Skies of the Empire

Treasure Planet with dragons!In the Skies of the Empire, there are only two things more terrifying than dragons: the attentions of the gods, and the machinations of the Fae.★★★★★ "Equal parts lyrical and visceral" - Ellie Raine, 5-star reviewSpecial Features: Immersive worldbuildingMercenaries, pirates, assassinsDangerous deals with the FaeLGBTQ+ friendlyAll powerful beings, and elusive GodsEpic airship battlesDragons and mythical creaturesAirship pilot Cassidy Durant finds herself entangled in a menacing plot when a Faerie named Hymn saves her life in exchange for protection against nebulous enemies. This complicates her simple life of cargo trading, since affiliating with the Fae is a death sentence in the Empire.Meanwhile, reluctant mercenary Zayne Balthine is tasked by his employer, a devout worshiper of the Desert Goddess, to break into the Imperial Palace. It's not his first suicide mission, but this time, things are different. He'll die should he fail, though that's nothing new. But if he succeeds, he will be responsible for unfathomable death and devastation."Have you ever been so intrigued by a story that you lose all sense of time and forget everything around you exists, and all you care about is knowing how the story ends? That's how spellbinding Vincent E. M. Thorn's Skies of the Empire was to me." Readers' Favorite 5-star reviewSkies of the Empire is a high fantasy adventure debut novel set in a steampunk environment, and the first book in the Dreamscape Voyager Trilogy.Follow the blog for updates and appearances at www.WritingWithThorn.com !