The Red-Jeweled High Priestess of Hayll, Dorothea SaDiablo,
rules the Hayllian Territory with an iron fist. No other
Queen can compete against Dorothea as she brings fear to
all. There is one Queen that Dorothea hates and is a very
dangerous enemy known as the Gray Lady, a Gray-Jeweled Queen
who rules the Territory called Dena Nehele. She has stopped
all of Dorothea's attempts to bring the Realm of Terreille
under her hand. She orders her Master of the Guard, Krelis,
to eliminate the Gray Lady, and in order to accomplish this,
he must venture into the slave auctions. The Gray Lady comes
out of her lair twice a year for these slave auctions.
Dorothea doesn't care how Krelis will kill the Gray Lady,
only that he is successful.
Jared is a Red-Jeweled Warlord who is a pleasure slave bound
by the Ring of Obedience. He killed the last Queen who owned
him because of the sick games she played with him. He
assumes he will not be bought, because he is considered
dangerous. But Jared is in for a surprise when a Queen all
dressed in gray decides to buy him. His Ring of Obedience is
now replaced with the Invisible Ring that is ten times more
powerful than his old one. With no other choice, he leaves
with his new master along with other slaves the Gray Lady
has brought.
As they go on their journey back to her home, Jared begins
to feel protective of his Queen. But their travels have
become very dangerous, and soon the Gray Lady is hurt. Jared
is also shocked to see she that his Queen holds a very
important secret that could harm herself and all that travel
with her. Not only will Jared now be involved in something
bigger that could change his role as a slave, but also
freedom may be closer than he could ever imagine. But first
they must reach the safety of the Dena Nehele Territory
before Krelis finds them and brings the power of Dorothea
upon their heads.
THE INVISIBLE RING is a prequel to Anne Bishop's much
beloved Black Jewel Trilogy. This is a very, very dark tale
of magic and sexual angst where men are treated as cattle
and women have all the power. There are witches, queens and
other magical types that enrich the plot. This is not the
type of read you rush through, rather it is a book filled
with complex characters and very imaginative world building
that may have you scratching your head.
There are so many tortured characters within these pages,
and the main one is Jared who suffers horribly. The things
he has gone through even before the book begins will tug at
your heart. But knowing he is in a good place because of the
Gray Lady makes for a lovely romance between the two. And
when you find out who and what the Gray Lady has planned,
you will be on the edge of your seat hoping they make it to
safety. Anne Bishop has written such a rich story filled
with danger and uses sex as a weapon and as a tool to
control. I was so in awe of Anne Bishop's storytelling with
THE INVISIBLE RING, I will definitely be checking out the
other books in her Black Jeweled trilogy and urge others to
do the same.
A prequel set in the “dark and sensual world”( 11th Hour)
of the national bestselling Black Jewels
Trilogy.
Jared is a Red-Jeweled Warlord bound
as a pleasure slave by the Ring of Obedience. After
suffering nine years of torment as a slave, he murdered his
owner and escaped—only to be caught and sold into slavery
once again. The notorious queen who has purchased him, known
as the Gray Lady, may not be what she seems. Soon, Jared
faces a difficult choice: his freedom, or his honor.
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