Perennial's Bloom: The Perennial Cycle, Book 1

Four centuries ago, Celadon Cailleach helped reshape the world.As the Great Hero, she defeated the dark king Karden Vance and delivered the continent of Couretania into the hands of the new gods, the Ascendants. Their victory came at a cost: an amulet locked around Celadon’s throat, granting her immortality and binding her to the very powers she helped ascend.Nearly four hundred years later, Celadon has watched in haunted silence as the gods she once served hollowed out her home, twisting faith into control and power into tyranny. She wants nothing more than to be done with them.But when ancient winds stir and the Ascendants force their way back into her life, Celadon is coerced into service once more. This time, she must choose: remain loyal to the gods who destroyed everything she loved, or defy them openly and risk igniting a growing resistance across the continent.Joined by Aric Vale, a quiet teacher and militiaman, Celadon embarks on a journey that fractures centuries of manipulation and exposes truths about her world and her own past.In Perennial’s Bloom, the first installment of The Perennial Cycle, Celadon learns that immortality is not endurance alone and that, like the perennial plants embroidered on her cloak, she may yet bloom again. Read more