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Beth Werbaneth is a software engineer who moonlights as a mediocre pickleballer. Sometimes when she’s off the clock and it’s too dark to pickle, she writes epic fantasy. She won an Author Shout Recommended Read award for her 2025 novel The Hearthlord. She lives in Seattle with her cats, Pancake and Sage.
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Princess Nell dreams of reclaiming her homeland. Senya has devoted her life to a god she no longer understands. And Siegfried carries the legacy of a man history remembers as the Bloodletter.
As an ancient enemy wages war across the continent, the three uncover a forgotten truth buried beneath centuries of myth and conquest. If they're right, the only hope for the future lies in uncovering the truth about the one man history condemned.
Senya, a teenager with mysterious healing powers and obscure origins, was sent from another realm by a corporeal deity known as the Hearthlord. All her life she has yearned for the Hearthlord’s return, feeling it will bring purpose to her otherwise uninspired existence.
No sooner does her wish come true, than Senya is thrust into an ordeal which will test her will to live, confront her deeply held beliefs, and ultimately reveal the strength within her. Set in a world filled with political intrigue and the brutality of war, The Hearthlord is a tale of indoctrination, survival, and self-discovery.
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The Hearthlord a riveting first book in an epic saga of young adult high fantasy, was recently awarded an Author Shout Recommended Read award!