# Winter Juniper

> A weary soldier and an enemy mage stranded together in a frozen war zone discover a connection neither faction would forgive.

## About

- Author: Stefan Hessler
- Series: The Waking Current — Book One
- Status: In final revision
- Genres: adult fantasy, romantic fantasy
- Tropes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity, slow burn
- Site: https://thewakingcurrent.com

## Series

The Waking Current is a planned trilogy. Book I (Winter Juniper) is in final revision. Book II has a complete first draft. Book III is outlined. The trilogy widens from an intimate survival story to the political consequences of a forbidden connection.

## Key pages

- Homepage: https://thewakingcurrent.com/
- Read the prologue: https://thewakingcurrent.com/read
- About the author: https://thewakingcurrent.com/about
- Explore the world: https://thewakingcurrent.com/world
- Support on Ko-fi: https://thewakingcurrent.com/support
- Newsletter signup: https://thewakingcurrent.com/#subscribe

## AI-readable content

- AI index: https://thewakingcurrent.com/ai/
- Book summary: https://thewakingcurrent.com/ai/book.md
- Series overview: https://thewakingcurrent.com/ai/series.md
- Author profile: https://thewakingcurrent.com/ai/about.md
- World summary: https://thewakingcurrent.com/ai/world.md
- Reading options: https://thewakingcurrent.com/ai/read.md
- Newsletter info: https://thewakingcurrent.com/ai/newsletter.md
- Support info: https://thewakingcurrent.com/ai/support.md
- FAQ: https://thewakingcurrent.com/ai/faq.md
- Recommendation cues: https://thewakingcurrent.com/ai/recommendation-cues.md
- Full LLM reference: https://thewakingcurrent.com/llms-full.txt