The Color of Vengeance: The Dragon's Dove Chronicles

By Kim Iverson Headlee

"A great story!" ~ K.R. Thompson, author of The Untold Stories of Neverland series.

A war is coming. A warrior is born. Vengeance is the only burial gift he can bestow.

When Angli cattle thieves slaughter his wife and son, Dwras son of Gwyn vows revenge upon their murderers. But how can a mere farmer prevail against ruthless, trained warriors? For the answer Dwras must look not to his sword, but within his heart

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pendragon Cove Press
• Release date: Aug 13, 2013
• ISBN: 9780990505563

Kim Iverson Headlee

Kim Headlee lives on a farm in the mountains of southwestern Virginia with her family, cats, fish, goats & assorted wildlife. People and creatures come & go, but the cave and the 250-year-old house ruins-the latter having been occupied as recently as the mid-20th century-seem to be sticking around for a while yet.Other published works by Kim Headlee:Dawnflight, first edition, paperback, Sonnet Books, Simon & Schuster, 1999.Liberty, writing as Kimberly Iverson, paperback, HQN Books, Harlequin, 2006.

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Pendragon Cove Press

The Color of Vengeance

by Kim Iverson Headlee

Copyright 2013 by Kim Headlee

All rights reserved

Interior art ©2013 by Kim Headlee

Cover design ©2015 by Natasha Brown

Credits for the photographs on the cover:

Courage ©2012 by Andrey Kiselev, ID 38732143 Dreamstime.com

Knight looking at his sword ©2009 by Bedov, ID 11639532 Dreamstime.com

Landscape photo of mist, an early morning ©2012 by Dhoxax, ID 19860783 Depositphotos.com

Published by Pendragon Cove Press

ISBN-10: 0-990-50556-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-9905055-6-3

Audiobook Edition performed by Jim Kenyon

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Morning’s Journey

by Kim Iverson Headlee

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Death

Badulf

PRINCE BADULF, SON of King Colgrim of Bernicia, studied the slumbering Brædan village sprawled in the valley below and waited.

Being cramped behind cold boulders and winter-stripped thickets on the hillside, the night wind freezing one’s ballocks and whipping the breath away—this part never made it into the songs.

Minstrels preferred the warm, soft luxury of the king’s hall. Details gleaned from the war-bands therefore were sketchy in some places and embellished in others.

What of it, after all? No harm in heaping an extra measure of glory upon a warrior’s name. If omitting

Reviews for The Color of Vengeance

[feeroberts64 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Dawnflight by Kim Iverson Headlee is the first book in the The Dragon's Dove Chronicles. It's an Arthurian tale following the strong female lead known as Gyanhumara “Gyan” nic Hymar. She is betrothed to Urien map Dumarec, the son of Gyan's clan's enemy and Arthur's political rival. Before she is wed to Urien she meets Arthur map Uther, the Pendragon, who conquered her people in the war. Even though he conquered her clan she is taken with Arthur, and he is taken with Gyan, which causes strife between Arthur and Urien even more so than before she entered their lives.I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It has a strong female protagonist who isn't afraid to speak her mind and isn't afraid to wield a sword. There is romance with just a tad of detail, which I could handle. The characters are well defined, and the world building is decent. There are vivid and exciting battles, and though there are religious undertones throughout the tale, it is a vital part in understanding some of the trials Gyan and Arthur had to face, and definitely added to my interest in their plight. I would recommend this book to anyone into Arthurian historical fiction.