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After finishing the Astral Kingdoms, I wanted to write something much smaller, more intimate. Something where the stakes are personal and quiet compared to killing gods. I also wanted to make people cry. VOW OF ASHES, a novella of a dying woman and the vow she demands of her husband, is that book.

29/6/26, 4:23 pm13 reposts52 likes

Dazziv

@dazziv.bsky.social

1 July

Preordered immediately! Can't wait to be sobbing reading at work haha

Eeeexcellent.

It's a story of a woman whose body gives healing, and of a Royal Court that would deny her dignity in death. A story of her husband, vowing to bring her to the sea, so only the waves may have her. PRE-ORDER LINK: www.amazon.com/Vow-Ashes-Da...

David Dalglish

@ddalglish.com

29 June

To say this is different than normal for me is an understatement. I'm fucking terrified. I adore this story, I love it so much, I bawled writing it, and I have no idea if people are willing to give the "dudes with swords" fantasy a guy a chance on something like this, but I'm hoping you will.

David Dalglish

@ddalglish.com

30 June

I would be remise if I didn't thank @skyladawn.ca for the fantastic cover art. I also should thank her for having the brilliant idea of "hey, shouldn't we put some embers on the cover for the book about ashes and pyres?" Yes. Yes we should.

David Dalglish

@ddalglish.com

1 July

I suppose I should make it clear why I wanted to make people cry beyond, like, being evil. My family watches a movie together every Friday, and it was about the time I was coming up with VOW OF ASHES that we were watching a run of anime films, starting with Your Name.

mablakely.bsky.social

@mablakely.bsky.social

30 June

Will there be a print version, or just the kindle version?

David Dalglish

@ddalglish.com

30 June

Yup, still formatting it and everything so it's not showing up yet on Amazon. Audiobook too.