
Welcome to the official tour schedule for the Escapist Book Co. book tour of The Way of Unity by Sarah K. Balstrup. Below, you’ll find all of the information about the book and author, links to purchase a copy of your own, as well as our list of hosts for the tour. We will be updating this page with links to each stop along the tour, so be sure to check back throughout the week!
Book Information:
The Way of Unity by Sarah K. Balstrup
Series: Velspar – Elegies
Genre: Dark Fantasy
Intended Age Group: Adult
Pages: 448
Published: February 6, 2023
Publisher: Burning Mirror Press

Blurb:
The Seven Lands of Velspar put their faith in the Intercessors, a psychic priesthood responsible for the purification of the spirit. Where passion flares, they soothe its intent. Those who cannot be soothed, are cast out, their spirits destroyed by fire.
The Intercessors are mystics of the highest order, but Velspar’s ruling Skalens believe their power has grown too great.
Surviving the Intercessor’s murder plot against her family, Sybilla Ladain rises to power. The Skalens come together under the banner of her grief, bringing the practice of Intercession to its brutal, bloody end.
Yet victory brings Sybilla no peace. In time, she will have to face the people of Velspar, forced to live in a psychically alienated world, and a band of rebels led by an escaped Intercessor set on her annihilation.
See Also:
Christopher Buehlman’s Between Two Fires • Kerstin Hall’s Star Eater • Samantha Shannon’s The Priory of the Orange Tree
Book Links:
Universal Link: https://tinyurl.com/evnxuawm
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63183008-the-way-of-unity
About the Author
Sarah K. Balstrup is an Australian author of dark fantasy with a PhD in Religious Studies. Sarah’s academic work on religion and the arts, religious emotion and mystical experience has been published by Bloomsbury Academic and a range of academic journals.
Website: www.sarahkbalstrup.com
Twitter handle: https://www.twitter.com/SKBalstrup
Amazon author page: amazon.com/author/skbalstrup
Goodreads author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19819410.Sarah_K_Balstrup
Redbubble Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/SarahKBalstrup/shop
Quarterly Newsletter: https://www.sarahkbalstrup.com/home#newsletter
Tour Schedule
Thank you to all of our hosts for participating in the tour! You can find their content linked below.
February 27 Escapist Book Co. | March 3 Escapist Book Co. (@highhfantasy) & afictionalescapist |
February 28 Beneath A Thousand Skies | March 4 FanFiAddict (@LordTBR_FFA) |
March 1 FanFiAddict (@sff_reads) & Mirandas Book Scape | March 5 Fiction Fans Podcast Blog |
March 2 The Nerdy Narrative |

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