Welcome to Day One of our Indie Fantasy Advent Calendar! We’re featuring an underrated indie author every day this holiday season to spread a little festive joy and promote authors we think deserve more love. Read our introduction to find out more.
Let’s open day nineteen and see what book lies behind…
Today, on December 19th, we’re opening our calendar to Windward by S. Kaeth.
When dragons fight, mountains weep.
In nests high in the mountains, dragons and dragonbonded share their lives, thoughts, feelings, and ambitions.
Palon and her partner, the dragon Windward, are renowned among their nest for their flying skill. Their days are filled with everything she loves, especially riding the wind. Even being tasked with teaching their way of life to Tebah, a rebellious newly bonded teenager, can’t bring her down too much.
But when treasures from the dragons’ hoards are found in Palon’s collection, her idyllic life comes crashing down. She battles to prove her innocence, while her every move is cast as further evidence against her. Tebah’s suspicion, homesickness, and defiance would be frustrating even in easy times. With Palon in the spotlight while her rivals smear her name at every turn and stir up plots of revenge, her teenage charge’s behavior proves dangerous.
Dragon tempers shorten, and challenges and disputes shake the ground. Palon will have to trust more than just herself if she hopes to once more own the sky.
Windward is a dragon-riding fantasy for readers who love dragons! It was one of the first books I reviewed back on this blog, and it could still use more reviews and ratings since then.
S. Kaeth has also written more books within the same world as Windward, and each are a great starting point into some fantastic fantasy!
Of course, you may also know S. Kaeth from her hard work running Indie Story Geek, which acts as the Goodreads of indie books and has a directory of self-published fantasy, sci-fi, and horror books. In fact, you can add your own! S. Kaeth and Indie Story Geek also run the new and exciting Indie Ink Awards for indie authors. These, as well as her contributions into WriteHive, makes S. Kaeth an absolutely invaluable member of the indie author community. She’s given so much support to her fellow authors, that it’s only fair that you check out her books and show her some love!
Let’s start with Windward:
About the Author
Ever since a college professor told S. Kaeth she’d have to eventually focus on just one thing, she’s been dead set on proving him wrong.
From charging through the wilderness, wrangling alligators and snapping turtles, trapping and counting moles, or supervising prairie burns for college credits to doing research and training frogs, lizards, and a lungfish, she treats life as an adventure. She traded hikes, natural history interpretation boating tours, and creature encounters for the slightly-less-exotic-but-no-less-fun mammal training about the same time she began to get serious about her writing craft.
She’s an indie author, a co-founder of Indie Story Geek, and a co-founder of Teacup Dragon. You’ll also find her at WriteHive, where she is a Coordinator and host of the Word Nerd Cafe podcast. When she’s not buried under edits, you can often find her cheering people on and boosting capybaras and science posts on Mastodon.
- Website: SKaeth.com
- Mastodon: @skaeth
