{"product_id":"a-kiss-of-hammer-and-flame-paperback","title":"A Kiss of Hammer and Flame | Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmy de la Force\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA prophecy at stake. Her heart torn between two men – one mortal, one a deathless god. Can Cahra unleash the untapped strength – and magicks – within her to save her kingdom?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAn immortal bound in darkness. A shattered empire at war. And a blacksmith whose heart could tip the scales of fate.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen young blacksmith\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCahra\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis commissioned to forge a sword, she uses her imagination to design its crest. But this symbol unwittingly invokes an age-old prophecy and awakens\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHael\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– an immortal with the power to shape or shatter worlds – sealed away for hundreds of years in a chamber deep in Hael’stromia, the lost capital at the heart of a civil war between three kingdoms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow hunted for the sword, Cahra must flee with the very stranger who commissioned it. But can she trust the handsome and charming noble,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerryl\u003c\/strong\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the run through the darkly magical Wilds, she is drawn ever closer to Hael, who visits and beguiles her in dreams. 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