Kadou, the shy prince of Arasht, finds himself at odds with one of the most powerful ambassadors at court—the body-father of the queen’s new child—in an altercation which results in his humiliation.
Today we’re thrilled to share Chapter Two of Alexandra Rowland’s A Taste of Gold and Iron—available from Tordotcom Publishing on August 30th. If you missed Chapter One yesterday, you can still find it here!
Kadou, the shy prince of Arasht, finds himself at odds with one of the most powerful ambassadors at court—the body-father of the queen’s new child—in an altercation which results in his humiliation.
In Alexandra Rowland’s A Taste of Gold and Iron—available from Tordotcom Publishing on August 30th—a queer romance unfolds in a fantasy world reminiscent of the Ottoman Empire. We’re thrilled to share the opening chapter below—and check back tomorrow for Chapter Two!
Most of the time, books come into your life in the usual ways—a friend recommends one to you, or you browse through the shelves at your local bookstore deliberately looking for something that will catch your eye, or you see a new release advertised somewhere and decide to give it a shot.
But every once in a while, that small moment of serendipity slams into you like a lightning strike and a clap of thunder—you overhear a title, or you catch a glimpse of a cover, and you are gripped instantly with the knowledge that this is going to be one of those books, one of the ones that change you, that leave you better than you were before you read it: A better writer, or a better reader, or a better person, or… just nebulously, undefinably better—more healed, more loved, more whole.
