I am seeking representation for my 99,000-word adult fantasy novel, VOW OF SHADOWS, a standalone with series potential. This own-voices story features a slow-burn sapphic romance between a princess and an anti-royalist rebel.
Readers of sweeping romance reminiscent of THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE, and worlds haunted by gods, akin to GODKILLER will relish the political intrigue in this fresh reimagining of Shakespeare’s HAMLET.
Gydeon Thaneus is the sole heir to a kingdom that has wrought order from chaos through a long line of strategic marriages, she must fulfill her role—even if it means binding her soul to a man she could never love. In her world, the nights are unending, magic is lost, and the gods are thought to be dead. Chafing at the confines of her life, Gydeon makes a desperate plea to the absentee gods for help. Her prayer is met by an unexpected beneficiary, not a god, but something far older and stranger—a dragon—whose presence causes dark magic to stir within her.
Grappling for control of her newfound powers, Gydeon abandons her role as heir to venture across the realm, seeking to restore the magic that vanished from it two decades prior. However, the history she was taught is a lie, and a noxious family secret convolutes her quest to undo the sins of the past. All the while, a power-hungry cult dogs her steps, intent to strip away her magic and take it for their own. As her quest for magic grows increasingly fraught, she must make a choice: turn tail and live in loveless matrimony, or risk almost certain martyrdom for an all-powerful being whose intentions are obscure.
I was born and raised in Calgary, Canada, where I grew up fascinated by my grandma’s tales of her mother country—Norway. Its rich history and mythology inspire the worlds I create.
Kirsten Claussner 