R.K. Hart
To Dream of White & Gold
Pindika Press, 2020
All the dreamers are dead - all, but one.
Lyda d'Cathan has inherited something from her long-dead mother, Siva. Something unknown, something unwanted, and something entirely dangerous. When a stranger knocks on her door in the middle of the night, Lyda is faced with a choice: journey with him to the mysterious Illarum and live as an outcast with the other gifted, or stay at home and risk hurting the people she loves with the newfound power spilling from her in sleep.
Lyda is promised answers; the Illarum gives her nothing but questions. To control her gift, she will need to follow in Siva's footsteps and travel further from home than she ever imagined. The land is hostile, the people unfamiliar, and the dark-eyed storm-chaser at her side is keeping his own secrets. The knowledge Lyda seeks comes with a cost - and it might be more than she is willing to pay.
What will Lyda give to become the last dreamer?
A coming-of-age, romantic fantasy set in a future world, To Dream of White & Gold is the first book in the Death Dreamer Legacy series.
“Hart’s debut novel is immersive and artfully rendered with clever dialogue and masterful prose … She deftly weaves mythology and history into a rich tapestry of cultures, each with their own idiosyncrasies, customs, and beliefs … A sparkling first novel of self-discovery by a skilled author.”
About the Author
R.K. Hart lives and works on Ngunnawal land in Canberra, Australia, with her artist husband, two young children, a cat named Artemis, and three surprisingly long-lived goldfish. She holds a BA (Hons) in Literature, along with a postgraduate teaching degree. She writes mythic, romantic fantasy set in future worlds, and loves complex storylines featuring characters who are neither heroes nor villains. She is obsessed with shifting vagaries of meaning, with the utopian/dystopian impulse, and with representing matriarchal power structures and queerness in her future-fantasy worlds. In 2019, she was shortlisted for the Anne Edgeworth Writer’s Fellowship.
