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In The Immortal Blood, the third novel in A Reign of Blood and Magic, Queen Cynara is left powerless after summoning potent magic in the king's forest, unaware that the power she sought to control would ultimately cripple her. An orb used during the spell releases a single droplet of immortal blood, which multiplies and merges with living creatures, including the statue of an undead king.
Resurrected from the dead, Anastacio, once a godly figure in the Otherworld, returns with a vengeance. Determined to find the goddess from his past and avenge their mutual injustice, he requires the aid of someone he cannot trust. Queen Cynara, trapped inside her frozen body like her husband encased in mortar, holds a secret that may provide the answers he seeks. But why would anyone help her?
How will a resurrected god oversee the kingdom, the royal family, a former queen, and a true-born prince whose secret has been kept from everyone? With the help of a witch and Norse goddesses from the Otherworld, can blood and magic seed the ultimate revenge? Or will Cynara, taken to the Netherworld, allow an enemy hated by all to claim victory once again?
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In The Immortal Blood, the third novel in A Reign of Blood and Magic, when Queen Cynara summons magic into the king's forest, she cannot know how a stolen power will cripple her, or that an orb used during the spell has let loose a single droplet of blood. Now, immortal blood is multiplying and breeding with living creatures, which includes the statue of an undead king.
Resurrected from the dead, Anastacio once lived in the Otherworld. With his godly life reborn, he resolves to find the goddess from his past and avenge the injustice done to both of them, but to thrive, in life and in health, he requires assistance from someone without trust. Queen Cynara has a secret that may provide the answers, but she's trapped inside her frozen body, similar to the husband she encased in mortar. Why would anyone help her?
How will a god oversee the kingdom; the royal family, a former queen and a true born prince whose secret has been kept from everyone? With help from a witch and Norse goddesses from the Otherworld, might blood and magic seed the ultimate revenge? Or when Cynara's taken to the Netherworld, will an enemy hated by everyone, claim victory-again.