The Rarkyn's Familiar

<p><strong style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)><em>A stunning debut.-</em>Aurealis Magazine</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)><em>Steeped in other-worldly magic and adventure.</em> -Andromeda Spaceways Magazine</strong></p><p></p><h4><strong style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>An orphan bent on revenge. A monster searching for freedom. A forbidden pact that binds their fates.</strong></h4><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>Lyss has heard her father's screams smelled the iron-tang of his blood. She witnessed his execution.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>And plotted her revenge.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>Then a violent encounter traps Lyss in a blood-pact with a rarkyn from the otherworld imbuing her with the monster's forbidden magic-a magic that will erode her sanity.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>To break the pact she and the rarkyn must journey to the heart of the Empire. All that stands in their way are the mountains the Empire's soldiers and Lyss' uneasy alliance with the rarkyn.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>But horrors await them on the road-horrors even rarkyns fear.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>The most terrifying monster isn't the one Lyss travels with.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>It's the one that's awoken inside her.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>Monsters of a feather flock together.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>THE RARKYN'S FAMILIAR is an epic dark fantasy perfect for fans of Andrzej Sapkowski's THE WITCHER Leigh Bardugo's GRISHAVERSE and Brandon Sanderson's MISTBORN.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>Awards:</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>2023 Sir Julius Vogel Award Winner (Best Youth Novel)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>2022 Foreward INDIES Book of the Year Bronze Winner (Young Adult Fiction)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>2022 Aurealis Award Finalist (Best Young Adult Novel)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>2022 Indie Ink Award Winner (Best Friendship)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>2022 Indie Ink Award Winner (Prettiest Prose)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>2022 Indie Ink Award Winner (Side Character MVP)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>2022 Indie Ink Award Finalist (Best Debut)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>2022 Indie Ink Award Finalist (Best Morally Grey Character)</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>2022 Indie Ink Award Finalist (Writing the Future We Need: Mental Health Representation)</span></p>