The Songs of Loss, book 2 : Melisaren

Jawaad has escaped a murderous attack with a Loss Singer sacrificed for the purpose as his weapon. Now he knows his new enemy, and this one is fearsome and deadly. Taking with him Lisa, the Earth woman, his second-in-command, the Jemmaï assassin Damas, his psyke, Azur, and the redoubtable and mysterious Sonia, he crosses the Seas of Separation to Melisaren, to get some breathing space against a protean adversary, and to find his old friend, physician Duncan.

Lisa learns to relive and accept the destiny imposed on her, realizing that she is becoming and surpassing everything Jawaad had hoped to find in her. That she herself is the Singer of Loss, the repository of irresistible power and the hope of freedom.

But the web of events that began in Armanth, the secret quest that Jawaad is pursuing and whose origins go back centuries, continues to unfold, and will set Melisaren ablaze in its turn. The time for the call to war is approaching, and everyone will have to choose sides. Including a young red-haired Earth girl who never wished for or wanted this fate.

The Songs of Loss is a planet-fantasy saga with a clockpunk vibe planned in nine volumes, of which this is the second, written by Axelle Psychee Bouet. It has been published since 2015 by Editions Stellamaris ( http://editionsstellamaris.blogspot.ch )