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Silverdawn
 What if sorcerers had been real?
What if magick had really existed, and there had been a massive cover-up?
A world is ravaged by a war of demons and sorcery that no human can combat. Rastehm is on the verge of destruction.
Mikkasah is forced to send his daughter into the unknown future of the 20th century Australia, where she grows to maturity and moves to London with her adopted parents. She has no knowledge of her origins nor that she holds the key to the safety or destruction of both her new world and her old. Until one night, she is stalked by a lion and a griffin, and cast into an adventure that will change her life
A dark knight becomes her savior.
Faren Malaan, Knight of Paladia of the Kingdom of Rastehm, is sent forward in time to track and retrieve the Crystal Pyramid. Mikkasah's Astronomers have learned that the pyramid, which shifts through the portals of time, is cracked. And if not restored Isanti's demons may soon escape.
Through sheer luck Istani was not imprisoned by Deharna. He also travels through time. However, he must body hop, taking over the bodies of innocents and casting them aside when he has done with them. But this time Istani is trapped in the body he inhabits. The sickly, weak body of Peter Waymer. His only escape from the cancer eating away at him is to find the Pyramid , release his demons and have them in turn heal him. With one thought in mind after his release, to wreak destruction upon mankind!
The fate of two worlds rests in the fading skills of Pendragon former mage to the king, a banished Princess of Rastehm and a Knight of Paladia who combats his own demons.
These three heroes, and the three people they meet along the way, must join forces to restore the Crystal Pyramid to Deharna, and battle the tormented mind of Iraj who will stop at nothing to gain his prize.
Silverdawn is a mixture of Celtic Mythology, Romance, Dark Fantasy, and Time Travel.
About the Author
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Julie D'Arcy was born in Bendigo, Australia, lived her formative years in Melbourne, then moved to Wangaratta where she attended the Wangaratta Technical College. At school she enjoyed writing and often had articles published in school magazines. She went on to attend the Caulfield Institute of Technology where she studied Art and Design, majoring in Ceramic Art and Design. Julie who began writing seriously in 1994, has had two short stories and two books published with Legacy of the Black Dragon being her third.
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Reviews
 5 Angels! Recommended Read! Julie D’Arcy deftly tells the saga of unrequited passion, treachery, grief beyond measure and the healing power of love and trust. Silverdawn cleverly incorporates the Celtic lore of the goddess with modern archeology. The Otherworld exists beyond this dawning and only those of the goddess can cross over. Silverdawn engaged me from the beginning until the surprising conclusion. I eagerly await Julie D’Arcy’s next tale of Rastehm and the goddess. —Dena, Fallen Angel Reviews
5 Cups! Julie D'Arcy weaves a rich tale. From the first page, the author hooks the reader with Silverdawn's story. The love story is hot and the action is intense. The final conflict between good and evil is explosive. I really enjoyed this book. The plot twists are wonderful and left me breathless. I hope Ms. D'Arcy will continue the story of Silverdawn and Faren, giving birth to a new series. —Candy Bezner, Coffee Time Romance
  4½ stars. This is a delightful story that is a fast, exciting read one will hate to put down even for a minute. Readers will eagerly await more vivid tales from the mind of Ms. D'Arcy. —Kelley A. Hartsell
In a slightly different kind of urban fantasy, Julie D’Arcy’s Silverdawn, takes the reader back and forth between modern London and the mythical medieval world of Rastehm, from where many of our culture’s ‘heroes’ supposedly emerged. For those who love a fairytale-like battle between good and evil, liberally sprinkled with romance, this book should be added to their list. Julie D’Arcy brings the chivalry of medieval adventures into the modern world with a deft and easy to read style. Romance – 8, Characterization – 9, Sexual tension – 8, Plot - 9 —Jennifer Brassel
Anyone desiring a beautiful adult fairy tale will want to read Silverdawn, an urban fantasy novel that includes elements from the romance genre and sword and sorcery sub-genre. Julie D'Arcy has a flair for writing tales that is reminiscent of the bards of a bygone era. The audience will feel spellbound by this special fantasy. —Harriet Klausner, Paranormal Romance
Silverdawn comes off the page as a credible heroine, when she balks at leaving the twentyfirst century's comforts for a world with no running water, readers will empathize at the thought. —Amanda Kilgore, Huntress Reviews
Julie D'Arcy has successfully intertwined romance with otherworldly adventure in Silverdawn. With a dungeons and dragons flavor sprinkled liberally throughout the pages of the novel and fantastical creatures inhabiting the storyline, D'Arcy's novel is one that will surely interest fantasy fans. —Janean Nusz for The Road to Romance
Excerpt
One
1st. day of Imbolc,
600thYear of the Second Dawning.
In the realm of Rastehm
Imbolc had come, snow fell from the sky, and the Goddess had returned from the Otherworld. Most of the Earth rejoiced. But some did not.
The Eternal Wall, a bastion of fire the width of the temple, leaped high and danced with menace. The Temple of the Goddess was deathly quiet as the nobles and commoners gathered to witness the banishment of their monarch's only child.
Aurelia, Queen of Rastehm, stood on a marble platform before the wall of flame. Her glance strayed to the man at her side. Mikkasah, her husband the king, was big boned, with iron-colored hair and the look of an eagle about him—astute, regal and uncompromising. He wore black, with a single red dragon emblazoned on his tunic. Around his shoulders was tossed an ebony cloak trimmed with gold thread. His face was set in harsh lines as he met her gaze and tried to smile.
Aurelia had donned a simple gown of gray. A color of grieving, a color she would wear for many years to come. She clutched her small child to her breast with a determination that burned fiercely within her soul. The child giggled and tugged at her mother's white gold-hair, oblivious to the tension that permeated the ancient stone walls, and the unshed tears glistening in her mother's eyes.
Aurelia stared down into her daughter's chubby face, determined to remember every curve. Her heart swelled with love. Silverdawn, so named for the brilliant new dawn that had appeared after the defeat of the Evil. How she wished they had never fought the demons! How she wished her husband had never summoned the Goddess. If only they had known the consequences-the price they would have to pay.
The Goddess Deharna approached. She was dressed in the austere robes of a Temple Priestess—black, trimmed with the color of blood, and a single adorning white rose above her heart. Black, red and white-the colors representative of the three aspects of the Goddess—the Maiden, the Mother and the Crone.
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