Nor Iron Bars a Cage »

Caprice Hokstad was born in San Diego, California. She attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She currently lives in Southern California, sharing a mobile home with her husband, three children, varying numbers of pet rats, a leopard gecko, a tankful of guppies, a cat, and a dog. Caprice writes fanfiction and sews musical theater and Renaissance costumes in her spare time.

In a last-ditch effort to find his kidnapped son, Duke Vahn sends his most trusted servant to pose as a runaway slave in the hostile country of Ganluc. Meanwhile, the challenge he faces at home is no less daunting. This beautiful story is full of images: servitude in leadership, ungrudging chivalry, and a love that endures through adversity.

William Kooiker

Amid a genre cluttered with predictability, Hokstad creates something unique, something remarkable. Her intoxicating prosedances in rhythm to the complexity of her characters and storyline. Visceral yet progressive, Nor Iron Bars a Cage is unquestionably a triumph in the realm of fantasy.