A.J. Peterson
Fantasy Sapphic Romance
Oblivion’s Hymn
Book 1 of the Divine Songs series
In a world where magic is ruled by bargains, how much would you pay for the thing you want most?
Echo’s shapeshifting has been a curse all her life. The secret police hunt her for her magical blood, and the rest of the world believes she’s a monster. To prove them wrong and escape capture, Echo bargained with a god to become a famous bard. But when she didn’t uphold her end of the deal, he took her singing voice away. Now the police are closing in, and her childhood friend, Rhienne, is the only one loyal and reckless enough to help get her voice back.
But Rhienne’s lust for power has her in trouble of her own. Her mother is dead, her scheme to steal magic from the head of the secret police failed, and time is running out before the gods come to collect her soul. If she can’t resurrect her mother—who has a history of finding contract loopholes—Rhienne belongs to the God of the Void forever. Using Echo’s innate talents might be Rhienne’s last chance at freedom.
Echo and Rhienne will search continents and dimensions for power strong enough to thwart their enemies and undo their mistakes. But the gods have their own plans to maintain balance. One way or another, they always get what they’re owed.
Exodus's Chorus
Book 2 of the Divine Songs series
Even the gods fear what lurks between the stars.
It’s been three months since the battle at the Origin. Three months of community, song, and small, simple problems. Despite the incurable burn in Echo’s throat and the whispers haunting Rhienne from a dead god’s realm, their new life almost feels like peace.
That fragile calm is shattered when they learn that Oblivion’s death opened the way for ancient, ravenous magic to infect their world. The crew must reunite with the gods to find and destroy the infection’s source…but it already has its teeth in Irelia.
Their journey will lead them to an unknown world full of elemental beings, healing magic, and a conspiracy rooted in the planet’s bedrock. With Echo and Rhienne fighting their divine ghosts and the gods themselves in turmoil, Irelia enters a dangerous game: the more she lets the infection influence her mind, the easier it is to trace. But every whim she follows brings it closer to consuming her.
All it needs is one more foothold before it devours the cosmos.