MIRIAM VERBEEK
Crime Fiction · Contemporary Fantasy
SONGS OF SI’EMPRA FANTASY SERIES
Enter the World of Si’Empra
Welcome to Si’Empra, a remote Antarctic island where ancient traditions, modern technology and powerful secrets collide. Songs of Si’Empra is a fast-paced contemporary fantasy trilogy following Ellen, a young woman from a ruling family who must challenge those who abuse their power and fight for the future of her people. Filled with fantasy, adventure, mystery and intrigue, Ellen’s journey takes her through dangerous political struggles, mysterious Cryptals, unexpected alliances, betrayal and sacrifice in a richly imagined world unlike any other.
AWARD-WINNING FANTASY
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Songs of Si’Empra has received recognition across several literary awards, including:
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Chanticleer Series Awards 2023 Finalist
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Book Excellence Award Winner
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Maincrest Media Book Award selection in Fantasy
The series has also been praised for its imaginative world-building, original setting, emotional storytelling and blend of modern technology with classic fantasy.
THE SONGS OF SI’EMPRA SERIES
Skyseeker’s Princess
Book One
They taught her the skills of a ruler. Then they betrayed her. They have no idea what they've set loose on the land.
Ellen has always known that her island home of Si’Empra has a precarious existence, held together by ancient alliances. When her brother's abuses become impossible to ignore, she flees into the island's mountainous wilds and finds herself among other fugitives.
As Ellen becomes involved in the struggle against the ruling elite, she discovers that she is more than a reluctant princess. She becomes a skilled negotiator and a woman determined to fight for her people.
But Si’Empra is a dangerous place, and Ellen still has much to learn.
Including how not to make deadly promises.
Skyseeker’s Princess has received recognition including the Author Shout Reader Ready Award and Book Excellence Award.
Cryptal’s Champion
Book Two
Ellen's fight for Si’Empra continues as the island's fragile alliances begin to fracture.
When Ellen bargains with a dangerous stranger to secure supplies for a starving island, she sets off a chain of events that exposes stolen histories and awakens an ancient power beneath the earth.
As helicopters scour the cliffs and the island's ruler tightens his grip, the Cryptals stir in response to a new and terrible Song.
Ellen must navigate betrayals, political conflict and the moral cost of power while trying to hold together a people whose survival may depend on the very beings they once feared.
Cryptal’s Champion brings more action, intrigue and world-building to the Songs of Si’Empra fantasy series.
Si'Empra's Queen
Book Three
Fifteen years have passed, and Si’Empra has changed.
Ellen has helped build a peaceful and prosperous island, but the past is never far away. As she prepares for the future and searches for someone who can eventually take her place, an old enemy returns with revenge in mind.
While Ellen is distracted, the privateer she once bargained with begins to embed himself within Skyseeker society, patiently waiting for the right moment to strike.
With Ellen's health failing and the future of Si’Empra once again uncertain, she must confront the past before everything she has sacrificed to protect is threatened.
Si’Empra’s Queen brings the trilogy to its dramatic conclusion, filled with fantasy, adventure, intrigue and unforgettable characters.
START THE JOURNEY WITH FLIGHT
Flight
Want to discover Si’Empra before committing to the trilogy?
Flight is a free introduction to the Songs of Si’Empra series and the beginning of Ellen's journey.
On the cold and beautiful Antarctic island of Si’Empra, Ellen is determined to escape the life she was born to lead. But after encountering the mysterious Cryptals and a stranger who sees the island differently, she begins to discover a side of Si’Empra she never knew existed.
Friendships, danger and ancient mysteries await as Ellen begins the journey that will shape the rest of her life.
Download Flight for free and enter the world of Si’Empra.
MEET ELLEN
Ellen was raised to become a ruler of Si’Empra, but when her family's power becomes a source of abuse and oppression, she is forced to make an impossible choice.
She can run, hide or fight.
Her journey takes her from the island's ruling elite into the lives of ordinary people, where she discovers new friendships, dangerous enemies and a deeper understanding of Si’Empra and its people.
But changing the future means confronting the past, and Ellen soon learns that leadership comes with a price.
DISCOVER SI’EMPRA
A world of ancient secrets, dangerous alliances, political intrigue and mysterious forces awaits.
Follow Ellen from a reluctant princess to a leader fighting for the future of her people in Songs of Si’Empra, a contemporary fantasy trilogy about courage, sacrifice, friendship and the price of power.
Enter Si’Empra and start Ellen's story today.