Daughters of Man: Claiming a Princess (Angel-Wing Saga #4)

By Brenna Lyons

It's a tradition as old as recorded history.

The eldest prince chooses his bride from among the genetically strongest toddlers, and she is raised to be his princess. Though he doesn't believe a true bond can form between them that way, Sakkriel chooses an enchanting child that grows to be an exasperating young woman.

Now all he has to do is prove himself the god-descendant he is to claim her.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Fireborn Publishing
• Release date: Feb 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781946004512

Brenna Lyons

Brenna Lyons wears many hats, sometimes all on the same day: ex-president of EPIC, author of more than 100 published works, teacher, wife, mother... She's a member of ERWA, IWOFA, Broad Universe, and more than 60 other author groups. She's taken Spinetingler's Book of the Year for 2007, and she's also finaled for multiple times for the EPPIE, PEARL (including one HM, second to Angela Knight), CAPA, and once for a Dream Realm Award. Brenna writes in 25 established worlds plus stand-alone fiction books and stories, poetry, articles, and essays. She's a bestseller in indie/e fantasy and horror, straight genre and cross-genres thereof. Brenna has been termed "one of the most deviant erotic minds in the publishing world...not for the weak." (Rachelle for Fallen Angels Reviews) Milieu-heavy dark work is practically Brenna's calling card, with or without the erotic content. She teaches classes in everything from POV studies to advanced editing, networking to marketing.

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Glossary of Sakk Terms:

Bio bed- a bed that contains medical apparatus, designed to code bio chains, to do baseline medical tests, and to communicate with a bio tracker to perform continuous monitoring on a medical patient

Bio chain- ullium chains that mated couples wear; they are coded by a bio bed to the genetic signatures of the mated couple in the mating ceremony; they are the most basic type of bio tracker; they are worn for life, even if a spouse dies and a female remarries and gets a new bio chain, unless severed after being found guilty of a crime

Bio tracker- usually contained in a medallion, sometimes decorated with a Kieta, this is a continuous monitoring medical device; it is worn by all members of the royal family and by those with medical problems who would benefit from continuous monitoring

Cazta- a female's clothing, usually wrapped around the body and secured with metal clasps

Cu-wrap- a male's informal clothing, worn around the waist not unlike an Egyptian schenti or a wrapped towel, secured with clasps; the cu-wrap is typically only worn for bedtime or for going to and from the showers on board ship or at the consulate, save when worn by the royal males for traditional ceremonies

Cuzta- a male's clothing, usually wrapped around the body and secured with metal clasps

Eight-turn- a Sakk week, which consists of eight turnings (the Sakk term for a solar day)

Kieta- a family crest

Sa-sen- a unit of time akin to an Earth month; a sa-sen lasts roughly twenty-four Earth days

Sakkan- the main deity of the Sakk people, Sakkan is the first winged human on their world; known as the son of Sky and World (through her descendant, Sakkri), he was sent to the surface of Sakk and there married into the Sakk royal family and became progenitor of the modern Sakk race

Sakkrel- the title used by the Sakk emperor; only his mate may use his given name

Sakkri- the mate of a Sakkriel (heir apparent to the Sakk throne); the female destined to be the next Sakk queen/empress

Sakkrit- the mate of a Sakkrel; the Sakk queen/empress

Sakkriel- the title used by the heir apparent to the Sakk throne; only his mate may use his given name

Ses-time- a unit of time akin to an Earth hour; a ses-time lasts roughly seventy-five Earth minutes

Suluine- a bottom-feeding animal used as bait to catch fish

Tocol- an absorbent material not unlike thick cotton weave, very soft but not as durable as tova; tocol is often used for things like the lining of waste wraps (diapers)

Tova- soft, silky material used for most Sakk clothing; tova resists stains and most scents, but they are still washed daily for reasons of sanitation

Ullium- an element