BOOK TWO: WINTER MAGE
Honour is everything…
And the ripples in the aftermath of war reach far as clans jostle among each other for the spoils.
Proud General Gohei serves clan and emperor above all, no matter the cost, if it means Dawn Clan will endure. This is his family’s legacy of blood and blade that his sons inherit in a world ravaged by conflict. Yet deadly steel means little if the hand wielding it is not guided by cunning.
Will honour be enough when an emperor fades, leaving twin daughters as heirs and Dawn Clan’s future hanging in the balance? Which heir will take the throne? And which hand will guide her?
Dawn of the Empress | Winter Mage II
Nerine Dorman is a South African author and editor of science fiction and fantasy. Her fantasy novel The Company of Birds appeared with Mirari Press in 2025. Her novel Sing down the Stars won Gold for the Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature in 2019 and The Percy Fitzpatrick Award for Children's and Youth Literature in 2021.
Catriona Ross is a writer from Cape Town. Author of The Which Word (Mirari Press, 2026) and a growing list of other fiction and nonfiction titles, she holds a Bachelor of Science in Zoology and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing. When not writing, she can be found dancing tango, walking in forests and plotting ways to raise human consciousness.
Book One: Legacy of Obsidian