Idol of Blood — Jane Kindred

The price of revenge may be her sanity...and the lives of those she loves.

No longer haunted by memories of her life--and death--as the Meer of Rhyman, Ra looks forward to a quiet existence with her lover Jak in the Haethfalt highlands. Having made peace with Ahr, her consort from her former life, Ra can finally explore her new relationship, free of the ghosts of the past-until she unwittingly unearths Jak's own. Out of instinct, she uses her Meeric power to heal the pain of Jak's childhood trauma. But all magic has a price, and Ra's bill has come due. Succumbing to the affliction inherent in her race, Ra flees to the mountain ruins where her mother's temple once stood. As the madness takes hold, she resurrects the ancient city of AhlZel in a tremendous act of magic that seals her fate-and threatens to destroy those who would give up everything to save her from herself.

Warning: Contains dark themes, violence, gender-bending sex, and recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse.