AAD Spotlight: Kindred and Wings by Philippa Ballantine

Kindred and Wings—the cast

Dreaming of movies is something authors do in their idle moments…and though I haven’t had too many of those recently, casting the Kindred and Wings big screen adaption is something I am happy to share with readers.

Talyn- Gemma Arterton

Carrying so much pain inside her, Talyn is just learning how to be after learning the Caisah’s duplicity. Separated and all at sea, she must chose what is important, and discover if revenge is really worth it. She’s come a long way since Hunter and Fox, but there is still plenty of distance for her to cover.

Finn- David Wenham

Flying on the back of a dragon is a strange place to find a talespinner, but Finn is beginning to feel his own power. He is hunting the brother he never knew he had, and learning to forget about Talyn. What he will learn when he finds him will change Finn’s view about himself.

Byreniko- Kit Harrington

The gentle brother of Talyn, Byre has set out on a mission that is bound to be full of pain. It will take him through the past and back again, bringing lessons and secrets with him. He had never thought much on his place in the grand drama of Conhaero, but he is about to learn that fate has a role for him to play.

Pelanor- Zoe Saldana

A young blood witch, who was once full of ambition, she now finds herself caught up with the Vaerli cause, and the bonds of her own people are starting to fade. What she will become and who she will chose remain uncertain.

The Caisah- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Hated by all of Conhaero, the story of the Caisah and his history are beginning to become clear. His role in the end of the world starts to come to fruition.

Kelanim- Emma Stone

As the mistress of the Caisah, Kelanim has had to fight hard to keep her position and her man. The events of Kindred and Wings will test her even further.

Kindred and Wings

A Shifted World Novel Book Two

Philippa Ballantine

Genre: Epic fantasy

Paperback: 390 pages

Publisher: Pyr

August 6, 2013

ISBN-10: 1616147792

ISBN-13: 978-1616147792

Book Description:

On the back of the dragon Wahirangi, Finn the Fox flees the world he has known. As he sets out to find the brother he never knew of, he still holds in his heart the memory of the Hunter. He has denied his love for her, but he cannot deny it forever. In the halls of the Last Believers, Talyn begins to uncover her own mysteries, but her lust for the death of the Caisah is still strong and clouds her vision.

She must choose her path, as the Seer of her people or as the assassin of the overlord. Meanwhile, Byre, Talyn's brother, must venture into the fiery world of the Kindred, to rebuild the pact that his ancestors made. He will risk everything he is as he forms a new pact that will change his people forever.

Dragons and myths will be reborn, as the Hunter and her Fox face each other once more.

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About the Author:

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Philippa has always had her head in a book. For this she blames her father who thought Lord of the Rings was suitable bedtime reading for an eight year old. At the age of thirteen she began writing fantasy stories for herself.

She first earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Political Science and then a Bachelor of Applied Science in Library and Information Science. So soon enough she found herself working in the magical world of libraries where she stayed for over a decade.

Her first professional sale was in 1997, and since then she has gone on to produce mostly novel length fiction. In 2006 she became New Zealand’s first podcast novelist, and she has voiced and produced Weaver’s Web, Chasing the Bard, Weather Child and Digital Magic as podiobooks. Her podcasts have won both a Parsec Award and a Sir Julius Vogel award.

Philippa is the author of the Books of the Order series with Ace- Geist, Spectyr, Wrayth and Harbinger coming in July 2013.

She is also the co-author of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series with Tee Morris. Phoenix Rising debuted in May 2011 and The Janus Affair came out in May 2012. Phoenix Rising won the Airship Award for best written steampunk, and was the number eight best Science Fiction book of 2011 according to Goodreads.com. The Janus Affair was the seventh most popular science fiction book of 2012 on Goodreads.com. The series continues with Dawn’s Early Light in December 2013.

In addition she is also the author of the Shifted World series with Pyr Books, with the first book Hunter and Fox released in June 2012, and the second Kindred and Wings scheduled for August 2013.

When not writing or podcasting, Philippa loves reading, gardening, and whenever possible traveling. With her husband Tee and her daughter, she is looked after by a mighty clowder of five cats in Manassas, Virginia.

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