The Obsidian War
by C. D. Ryan
Synopsis
Princess of the Greek clan Nikaia, Zephyra, is set to be married in summer. But her fiancรฉ has other plans. He has accepted the hand of a princess from wealthier clan and now he must somehow break the engagement without suffering the consequences of Zephyra's father. He sees his chance at the sacrifices to Zeus at the base of Mount Lykaion, and witโฆ Princess of the Greek clan Nikaia, Zephyra, is set to be married in summer. But her fiancรฉ has other plans. He has accepted the hand of a princess from wealthier clan and now he must somehow break the engagement without suffering the consequences of Zephyra's father. He sees his chance at the sacrifices to Zeus at the base of Mount Lykaion, and with a little help from Zeus himself, Zephyra finds herself cursed as a wolf forever. Depressed and confused, she finally gives into the handsome pack alpha, Lykaion and finds what she believes is love. But that is cut short when the son of Zeus, Eryx sets his sights on the Lykaion pack and kills their leader in cold blood, claiming Zephyra against her will. Pregnant and driven to madness with grief, Zephyra returns to the one place she believes she will find her mate, only to find he isn't there and she can't return. Unable to care for her newborn pup, Valo, she trades him to a goddess for the throne of Shadow Bay. Norse God Odin, friend of Valo's father, adopts the pup himself as a war God in his Viking army. Valo is a powerful, shape shifting, killing machine, and he proves himself in the raid and conquer of the city Kjarra. But his happiness is short lived. Odin has some hard lessons for his ward about the cruelty of humans. So once again set upon the open sea looking for the New World and a mate he has seen only in a dream. Valo's adventures have just begun, though. He makes a string of powerful friends and enemies from Greenland to Ancient Japan, to Ancient Egypt.Just when it seem things are going right, the Obsidian mines in a faraway South American land, among an ancient civilization, are open again. The only stone that can kill the Gods themselves has been brought into the world. All out war for control of the mine is coming, it will be winner take all. If Valo can get his portal to work, he might just be able to stop the apocalypse itself.The end is just the beginning of the story....Shape-shifting, portals, Gods, G
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