Of Wind and Wolves book cover, Scythian animal style, Pazyryk carpet

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Of Wind and Wolves, the first book of The Steppe Saga trilogy, was published in September 2025 and is now available in stores worldwide! To learn more about this debut novel and trilogy, click HERE.

  • A deft, hypnotic tale that fuses poetry, mythology and the hard realities of life on the ancient steppe. Elliott’s powerful characters shine brightly in the well-drawn, well-researched historical context.

    —BlueInk Review (Starred Review)

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  • A gritty, entertaining, and intriguing mix of history and fantasy, with a formidable female lead. . . . Our Verdict: GET IT

    —Kirkus Reviews (Recommended Review)

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  • A historical novel of extraordinary complexity set against a harsh background of tribal warfare, love, and survival.

    —Foreword Clarion Reviews (Five Stars)

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  • Of Wind and Wolves is a story of truly epic proportions, spanning vast distances both geographically and metaphorically. . . . Elliott has taken a fable and crafted an epic.

    —Independent Book Review

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  • Brutal, poetic, and unforgettable. . . . A haunting, vivid read that lingers long after the final page.

    —The Prairies Book Review

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  • Of Wind and Wolves is the story today’s historical fiction genre doesn’t know it needs. Where the current market is saturated with trendy tropes, cookiecutter storylines, and sociopolitical parables, the Steppe Saga offers something unique: a thoughtful and deeply researched exploration of a little-known ancient culture, told through the lens of a heroic and humanistic fictional narrative.

    —V, Goodreads Review

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I have another world in mind which together in one heart bears its bitter-sweet, its dear sorrow; its heart's joy, its love's pain; its dear life, its sorrowful death; its dear death, its sorrowful life. To this life let my life be given, to this world let me be bound, to fall or prosper with it.

-Gottfried von Strassburg, “Tristan”

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