opens in a new windowOnce a month, we’re spotlighting a Tor book that’s about to become available in paperback. Today, we’re featuring opens in a new windowThe House of the Four Winds, by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory, publishing June 30th.
In The House of the Four Winds, Princess Clarice, disguising herself as a sailor named Clarence, intends to work her way to the New World. When the crew rebels, Clarice/Clarence, an expert with rapier and dagger, sides with the handsome navigator, Dominick, and kills the cruel captain. Full of swashbuckling adventure, buoyant magic, and irrepressible charm, The House of the Four Winds is a lighthearted fantasy romp by a pair of bestselling writers. We hope you enjoy this excerpt.
FAREWELL TO SWANSGAARDE
THE EARLY-MORNING sunlight shone through the French doors that led out to the balcony of Princess Clarice’s tower bedroom. From the balcony was the sweeping vista of the Borogny Mountains, spreading their pristine robes for admiration, their high peaks crowned in clouds and their slopes robed in snow year-round. They were the first thing Princess Clarice saw each morning as the sun rose over the Swanscrown.
I shall miss this. The thought came before Clarice quite realized she was awake.