A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

It is a book that will live in your heart long after you turn the last page.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Survival is one thing, but love-as both will learn-is quite another.īyzantine politics, lush sexual energy, and a queer love story that is by turns sweet and sultry, Foz Meadows' A Strange and Stubborn Endurance is an exploration of gender, identity, and self-worth. With an unknown faction willing to kill to end their new alliance, Vel and Cae have no choice but to trust each other. But while his family is ready to disown him, the Tithenai envoy has a different solution: for Vel to marry his former intended’s brother instead.Ĭaethari Aeduria always knew he might end up in a political marriage, but his sudden betrothal to a man from Ralia, where such relationships are forbidden, comes as a shock. It is a book that will live in your heart long after you turn the last page. Hemming Award in 2018 for her queer Shakespearean novella, Coral Bones. She has won two Best Fan Writer awards (a Hugo Award in 2019 and a Ditmar Award in 2017) for yelling on the internet, and has also received the Norma K. When an ugly confrontation reveals his preference for men, Vel fears he’s ruined the diplomatic union before it can even begin. Byzantine politics, lush sexual energy, and a queer love story that is by turns sweet and sultry, Foz Meadows' A Strange and Stubborn Endurance is an exploration of gender, identity, and self-worth. Foz Meadows is a queer Australian author, essayist, reviewer and poet. Velasin vin Aaro never planned to marry at all, let alone a girl from neighboring Tithena. “Stolen me? As soon to say a caged bird can be stolen by the sky.” The result is sure to delight fans of CL Polk’s Kingston Cycle series and Everina Maxwell’s Winter’s Orbit.“Many a reader longing for a sense of homecoming in the realm of romantic fantasy will find it in A Strange and Stubborn Endurance.”-Jacqueline Carey Meadows skillfully integrates gripping mystery and satisfying slow-burn romance.

But Caethari Aeduria is not what he expected, and a series of attacks within the Aeduria compound mean the men must find a way to trust each other if they want to survive. Exiled by his homophobic father and with nowhere else to go, Velasin accepts the altered marriage offer, crossing the mountains, carrying the shame and trauma of his assault, to marry a stranger. The attack brings to light Velasin’s preference for men and his family’s plans unravel-until they learn his intended has an eligible brother, and unlike conservative Ralia, Tithena has no taboos around same-sex relationships. But before the marriage can take places, Velasin’s male former lover brutally rapes him. Ralian aristocrat Velasin vin Aaro is forced into a diplomatic marriage to a young woman from the neighboring kingdom of Tithena, his family’s historic enemies. This lushly drawn fantasy romance from Meadows ( A Tyranny of Queens) offers a delicate meditation on trauma, loyalty, and trust.

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows