A world shaped by legends and magic, where everything is possible . . . except going home. Of Blood & Light (The Thule Cycle Book 1) by C. Monk

by C. Monk, Camilla Monk

4.6 stars – 37 reviews

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“This book feels like if Sarah J Maas and Anne McCaffrey had a baby and it was raised by Lisa Kleypas and Julia Quinn.”
— Netgalley reviewer“I devoured this book, and am left longing for more. Lots more!”
— Sherwood Smith, author of the Court & Duel series

“C. Monk is such a gifted writer and storyteller. I absolutely adored the writing.”
— Netgalley reviewer

“Stunning read! Another author to add to my favourites.”
— Netgalley reviewer

“This was such a fun twist on Arthurian legend, and I absolutely adored C. Monk’s writing style!”
— Netgalley reviewer

“I never regret pre-ordering a Camilla Monk book. (…) Insane. And spectacular.”
— Netgalley reviewer

“one of the most refreshing books I’ve read this year yet. (…) Definitely an easily recommended book to those who love plot-driven fantasy romance with vibrant worldbuilding.”
— Netgalley reviewer

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Arthurian legend, bodice-ripping, and capybaras: welcome to Thule.

A girl with a secret . . .
In the back of an ambulance, River Greer counts each breath her little sister takes until the final one: Sage’s body is giving up, ravaged by a mysterious illness. The late-night rush to the ER, however, turns into a surreal nightmare when River is abducted and ferried across the universe to the fabled Thule: a world beyond worlds, where Victorian mores collide with magic and Arthurian legend.

. . . meets a knight on a mission.
There, His Grace Hadrian Landevale of Caid is fighting losing battles of his own: to recover Isolde, his runaway wife, and against the blight that threatens the ichor, the source of all life on Thule. To add insult to injury, the captured fugitive Thule’s pathfinders just brought back from Earth is not his duchess but an eerie doppelgänger.

When it becomes clear that someone will go to any length to silence River, Hadrian offers his protection to this obstinate stranger . . . whose secrets might be the key to saving Thule’s most precious treasure: the light in its blood.

Follow River on her epic, and at times bewildering journey to a world shaped by legends and magic, where everything is possible . . . except going home.