The Voyages of Trueblood Cay: Being an especial accounting of his life and times at sea as told by Gil Rafael (Venery)

Pelippé Trueblood is on the voyage of a lifetime and hosting a temperamental half-man half-horse onboard his ship. He just might end up killing his difficult guest. Or kissing him. Trueblood is descended from giants and poised to be one of the worlds great mariners. Raised by his father on the mighty ship Cay hes chosen at nineteen for a perilous voyage predicted in ancient prophecy: find the lost Tree of Life and anchor her branches back to the sky. Young and unseasoned Trueblood fears the gods may have picked the wrong man for the job. Worse scripture demands he be accompanied by the beautiful brooding Fen il-Kheir. Nothing in Truebloods life at sea has prepared him for this dangerous new crew member nor the feelings he plants in Truebloods heart. Fen is a kheiron--a creature with the ability to shift between man and horse. With his dark past his distrust of humans and his contempt for prophecy Fen proves a reluctant passenger who could jeopardize not only the voyage but the very future of the world. As the journey progresses Fen finds himself more and more drawn to the Cays charismatic commander bringing the kheiron closer to everything his human nature longs for and everything the beast in him fears. A feud of the gods. Ships built by giants. Spice that makes the world beautiful. Flying horses. Murder and misery. Belonging and bravery. Sailors centaurs warriors queens courtesans and storytellers. A tapestry of mythology and human experience The Voyages of Trueblood Cay is both Javier Landes fantastical life story and Suanne Laqueurs most adventurous love story. Publishers Note: Gil Rafael is the pen name of Javier Landes who is a fictional character in Laqueurs Venery series. The Voyages of Trueblood Cay is the novel Javier is writing throughout the series. This novel-within-a-novel contains subtle references to people and situations in Venery however its not necessary to have read the series beforehand. Trueblood Cay can absolutely be enjoyed as a standalone.