Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter: The Riyria Chronicles, #3
The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter: The Riyria Chronicles, #3
The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter: The Riyria Chronicles, #3
Ebook490 pages9 hours

The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter: The Riyria Chronicles, #3

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

A daughter vanishes. Two rogues are paid a fortune to find her. It isn't enough.

When Gabriel Winter's daughter mysteriously disappears and is presumed dead, the wealthy whiskey baron seeks revenge. Having lived in Colnora during the infamous Year of Fear, he hires the one man he knows can deliver a bloody retribution - the notorious Duster.

Ride with Royce and Hadrian as the cynical ex-assassin and idealistic ex-mercenary travel to a mysterious old-world city filled with nobles claiming descent from the imperial aristocracy. Riyria's job appears easy: discover what happened to the missing duchess and, if she lives, bring her home . . . if not, punish those responsible. But nothing is simple in the crowded, narrow, mist-filled streets of Rochelle, where more than one ancient legend lurks.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 2, 2018
ISBN9781943363117
The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter: The Riyria Chronicles, #3
Author

Michael J. Sullivan

Michael J. Sullivan is a three-time New York Times, USA Today, and Washington Post bestselling author who has been nominated for nine Goodreads Choice Awards. His first novel, The Crown Conspiracy, was released by Aspirations Media Inc. in October 2008. From 2009 through 2010, he self-published the next five of the six books of The Riyria Revelations, which were later sold and re-released by Hachette Book Group’s Orbit imprint as three two-book omnibus editions: Theft of Swords, Rise of Empire, and Heir of Novron. Michael’s Riyria Chronicles series (a prequel to Riyria Revelations) has been both traditionally and self-published. The first two books were released by Orbit, and the next two by his own imprint, Riyria Enterprises. A fifth Riyria Chronicle, titled Drumindor, will be self-published in the near future. For Penguin Random House’s Del Rey imprint, Michael has published the first three books of The Legends of the First Empire: Age of Myth, Age of Swords, and Age of War. Grim Oak Press distributes the last three books of the series: Age of Legend, Age of Death, and Age of Empyre. Michael has returned to purely self-publishing roots with the release of his most recent series, The Rise and Fall Trilogy. These books are being published in the current schedule: Nolyn (Summer 2021), Farilane (Summer 2022,  and Esrahaddon (Summer 2023). Michael is now writing Drumindor, the fifth book of The Riyria Chronicles. This will return him to the timeline of Royce and Hadrian, two rogues he hasn’t visited with since the release of The Disappearance of Winter’s Daughter in 2018.  You can email Michael at michael@michael-j-sullivan.com.

Read more from Michael J. Sullivan

Related to The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter

Titles in the series (2)

View More

Related ebooks

Fantasy For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter

Rating: 4.159420405797102 out of 5 stars
4/5

69 ratings4 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Gabriel Winteri is a wealthy whisky baron whose daughter has turned up missing. Convinced that the man she married only married her for her money, he hires Royce and Hardin to find her if She is still alive. Convince that she is dead, Gabriel Winter hires the two to wreck revenge on those who played any part in her murder. The job seems simple enough. If she’s alive, bring her home. If she’s dead, punish those responsible. Once in Rochelle, they discover there is something sinister going on. (A little didactic... too many ch “telling” of the views Royce and Hardin have about life and their opposite philosophies.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The Disappearance of Winter’s Daughter is the fourth book in The Riyria Chronicles but is a prequel to all that takes place in The Riyria Revelations. I would absolutely suggest that you read these series in order starting with The Riyria Chronicles. Royce and Hadrian are hands down my favorite duo of all time. I love every single story that they are in. Their combination of cynicism and optimism is utterly enjoyable. Whenever I read a story from either of these series it is like meeting up with old friends. I just adore these characters!Hadrian and Royce are rogues for hire known as Riyria. They started a business doing what they do best and have been pretty successful at it. This time they are hired by Gabriel Winter to find those responsible for his daughter’s disappearance and once found are to proceed with bringing on some vigilante justice, Royce style. Hadrian though, being the optimist that he is, feels like maybe Gabriel’s daughter, the Duchess, has only gone missing and wants to search for her first before administering any justice. Once they arrive in Rochelle though things take an interesting twist, leaving Royce and Hadrian with a mystery to unravel regarding the disappearance of Winter’s daughter.The Disappearance of Winter’s Daughter was an adventurous story that was an absolute joy to read. There was even mention of unicorns and who doesn’t love a story that discusses unicorns? Only it is not what you think and when you read it you will really appreciate the mention. I wish that there had been more action for Hadrian though, because those scenes are always fantastic but nevertheless I loved this story. The Disappearance of Winter’s Daughter added an additional layer of interest to both Royce and Hadrian and it was an immensely satisfying read. I highly recommend this series to all readers, you will not be disappointedin the least. Such a great read!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Michael J. Sullivan has created a wonderful world I keep returning to. This is the second time I’ve read Disappearance of Winter’s Daughter & it was even better. Now that Scribd has his Riyria books, if you love epic fantasy be sure to read or listen to Riyria Revelations and Riyria Chronicles.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The adventure of Royce and Hadrian continues as they go on a rescue mission that has its own supply of surprises. This book is a step up from the first two books in Riyria Chronicles, but The Death of Dulgath is still a better written novel in my opinion. This story was interesting and engaging. It is filled with the expected banter from Royce and Hadrian. It did not pull me in as much as I was hoping and the writing slipped every now and then. Overall I'm glad I read the two Riyria series as they were an easy, fast paced, and enjoyable journey.

Book preview

The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter - Michael J. Sullivan

b5bbook_preview_excerpt.html}rF@Z\+%[R?J2հ얪dŒzu- @@UDovvs@&IIwfZ,xxw?j_|w c][)\ý_p+.a]qcQƱ.68| "q?m|+y# ʣZWEhkEWn{}> xwHC_׮CsvÔTJ@_]tOI2bFW4q5aXZnRO鿹Mq]m(⥍iwy;[{B9't'@EQ$s-e}]8M?c|kl o<*貨|eَJ]8bͰ YmJŘG8c WPSPM|? UZ6KNR*6PY^/g#=v8g?$#.joNVlgrݺ;QXtNNnL2][掺(:`^.kJ=\yH[]T!>?x V?C:Ym>䤜CE-g[Ƅ7h$rx**I$-^dŷm:E ▫.R%/mi'ˁI#DCY`;Y2qo+Gx}lX4֥nL! Щr6Xqu*#m[æbW,q}1,xe Gȿ X2Q+M7"CP M|XN0Η#ZV|YcÏpGK2ƉAt1&m*ăʶ0k;$xX55@ˍu? +}=F6\zXˌOCs,|PN&i_J1GX 9ݹ]8X:DۉBobBE'_&!, ͳTC#&+k)uKDn r_Dϸq 0&OT"eKvdɏ(0AfRkWTmV tq00Fo5F;ŋ^O_bd{yDk֡bUD7>Iy` 3HslC)6|!gDOjrKo!N@ j¨_i/%bd)6 K@+}pe쇽JYK K]w~ͱCcɕɓkQ!@Ms2:4tܻ c %07;7>lAWv{1vܝkw=EFu{Z\T puPۭ pV _< ^fޝ;9Օ=0 1?4s.:0 Ot `_ F,}ߋ-'w<F'[1H_Fzذty0B6q_vQK%Y|\h`KLR9}EƦoancvNڵwAKwY"C/alZ/t-5>gbD7q(.&?Ƚ0*1ӧ?Cd 4 E`A2#r]o Ƣ _#^ިNS 6g{A"eIW4\? ,`?ieQN]$xOcWGWGN@hz@0I?2woL'NK ]M0᫱o&vȢk iQ4 2{`N0M PL 8]v#uը M=Y/O(FA:YW5.k p\{ñaA؉79nQ노&ß]|ݟ⪮D'7,C#{=} 7[%rQ ۋ6]KXξhrFmj,$d~8=5.vdb| ,r$fN魨OkƮW?xF\ݸCr/V.~|_Vᡇbׇf}8롇: /= #N4`q>oB>">)k/RQ0?s/ZZ]gJ~z(6 m1ʫDz\&VNHlQn]$Wj/ A;(҇b󠚗Ü78xa m?)~D8+4~R}>E+9uKgP>⽫((O0k,uehCF57@]*dgNBEo-2pѱƥf\ **A7#cYOB,-K':  Ԝa@Ij^:N|p? QUF6I.gmK1#GLUæb D@"@Bj]PUg2n u?=q/6CN.hCOY7nj9Fܷ#Q+=CIO /z$wؑ9*zB~1?Ћ<#Cͭ!#Oib/z8kznxrFtdD\0o2"ͦvjg/Jz/-,Dܝ ,_N-d-TzCtHȩ֡ʕ)K[ȏhMUɓ1r#ּ ŲF X<ϕ6%Nj` ,;٥V㽗[u 8Vj[VG.q-Ap&tLD{A 'Pl!NM~pd]W8=0/n'd/;?,aVPh-?;Ttz/Ѧ r6Mg`4:7͗[6"y1?ƍ.5444LǨesh\S@$ W[}~ǀh%WmHYC9g5WzUZ8d"ϼ9oE_ QҊW4VMreȌE=LHb+σb@ G\֫ej;4Hb,E70nALa/N6/Ӫ>  c(c:&r;lB'If< wE3Ӏd%|!yQc%Hy2e*&}}k1`ODqlU5)2B^Jŗ Cjf: Ů UY/|pTM Nj4ی:BvXD\j@#'נWU3;m>'\V\o.$g&;}DkPmdd'3L"oQSM&Tz"U}e:kP:}L{ ?ۻcoF+0K> jȪJQG@6bRJ2٣2@O}I?ƁC&9 H$X3/e&b^rЅMJ)@]aw GgډY5I|.,atLB ,1?TR, y80 Zi)L@sFlJOP yO0|g+J#򦉫S? TM&f%Z9 !U]egLs%H k辰Uf^6@Tt2C'n.W}Z|TT\pˁ7Lnau)ln@ :dQ˅ƹ2Ys7"kqdy [/UaZ!ޏ|,(Q߬EKߩblR)NTZ~2~"^*CkKA3DD%,EI_|`xɺʕ+B j*dSU'[M>y#qvL0b;JK$d>o}{q*#?]tM ]L4a13ЎZy_ ؘx_.mB:A$\eX,ȗ_;/u1vVvd/" 0NW/<#8Ɉ #d``Cy4GH7?:fZŌzԚ/+lT8N2x5VD8˸FkK4*-[ׄ:hmRzY "#,n! MN[M>vq\VP6b4AN7lmqCS*抄yfX?0VzJi#DA࠭I.: O7Kb{C "04 cuua.0q{J!d1Ng$ӟSz l4 :X}9 ^ l$rpk$ˈ='x 4%9@d~ @e^Ƈ݀."M Pӱ5m 'q|dd*QgǨ[Ly4 ϒ@i07o+ڡvuj^f}\ZEHe'όӥn,os~x<|bb|/ c%z} ISϏ pK( ˜|;DQup +8a/?=J5b%c]y:٤kX߸yG`^m/NyO^=PdCEJV%%_`Hl_nw ?o|}X>2&ZꨎD۸bىCW6UEhOxnW?&|&Zㅼgs:6gkjȇ`}Ƭ57!-/}ձgeBԑOio[o3vWgʞ[f`lj_f|eͥ J|%Pt~2ϭ㴺%-O__2slsO!ۀz5`j^7ٶu%/j6[pN{1SS!=aĘf՛Ǥe6<YZkjyG)k\|33KZ)oR9*gN{5KuqLPcB@T[yV52NF)F q!7i pbYFrhbc*W>]0t0hH{"I휊]֛VMM,׺$3h5<]Ɵ,3Y[׋eFt5qHj*uiߒFb`WwqnBZ7ֺ]zN{,6G' Vtc1?6E&ExxrM^逻)kwiΡjtQ͉p^2H21=dn%K gb#$S:Eyf*q'jUmʢs $<ӊƗ"Z*g"/k9#xA<`W3eRʑ"}\$J*=AS%3{VՒ%R,7xș/Z TG=UG `m|*R'p9؉L6߽JT-d8ީh2HJLhyLYcb$bͧo6}Gq+mEKv:U>˹9T&0y_G`Gd? }:X~DG,fi.%v0n$-$WcEawFPրh΍D&g#vN2Zi~u6 THD2)F6v/BNGx1l,_;Y:aXc83n' ۀ7+ S #OE?Za3 ;*^nsX@K&`3>)D_ ) %[~G^ma9!`)DǐCb<)mNYXF/]աovbTiaIllQ\V~O#wԋv"f5+SʄBhT&L f" 9Il];S6̓-3ki4_AC"է0d#TB牥`@(5X=rOeQX轆6sv=HZAgtw9pvsZQ-!Gn5rË] NC5"PU@ysS%2z0QKԌ? fE96@l5T'ĚD~u(*7KN6ZDfqb Wmcg!*W@q&LyN]N"[U 84f=E>ΥSdUF eH",q+i' eVײ~;w+nբ5yLWfv @qHFTqh"_fW{w}1&~dͲb"vBAU!gB4tyBL6 cߌppp4ޠ]_i%)fPSaae)'=v'uyF)XYM< k y`QMgNX` kgH4=p؝0@I ׮.qzL*@r{fCۦu}Ok)Je\"1ޝ)pDvl# |+3b˴7VSD/: e1.D&L$)Z99h%kE·w6FEKD=XDn{Dgmk6Rg:+=h4z*!${w* h"kU3VqxYE-3ڈ٢ !^36ka y@QLy@7F%oğH Z\8m"1C־?H|p,bi!6J7[ԾOH`wZ-OUKN.uG# Rsj u,%gȀ)oAðjYGކ< yf&g|Xoh'42,]j-ԙ\x={ΟI{KHݟYhfl5`mʝӖ[JoU;.8J5i?XA?;+:J|CґI. r\+YR,8MQZsUX~8g4utmD 5[v$=e䡒Bf axE\:Mi z, Hh) ֨ygw20p13Y{17trGiV&z ,8׷^9;Zn(IН7Sv^{RW+GBk6g5VV~ ~Yf%M܊:^"k@m`%--QDNN Q._-5"mĀ"OgoL-z}-r);+jc8kr~pFa@ôH=XZ932`"qAx"Ne%gxUȱ8Ei7]4ڶvv$Aq/bWcqE߲} I~B^9:+=g;f=L_!`рy Uطb8SW%cꓱj[d=q΢?0UeyIokʋ"rfTk*I@$*q726Vբ5;|i)4w%'$Fsj 8YD1)H(\Ǐ`d c| DiBiisb sGV*~l:]3ٚ5b͉,(+W׋x!*Qggiאw42x1mgGl'[ZWwD8ٍX Nj?#dGtג%c7V3[G%D' UoJ_rӭhwQ`5]P;EB ~Vnv j ;ȓ2C*ԅ盇BW.jV+Q& VdF;kM+Fp88ԣQSjcܞ<6H7âI*.,ywB[iNDUz`4ee> Q -y` -ؽNxZւ䧟I@sO ICu&~*Qtgd)zb/p,WUDxFf:j,>t~Cyjl(5WN:6\JExp'6sdxQZe75-*lv| 4ݜOeg@ѿo16Gʡ"I϶:2E^@P#Uڟ)[}4' ?ZY ?!H-hR> O9j6k|Ԙr66%-xaLc帒xĨh +iǎr%F{T1{ Sp2|%W'V?{jϓ=m$Yٙ /lmcR3F`n&rm"P0ht3j.TX8>I+>tYK1#%;hBѷJ49aMwQLCч`xZY @Z6V!08@5>ryU'$x_ʼ݅c ·^.;0lD42xE3]<]$@ńO=[}NhǗYq sI$SMبuAkۀ荡Ҧre3 pC,VZg;(fFAbliFhLhꂑGrsɜtTr%2>t QʯYeH@Bw~F QZwJ`\n"[%m?025a-ˉL)GYݎpԀK+gͅx2SRLx}]fQfaƨm̖?3`OAn8qQdD3AUDʱTy57QP88!l4ޓ:H-hXKh9Ok6&mCY4p5ik&$` 1i|05Ȧ-)q?F\K&Fj:\#Ļ Pi;}UW;Sf(Mǩ0u`:Þ?( cDY.hS8 Ov ! 8Պ-:j'w,^xhw[ b56Vԕ쏺 (a#w 8s2{ 0 [.곛]uבȮt}9jdXf}'Trh8X5jI͗˧@SnT8GPs͓\ o5۩rp,-r[*9zD%hcqGX{j=\ :M۳Sw7Zm+0L`frl-K{`̀gFec''WndcF1ѱtB9oũA\uDԎ!7s3[q̱s}؛wp?#p% {|-w^II3R=YPCwߪ0}ѽ$=NU]TN)Nu珬$Uo."1`hn4)]˼iCpZ ƩՕm=Qc.:Robmd4(ѹ*Jg*sԥZҖ0mtEO *[RZ5vMP(tԁ茀"0DSHv@;,7j%1Z pE~ ϋJ6Ul%tgcoQEln#М7wܨI!kuqdsi$+b9Ԓʱ/s&PimQ({O3 8Uezk&y"[ ˩6Pg:R\ vFE9fAvi\OքhY{(T9ڗbb9I}y筿iY^xËIC̚RӸnsqhm@d 7RxPKT5Y<= M~\ÿ́b k,-D9iIS̕E}XY$a_AcHb^KXl"z7B|l43k%lG)R,uKscgnàD_sȚ:׷)ϕmigyĦ KyZbT~1B Fy#9`xi*{f}Zg i,ط `F&]).pU9a}\\A5m斢{,pÿ`a 8y5?Zj"Px>f}^k̦l 瀝8 Ί7fjQ4qz-0c2W1I.z1EVZNz'C7bw%9p ,icIΨ^YNh_{"Ӄ둥H`G3v eM$_{yvH%(ؙFzsAQLMBc%C2'`ԉv/#)z@{Ѭ $>ہ1zP,HX?mGFmw ,C2h=Hr+cjZvEZ:䬗vM1D]BcBR%vVAkO6/ql&5Bߜ; zСa,myeZ[7/f] ʹpHDw} x;lq˄釂Ǫg)vX Vp|Qx0\KS&O/7 h¤]96auU0V9-z\ӈy*O`ʼ(mP煲M&"~4B&oF0$WS ? knr2zv??3t1M}ӂs'q̐eyY[g\򲔛uiyQcvӣRShb<._iZrY4[@DczR+diR o _P61fnP'+ևZvQKa%8[49UΞJ79`,M^\oަI[X9F+Q1p;ESnL`[?Avʙء9FSۇ=WsY(}pޗY ;Tz]~zA` zmԈﻡaZ0шɞZy밠͒;ŖhdW_nz{Fo4d b;mvݱ 'ehDcRsY^m }}]B7MZ;8ډvtk6-K@GUiJ'C^|$6ҝX¬g5#y#2u`T)Ȁܻ]H"?!m܊ϋ/u\ٺx +i{ଫVQI_]~LtUa#FLȆL2HJڪQn_` MeXc y~P)!g١bھHWy~{B֡0TrMgfO!SEԢf9"9j.T6& ^6Y4}`_BJYjyOf0SiCpJ{m k4MA$~jBʀ\f/>")ӗ.>gq1 8- w$QTih863]hf_MMN /ƒ{mfiYmέ/n$y#4-<m&:jt97f>vXClCRB,c̞DT+Z kn.r^-J&*uWh9h9_1hI[`\As@bek˺~l#h4nĕZ sf7>jK+k8'mob֬t,8N)B=մ,$Au ȖC~ &A]U#rx*E0eO3Bn41 k̮VvvR+e?9^Yfsк|-У^5͎țFo>kNaONb!mU۽}Yy;_Jk)maDr6O٧f9GbuHuwՏwTgm3$B)v jxѲԄn[co@ r{uF
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1