swiftly find her place in a court where cunning governors plot treason trusted advisors orchestrate deceptions and noblewomen seek to beguile King Ditanu using methods both fair and foul.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But the greatest threat of all is no mortal adversary. Ereshkigal the Queen of the Underworld desires to make Ditanu her consort and seize his kingdom for her own.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ishtar's Blade is a fantasy romance loosely based on ancient Sumerian and </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Akkadian</span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> mythology. It's book 1 of the Ishtar's Legacy series.</em></p><p><br></p>