A curse binds the City of Winter and the Dragon's prophecy holds the key to breaking it. But will a poor fisherman from the South have the means to fulfil the prophecy? Or will the foreignness of the North itself repel him and his efforts?
The Painted Hall Collection is a series of four short, old-school fairy-tales designed to open your eyes to wonder. It comes with an exclusive short story, Shattered Memories!
Shattered Memories
For generations upon generations, Memories have been passed from mother to daughter in an unbroken line of Secretkeepers.
Not this time. When Nek Ramalan dies, her granddaughter, Rahsia, does not inherit the Memories. Instead, her best friend Iman struggles to fulfil a role she's not prepared for...piecing together shards of Memories she's not equipped to understand.
A sneak peek into the Absolution series!
Go north, little human.
Go north until the winds blow cold and you walk on water.
Go north, and there you will find her.
With the Dragon's prophecy ringing in his ears, Danis travels from town to town, seeking a wife. But at every stop, he is turned away, until he enters the City of Winter itself...
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Ten-year-old Mica hates the cold. Yet he’s bound by duty—and prophecy—to rule over the City of Winter as his grandfather’s heir. All signs seem to indicate that something is wrong and the reappearance of the Yuki-Onna in the Painted Hall is an additional worrisome detail…
The Flame of the North (Painted Hall #2) follows Danis & Hana’s son as he attempts to fulfil the last portion of Dragon’s Prophecy.
In the Deep where none dare go
Beneath the rumbling earth
Before the Flame is doused
You must rekindle birth
The curse should have broken now that the King of Winter's spirit has been released from the castle. Yet the Dragon has a new prophecy... and the creatures in Painted Hall have begun to speak aloud.
Beneath the Rumbling Earth (Painted Hall #3) brings you back to the City of Winter and into its hidden fiery depths.
On her eighteenth birthday, Hono is to be crowned Queen of the City of Winter but the Dragon disrupts the coronation ceremony with a peculiar cry:
Listen. Listen. Listen!
There is one more task to free the City of Winter of all enchantment—and Hono must listen carefully for it.
The final instalment of the Painted Hall collection, A Still, Small Voice (Painted Hall #4) revisits old truths and prophecies as Hono tries to put the pieces together.