{"id":376,"date":"2018-08-23T22:07:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T22:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/izzy-king.com\/?page_id=376"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:10:11","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/izzyking.com\/index.php\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>To the Sky \u2014 sky pirate adventure romantasy<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:22.22%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/to_the_sky_smller.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1139\" srcset=\"http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/to_the_sky_smller.jpg 600w, http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/to_the_sky_smller-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Content Warnings: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>age-gap romance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>violence and blood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ritual and blood magic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>arranged marriage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:44.45%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"219\" src=\"http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/A-Princess-Runs-Away-1024x219.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1485\" srcset=\"http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/A-Princess-Runs-Away-1024x219.png 1024w, http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/A-Princess-Runs-Away-300x64.png 300w, http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/A-Princess-Runs-Away-768x165.png 768w, http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/A-Princess-Runs-Away-600x129.png 600w, http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/A-Princess-Runs-Away.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Freedom comes with a price, even among the skies.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Tessa is the only child of the Winderian royal family. She\u2019s grown up sheltered in a world where magic is taboo. On the other hand, James is the sky pirate captain of Coincidence. He has the freedom of a mostly law-abiding civilian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It is one thing that Tessa\u2019s betrothed is an evil sorcerer that wants to take over Winderia by any means necessary, but what she does with that knowledge is much more complicated. Running away gets her nowhere; not with James set out to bring her back to her parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Perhaps, together, they can find a way to save the kingdom\u2014and her freedom.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Magic is banned in Winderia as it&#8217;s the closest location to The Everreach where Vapors\u2014ghosts, imps, and worse\u2014reside and occasionally pour from to disrupt the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Princess Tessa has grown up in Windfall, the capital of Winderia, and is expected to marry soon as her aging father wants a successor. Since Tessa has been reluctant up to now to find a proper husband, her parents announce her engagement to Lord Xensor, the king&#8217;s advisor. Tessa is distraught and runs away from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Meanwhile, Captain James finds himself at a job auction where the auctioneer offers up a job from the royal family\u2014confidential, of course, but there are whispers of the missing princess. James jumps on this one with images of the grateful princess dancing through his mind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Craven is sent in secret by Lord Xensor to bring Tessa home, too. Maybe ransom her back to the royal family and make Lord Xensor look useful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Will Captain James get to Tessa first? Will they fly away and have all the adventures in the world? Or will Craven catch her and bring her back to marry the evil Lord Xensor?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/To-the-Sky-Tropes-and-Themes-1-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1498\" srcset=\"http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/To-the-Sky-Tropes-and-Themes-1-819x1024.png 819w, http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/To-the-Sky-Tropes-and-Themes-1-240x300.png 240w, http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/To-the-Sky-Tropes-and-Themes-1-768x960.png 768w, http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/To-the-Sky-Tropes-and-Themes-1-600x750.png 600w, http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/To-the-Sky-Tropes-and-Themes-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"292\" src=\"http:\/\/izzyking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/xr7jn0op-kickstarter-logo-k-green.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1506\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8767984524241325;width:89px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Kickstarter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pre-launch live <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/izzyking\/to-the-sky\" title=\"\">here<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Launch in July 2026!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\">\ud83d\udcda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publishing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Coming to Amazon in March 2027!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the Sky \u2014 sky pirate adventure romantasy Content Warnings: Freedom comes with a price, even among the skies. 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