Blood of Kings Trilogy by Jill Williamson - Waiting on Wednesday

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the publication of Jill Williamson's first novel, By Darkness Hid, she is offering special limited HARDCOVER editions of her popular Christian Fantasy trilogy as a reward in her Kickstarter campaign to fund audiobook recordings of the series ...

"Waiting on Wednesday"/"Can't Wait Wednesday" is a weekly meme now hosted by Wishful Endings, where you feature a yet-to-be-released title you're anticipating!

Jill Williamson's The Blood of Kings Trilogy in hardcover
Title: Blood of Kings Trilogy
Author: Jill Williamson
Re-Release Date: Fall 2019 by Enclave Publishing

About By Darkness Hid (Book #1):

"Given the chance to train as a squire, kitchen servant Achan Cham hopes to pull himself out of his pitiful life and become a Kingsguard Knight. When Achan's owner learns of his training, he forces Achan to spar with the Crown Prince--more of a death sentence than an honor. Meanwhile, strange voices in Achan's head cause him to fear he's going mad. While escorting the prince to a council presentation, their convoy is attacked. Achan is wounded and arrested, but escapes from prison--only to discover a secret about himself he never believed possible."

Why I'm WoW about The Blood of Kings Trilogy:
I think I won a copy of By Darkness Hid from a book blog or some giveaway.  I had seen the book online before, but it was published by Marcher Lord Press (now known as Enclave), a smaller, kind of indie Christian Speculative Fiction press and ... I don't know, I never thought to give it a shot.  I still remember being only a few chapters into the book and thinking, "This is pretty mature for Christian Fantasy," --but in a good way!  Most of the Christian Fantasy I'd read previously were aimed at kids or teens, but reading this as an adult, I felt like it was an engaging read for teens and adults equally.

 (While I later found and enjoyed authors like Patrick W. Carr, who writes Christian Fantasy aimed at adults and teens, his first book wasn't published until 2013.)  The world-building is wonderfully done and best of all the characters:  Jill writes some of the best, most real, and believable teen male protagonists I've seen in Christian Fiction.  Her female protagonists are wonderful too, as well as the supporting cast of characters, but for some reason, I'm always drawn to her teen male characters, which is unusual for me ...

Anyway, Jill's Kickstarter to create audiobooks of this amazing trilogy has been fully funded for ALL THREE BOOKS!  But there's still just under two days left if you want to join in a snag a copy of the series in hardcover AND get the audiobook versions as well (the lowest tier for that is $80, but it breaks down to about $13.33 each for 6 books, which is a pretty great price for a hardcover and audiobook on discs.  I'm also excited since Jill revealed on social media that the hardcovers will have a new author's note and upgraded map as well.

There's some other cool rewards like these book cover pillows too!!!



 So awesome, right???  If you're interested, you can learn more about the different reward tiers and all the details about this Kickstarter campaign, but be sure to join in quick, since there's just under two days to go! 


  [No compensation from the author or publisher etc. was received for this post, I'm just a fan who really loves this series!!!]

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