Of Kings and Griffins

“Master storyteller…fast-paced and compelling”
-Anna Castle, award-winning author of Murder by Misrule

A vicious king, vengeful griffins, and a scheming goddess. Tesha must outmaneuver foes from these three different worlds.

For Tesha, priestess and queen, happiness is a world she can control, made up of her family and the fractious kingdom she and her husband rule within the Great King’s empire. But now the Great King is dead, and his untried son plots against them. Tesha fights back with forbidden sorcery and savvy. In yet another blow, the griffin king lures Daniti, Tesha’s magical blind sister, into a deadly crisis that Daniti alone can avert.

As danger ensnares everyone Tesha loves, her goddess offers a way out. But Tesha knows this offer of divine assistance may be a trap—one that could lead to an unstoppable bloodbath.

Escape into this award-winning epic fantasy series, inspired by the historical Hittite empire and its most extraordinary queen.

Of Kings and Griffins is book 3 of the Tesha series. Of Kings and Griffins is easily read as a standalone.

“What George R.R. Martin’s ‘Game of Thrones’ did for the War of the Roses, Starkston has done for the forgotten Bronze Age Hittite civilization.”
– Amalia Carosella, author of Helen of Sparta

”You will dive into her world and you won’t want to come up for breath…Tesha and Hattu are unforgettable…The griffins are magical, powerful, and beautifully written…The worldbuilding is perfect, a blend of magical and real that works in such harmony you can’t imagine a world without both.”
-Andrea Rittschof, The Nameless Zine, journal of the Western SFA