MORE THAN PROPHECY

Author: Shannon Leigh ISBN: 159279324X 1/2005 PARANORMAL/TIME TRAVEL Publisher: AMBER QUILL PRESS

According to ancient prophecy, a woman would come from Earth to bear a child who would end the warring between the Ramekah and Andreas clans that has plagued the hold folk of Zandar for hundreds of years. On the tail of a magical zephyr, Cheyenne, a young Native American woman, is swept through the doorway of an interplanetary portal and whisked away from Earth in a dazing blur of motion. She’s deposited, alone and half-naked, in a valley between the grassy knolls of the Rhian Mountains and the dreaded Goetic forest, just inside the boundaries of Andreas Territory. It’s there Lord Darian Andreas, ruler of the mighty Andreas Clan and master of the powerful Andreas Territory, finds her. Although Darian is a just man who exercises kindness and incorporates mercy into his method of rule—which, in the barbaric world of Zandar, are rare qualities for a man—he’s also used to getting what he wants, one way or another. From the moment Darian lays eyes on the dark skinned beauty, he knows she’s meant to be his. And if the Gods are willing, he’ll make it so.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

MORE THAN PROPHECY is an absolute masterpiece. The chemistry between Cheyenne and Darian is magical. In fact, the entire novel is magical.

Cheyenne is a modern day woman who finds herself in a far from modern world known as Zandar. On Zandar, she meets Darian, a handsome warrior she cannot resist. As the story goes, Cheyenne is thought to be in Darian’s world to fulfill a prophecy, but at what cost? Can true love grow between a 20th century woman from Earth and a near Neanderthal from another world? It won’t be easy—Darian is a bit jaded when it comes to women, and doesn’t trust them one bit.

Cheyenne is young, beautiful, and fiercely independent. She is trying to understand the ways of a world centuries behind her own, and trying to come to terms with living out the rest of her life there. Cheyenne and Darian are undeniably attracted to one another, but then again, every man in Darian’s world is attracted to Cheyenne, and every lord wants her as his own. Can Cheyenne and Darian fulfill their own desires and the prophecy at the same time?

MORE THAN PROPHECY has strong characters and a very intriguing plot. Leigh’s descriptions of people and places allow you to see Zandar with startling clarity in your mind’s eye. Darian will be fueling many fantasies for women everywhere! I highly recommend this novel and cannot wait to read more from Shannon Leigh!

Carrye Syma