Mary Dawn Tunstall

The Fated Blood Price Where Immortal Magic Requires Mortal Anatomy (THE XERXOAN ANCHORS: Saga of the Fallen Pantheon, #2) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

THE PRICE OF POWER IS BLOOD. THE COST OF LOVE IS LIFE.

Neroanna, an exiled Immortal Blood Priestess, has secured the galaxy's most coveted artifact, the Second Shard, but the victory is meaningless. To survive the vengeance of her mother, Queen Eira, she must rely on the one thing she despises: a mortal.

Dylan, a pragmatic doctor, views her ancient power as nothing more than biological exploitation. But their terrifying, 'fated' bond,the Blood Price,is real: every time Neroanna draws upon her magic, she consumes a portion of Dylan's life force. Their proximity is a countdown to his death.

Forced to merge their opposing worldviews,her ritualistic magic and his empirical science,they discover that the Immortals' power is merely forgotten, violent technology, and Dylan's knowledge of the human body holds the key to its safe deactivation.

Their combined, non-lethal solution,the Superior Science,saves the planet from total drain, but their success alerts the true rulers of the cosmos: the Xerxoan Overlordship. The Supreme King, Ettolerd, does not fear the stolen power; he fears the idea. The stability created by a mortal is a philosophical threat,a "plague of ideology" that must be eradicated.

Now fugitives from both the exiled royalty and the gods themselves, Dylan and Neroanna must protect their lethal, life-giving bond before the universe hunts them down for daring to prove that mortal ingenuity can trump divine authority.

Book Two picks up with Neroanna, the exiled Immortal Blood Priestess, a fugitive who has secured the volatile Second Shard (Life Force) but finds her survival dangerously dependent on a mortal. That mortal is Dr. Dylan Owenth, a pragmatic physician who rejects all notions of "magic" in favor of empirical science.

Their uneasy alliance is quickly complicated by the brutal truth of their connection: the Blood Price. Every use of Neroanna's magic consumes a portion of Dylan's life force, making their growing proximity a countdown to his death. As they are pursued by the vengeful forces of the exiled King Ares and captured by the technologically advanced mortal Secret Society,who plan to sacrifice Dylan to power their own devastating ritual,the pair is forced into collaboration.

Through frantic translation of stolen Xerxoan texts, Dylan uses his anatomical and linguistic skills to confirm his theory: the Immortals' power is not divine decree, but highly volatile, forgotten technology. They realize their own bond, the Fated Pair Protocol, is the only non-lethal grounding solution for the Shard.

In a desperate climax, Neroanna rejects her mother, Queen Eira, and the thirst for power. Combining Dylan's surgical precision and her own ritual mastery, they execute the Superior Science,a complex counter-ritual that stabilizes the Second Shard and, miraculously, converts the lethal Blood Price into a sustainable Fated Heal.

Their success saves the world and Dylan's life, but it immediately alerts the ancient, absolute authority of the Xerxoan Overlordship. Supreme King Ettolerd does not fear the stolen power, but the ideology behind its stabilization by a mortal, viewing it as contamination that must be destroyed. Now fugitives from the entire cosmos, Dylan and Neroanna must flee to protect their bond and the revolutionary truth that mortal ingenuity can transcend divine law, as the ominous awakening of the mythical Third Shard sets the stage for the next galactic conflict.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mary Dawn Tunstall
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798232739447
• Artikelnr.: 75793080

Autorenporträt

Mary Dawn Tunstall is the kind of writer who starts an argument with her own characters and then spends three hours documenting the new story structure they've just invented.

She's currently fueling her creative process with an alarming amount of iced coffee and a soundtrack with the best song ever.

When she's not mapping out the next great story, Mary Dawn can be found enjoying in a good book. She also enjoys long walks with her dog, and giving the treats to her two cats.