One Pink Rose lulu.com Category:  Fantasy Publisher: Yaoi Tales ISBN-10:  0972299106 Type: Fiction Pages: 73 Copyright: Jan 15 2003 Dano loves Tokala.. only an empire, a god, the Empriat, a civil war, and his own bastard status get in the way. An eclipse of the smaller moon means ill omen. Before Charity is 17, her twin is dead, her father paralyzed, she's betrothed to a man she doesn't want, and she's learned to swing a double handed broad sword quite well. She's put down a civil war and she's heir to the empire. Against her is the God of Logic who will kill the entire royal family to get what he wants and Lai Lei.. the goddess of love, who also wants things, and is not terribly aware of the reality of mortal lives. In the balance are her nephew Autumn, all the people of her country, her hidden younger brother, her friends, her very life and soul Excerpt The scent of him was familiar, immediately comforting, and yet, a scent clinging to him was new as well, like a flower that opened softly against his senses and made him want to grind his teeth, to taste, the kind of scent that folded his stomach into a kind of hunger and need. It wasn't the electric hint of magic, of hair that still danced with static even when soaked in pond water. He licked his lips while searching Dano's eyes, counting the shades of violet that watched him back. The taste of Dano on his lips was forbidden, out of reach by every rule of life he'd learned all his life. Empriatsen Dano. His best friend, but not a brother. Charity's brother, in danger from the temple, from who know what political smoke that Tokala didn't understand. He licked his lips again and tried to make the slightly coffee, slightly berry taste be enough for his lifetime, to remember it, the stickiness of berry oil on his lips.

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Breathless action scenes melding fluidly with moments of tender passion. A world both alike and entirely alien to our own. Tokala takes human emotion and with great dignity for both hero and villain shows the victories and failings of living and loving. The story leads the reader on an exciting journey as wars are waged with the brush, the heart, the sword, and silver tongues. This is a unique book, with many familiar fantasy elements combined to create something strikingly fresh. Tokala is a book for any fantasy enthusiast, and anyone who likes an uplifting tale that never falls neatly into the Swords and Sorcery category, but maintains the best elements of that genre.