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Isles of Storm and Sorrow: Viper

Book 1 in the thrilling YA fantasy trilogy set on the high seas

Bex Hogan, Author

Series: Isles of Storm and Sorrow

Imprint: Orion Children's Books

Publication date: April 18, 2019

Category: Fantasy romance (Teenage)

ISBN: 9781510105836

Power, politics and pirates collide in the first book in the Isles of Storm and Sorrow trilogy.

Marianne has been training to be the Viper for her entire life – to serve and protect the King and the citizens of The Twelve Isles – but to become the Viper and protect the islands she loves she must find the strength to defeat her father.

He will make me a killer.
Or he will have me killed.
That is my destiny.

Seventeen-year-old Marianne is fated to one day become the Viper, defender of the Twelve Isles.

But the reigning Viper stands in her way. Corrupt and merciless, he prowls the seas in his warship, killing with impunity, leaving only pain and suffering in his wake.

He’s the most dangerous man on the ocean . . . and he is Marianne’s father.

She was born to protect the islands. But can she fight for them if it means losing her family, her home, the boy she loves – and perhaps even her life?

A brave heroine. An impossible dilemma. An epic fantasy trilogy set on the high seas.

Reviews

Hogan builds a vivid world, and her descriptions of life aboard ship evoke the taste of salt in the air

SFX

Hogan builds a vivid world, and her descriptions of life aboard ship evoke the taste of salt in the air

SFX Magazine

Bex Hogan

Raised on a healthy diet of fantasy and fairy tales, Bex Hogan has spent much of her life lost in daydreams. Initially she wanted to train as an actress, but quickly realised her heart belonged to storytelling rather than performing, and soon after started creating stories of her own. A Cornish girl at heart, Bex now resides in Cambridgeshire with her family.