The final project we have to announce for the 2017 publishing list is Harbinger of Darkness, the second fantasy-adventure release scheduled this year from Richard C. White.
Rich, in case you didn’t know, is the acclaimed author of the writers’ reference book Terra Incognito: A Guide to Building the Worlds of Your Imagination; the supernatural superhero graphic novel Troubleshooters, Incorporated: Night Stalkings; the pirate-fantasy digital comic The Chronicles of the Sea Dragon Special; and the upcoming fantasy-adventure collection For a Few Gold Pieces More, which hits on February 14 (and which I blogged about last Wednesday).
What’s Harbinger of Darkness about? Here’s the back-cover copy to fill you in:
Raven is the night. She is known all around town as an accomplished thief and a complete enigma. Never seen in the light of day, no one is quite sure where she goes or where she hides the bounty of her crimes. There’s never been any challenge she’s turned down, so when the chance comes to tweak both king and church, she finds the temptation too much to resist.
Perrin is the day. Trapped by expectations and circumstances, her dreams of exploring the lands she’s read about while working in her father’s bookstore feel as if they’ll never come true. When a master alchemist offers her a chance to become his apprentice and travel with him, it feels like a dream come true—except for one thing.
Perrin is Raven.
A magic pendant allows Perrin to disguise herself, keeping her other life as Raven hidden from everyone up to now. But after the theft of a mystic gem, which unknown to her is the lynchpin for the king’s upcoming campaign, both of her worlds are upended as the king’s assault on the Thieves’ Guild results in the death of her best friend and partner.
With bounty hunters and the king’s personal assassins pursuing her darker half, Perrin finds herself swept her into a conspiracy against the throne she despises. Add in the complication of an apprentice thief she never wanted to train, and the odds of Perrin living long enough to pursue her dreams are steadily shrinking…
Produced in conjunction with book packager NightWolf Graphics, Harbinger of Darkness is tentatively scheduled for release this summer. Stay turned for further information.
