The Witch King’s Curse
A Young Adult/Crossover Fantasy, 70,000 words | Querying
A warrior princess must race to break a generational curse to save her unborn child and salvage the fate of her kingdom.
In the warrior kingdom of Benedor, eighteen-year-old Princess Thyra, heiress to the throne, is fresh out of warrior school. After the announcement of her betrothal to a northern prince, she discovers that an ancient curse cast by a vengeful Witch King is the true reason firstborns perish in her kingdom. The old gods have nothing to do with it, contrary to what the cult of the Iron Raven says.
Following her arranged marriage to Prince Zander, Thyra finds herself pregnant and receives a vision about Benedor’s dark past and a prophecy that could change her unborn child’s fate. With five months left to find the Witch Kingdom and break the curse, Thyra and her prince ride across troll- and fae-ridden lands on a mission that soon seems doomed to fail. To finally forge peace with an ancient enemy, Thyra must decide exactly how much she is willing to sacrifice to save a child already marked for death.