[QCrit] (Rewritten) A Prophecy of Poison, 110k, Adult Romantasy-1st attempt

Dear [Agent Name],

[Personalization]

One year ago, Ivy woke in a New York alley wearing a blood-soaked wedding dress. She remembers nothing from before that night. Not her family. Not her real name. Not the language tattooed across her skin. Then a golden fox leads her through a hidden portal, and Ivy falls into Otherworld, a realm of glittering courts, ancient grudges, and immortal creatures who enslave powerless outsiders.

The dragons call her Adela.

Adela is their vanished Dragon Bride, the woman prophesied to either restore their dying race or destroy it. Ivy knows they have the wrong bride. But when a soldier threatens her and her touch rots the flesh from his bones, the ruthless dragon queen Xarial becomes certain the prophecy has begun.

So Ivy steals her name to save her own life.

Xarial plans to bind her to the dragon throne through marriage. Her younger brother, Soren, has another proposal: help him overthrow the queen. Infuriating, secretive, and far too charming, Soren promises to recover Ivy’s memories and teach her to control the poison awakening in her veins. He is also the only person in Otherworld who knows exactly why Ivy has Adela’s face. Because the real Adela is alive.

Imprisoned within Soren’s tower in the Veil, Adela reaches for Ivy through blood, water, and dreams. But her warnings come too late. Ivy’s uncontrolled magic kills a dragon and unleashes the Emerald Blight, the first plague capable of killing the immortal Fey. As the sickness spreads, Xarial prepares to rebuild the dragon empire from its ashes. Ivy will be her weapon. And Soren, who may have stolen Ivy’s memories, has not revealed which sister he intends to betray.

To stop Xarial, Ivy must cross the hostile kingdoms of Otherworld, master the poison consuming it, and free the sister whose name has kept her alive. One sister carries death. The other carries life. The prophecy needs them both.

If they remain divided, the Blight will devour the realm.

If they reunite, they may become something even the dragons cannot survive.

A PROPHECY OF POISON is a 110,000-word adult high fantasy with crossover appeal. It combines the water-bound prophecy of Rachel Gillig’s THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH, the mythic dragons and fractured memories of Sarah A. Parker’s WHEN THE MOON HATCHED, and the lethal court politics and treacherous romance of Carissa Broadbent’s THE SERPENT AND THE WINGS OF NIGHT.

I earned a bachelor’s degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and currently work at Partners Media Publishing. I also share book-related content with more than 10,000 followers on TikTok. A PROPHECY OF POISON is my debut novel.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely, Gwendolyn Doe