About The Book
Enter a frozen world holding its breath… before everything burns.
Twelve perilous nights of Yule.
One ancient curse.
Two men who sought to contain her.
Until she became the weapon they feared.
The phoenixes are dying. The kingdom that worshipped them has fallen. When rebel spy Aliwen steals a sentient grimoire, she uncovers a truth the witches buried. The curse that destroyed the phoenixes was never meant to be broken.
But hidden within it is a single flaw.
Her.
On the run with the rebel leader who believes she holds the key to reclaim their kingdom — and hunted by an enemy Rider whose fire would destroy her with a single touch. Aliwen has the twelve nights of Yule to unravel the spell that reshaped kingdoms.
Or burn with it.
About the Author
Isla Lockwood is the fantasy pen name of international bestselling and USA Today bestselling author C. L. Miller.
Inspired by the folklore of the Twelve Nights of Yule, Celtic and Germanic mythology, and the stories once told around winter firesides, she writes dark romantasy filled with cursed phoenix riders, ancient magic, impossible choices and morally grey characters.
When the Sky Burns is her fantasy debut and the first book in the interconnected Skyworld series.
Isla lives in a medieval cottage in Suffolk, England, with her family, where she is usually dreaming up new worlds or researching forgotten folklore.
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Hold on tight – this is going to be quite a ride!
