blake rivers
The Assassin Princess Novels
When young artist Ami is stolen from her world and pursued by a malevolent stranger, she finds out she is no mere girl, and a dormant magic stirs.
She is off to the land of Legacy, to rule as princess, to save the city from its thirty year ruin; but always in the shadow is her dark foe, biding his time, invading her thoughts...
A storm is coming and the thunder rolls, but which side will Ami choose when all is revealed and the battles for power and Legacy begin?
The Assassin Princess is the first book in the series, telling of Ami's adventures into the strange and magical lands of her own family's legacy.
Power breathes between the trees and the old shack lifts upon dead limbs. Ami is drawn toward the dark magic, discovering another place just beyond the veil.
But when she is taken captive by an order of men, who serve a beautiful and dangerous tower-bound goddess, she must try to escape.
But beneath the layers, something turns.
Together with her companions, Hero, Raven and Florence, Ami confronts the mysteries of her own legend and comes face to face with the deadliest of adversaries: Romany.
A Step into Darkscape is the second book in the series, following Ami's journey into the darkest reaches and realms of power.
Following disaster in Darkscape, Ami is determined to find her friends who've been lost to the layers of reality. She's travelled to the darkest and most mysterious of places, the castle at Noxumbra, to find the answers.
Yet unbeknownst to her, others are still fleeing the calamities set in motion, the desolation of the dragon vast. More than one fall into the arms of the powerful Blood and Council, those that desperately seek the completion of the elemental Codaci.
When power calls to power, Ami has to decide which path to follow, and whether to trust her elders to lead her on her quest, or the dead?
Something's coming...
The Assassin's Codaci is the third book in the series, venturing far beyond the Land of Legacy, into the deepest of shadows.
About Blake
Hi, I'm Blake and as you may have guessed by now, I'm a writer. Yup, that’s right, I write books and I wrote my first novel, The Assassin Princess, in 2011 when I was twenty-eight. Two sequels followed, A Step into Darkscape and The Assassin's Codaci. This magical fantasy series started as a story written about my girlfriend, at the time, an artist who dreamed of being a fierce warrior in another world, who kicked butt and swung a sword to battle the enemy. It grew and became The Assassin Princess, a tale of an artist who is kidnapped and taken to a strange land full of magic, talking unicorns and dragons. It goes dark, exploring jealously, greed and hunger; it goes light and reaches for the best in even the most flawed of characters. But in essence, it still remains about her at its heart.
I started writing when I was seven years old. Back then it was mostly poems about whatever interested me at the time, be it the seasons or the planets, or my love for libraries and books. I also turned my hand to a few short stories, all hand written and lost over time.
I don’t remember why I started writing, but I do remember what inspired me to do it. It was Yuri, writing his poems to Lara in the frozen house in the film Dr Zhivago, and the beautiful music played, Lara’s Theme; it was the sound of the typewriter at the very start of the film Misery, where Paul Sheldon finishes his latest book.
These still inspire me to this day, along with whole host of other influences: the novels by Brandon Sanderson, Sarah J. Maas, J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowling, Anne Rice, Stephen King, Patricia Cornwell to name a few. Any movie that shows a typewriter.
I post very infrequently and with little consequence on Instagram at: @blakeriversbooks. If you'd like to contact me in a more formal way, you can send an email to: author@buxhall.uk.
Projects in Progress
Soon to be added…
An Infinite Legacy
AIL, or, An Infinite Legacy is the publishing imprint of Buxhall.uk and Blake Rivers exclusively. The name derives from the mountain city of Legacy and the use of the infinity symbol within the books. Together, they symbolise the creative works of an individual who hopes the stories within these books will be his everlasting legacy.
More titles will be added to AIL as they become available.
When young artist Ami is stolen from her world and pursued by a malevolent stranger, she finds out she is no mere girl, and a dormant magic stirs.
She is off to the land of Legacy, to rule as princess, to save the city from its thirty year ruin; but always in the shadow is her dark foe, biding his time, invading her thoughts...
A storm is coming and the thunder rolls, but which side will Ami choose when all is revealed and the battles for power and Legacy begin?
The Assassin Princess is the first book in the series, telling of Ami's adventures into the strange and magical lands of her own family's legacy.
Power breathes between the trees and the old shack lifts upon dead limbs. Ami is drawn toward the dark magic, discovering another place just beyond the veil.
But when she is taken captive by an order of men, who serve a beautiful and dangerous tower-bound goddess, she must try to escape.
But beneath the layers, something turns.
Together with her companions, Hero, Raven and Florence, Ami confronts the mysteries of her own legend and comes face to face with the deadliest of adversaries: Romany.
A Step into Darkscape is the second book in the series, following Ami's journey into the darkest reaches and realms of power.
Following disaster in Darkscape, Ami is determined to find her friends who've been lost to the layers of reality. She's travelled to the darkest and most mysterious of places, the castle at Noxumbra, to find the answers.
Yet unbeknownst to her, others are still fleeing the calamities set in motion, the desolation of the dragon vast. More than one fall into the arms of the powerful Blood and Council, those that desperately seek the completion of the elemental Codaci.
When power calls to power, Ami has to decide which path to follow, and whether to trust her elders to lead her on her quest, or the dead?
Something's coming...
The Assassin's Codaci is the third book in the series, venturing far beyond the Land of Legacy, into the deepest of shadows.
About Blake
I started writing when I was seven years old. Back then it was mostly poems about whatever interested me at the time, be it the seasons or the planets, or my love for libraries and books. I also turned my hand to a few short stories, all hand written and lost over time.
I don’t remember why I started writing, but I do remember what inspired me to do it. It was Yuri, writing his poems to Lara in the frozen house in the film Dr Zhivago, and the beautiful music played, Lara’s Theme; it was the sound of the typewriter at the very start of the film Misery, where Paul Sheldon finishes his latest book.
These still inspire me to this day, along with whole host of other influences: the novels by Brandon Sanderson, Sarah J. Maas, J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowling, Anne Rice, Stephen King, Patricia Cornwell to name a few. Any movie that shows a typewriter.
I post very infrequently and with little consequence on Instagram at: @blakeriversbooks. If you'd like to contact me in a more formal way, you can send an email to: author@buxhall.uk.
Projects in Progress
Soon to be added…
An Infinite Legacy
AIL, or, An Infinite Legacy is the publishing imprint of Buxhall.uk and Blake Rivers exclusively. The name derives from the mountain city of Legacy and the use of the infinity symbol within the books. Together, they symbolise the creative works of an individual who hopes the stories within these books will be his everlasting legacy.
More titles will be added to AIL as they become available.