Singing Down The Sky [TRADE PAPER ]

All our scars tell a story.Eulo Juke’ s gambling debts have cost him his weapons, his horses and his pride. If he doesn’ t pay what he owes Iskarlia’ s Scabmen soldiers in enchanted kilili silveriron, they’ ll slaughter his brother.Silveriron trader Tali Sarsega offers Eulo a marriage of convenience in Vernesia, dragging him into an unfamiliar world where women rule politics, society, and commerce.The Vernese culture relies on wits and diplomacy, but the Scabmen are coming to take the kilili the Iskarlian way: with hard fists and sharp blades.Can Eulo slip behind Tali’ s dedication to her horse breeding enterprise, rundown estate and dysfunctional family to find out her silveriron secrets before it’ s too late for his brother?No-one is ready for what’ s coming their way, because some things are not free to be taken.SK Neilson writes fantasy fiction in worlds inspired by Australia’ s unforgiving environment and tenacious outback folklore.Sarah (S.K.) Neilson’ s writing is influenced by her experiences living and travelling in rural Australia.Her themes explore animal behaviour and the human-animal bond, coming from working in the animal industry for 30 years, and with over 40 years’ experience riding and owning horses.She has an Advanced Diploma of Arts in Professional Writing, is an alumna of Bryce Courtenay and Fiona McIntosh’ s masterclasses, and is a member of the Australian Society of Authors.Good fantasy novels are popular and Singing Down the Sky has a good, novel storyline, twisting gender roles to some extent.