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It is with great delight that we can reveal the cover of Barbara J. Rosie’s first book in her Tangler’s Web trilogy, The Brazen Dragon. The art and design work by Greg Chapman captures wonderfully the essence of Rosie’s novel.

When Kira forgoes her only opportunity to receive a betrothal token to save the life of a young boy, she jeopardises both her future and her life. Accused of using magic by the fanatical dispatcher, Piscator, and imprisoned for execution inside the brazen dragon, Kira’s only option is to escape as part of the quota and flee.

As she strives to control a magic that erupts whenever her life is threatened, Kira struggles to reconcile her burgeoning power with her healer’s ethics to do no harm. Helped by an old conjurer, a blind Seer nun and the shade of a dragon dead for two centuries, Kira discovers her whole life has been built on a lie designed to protect her from the very threat she is now confronting. Unbeknownst to her, what she does with her newfound knowledge could change the fate of a kingdom.

The Brazen Dragon, will be globally released in the third quarter of 2025.