[Ads-l] Subverting the trigger warning

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The book Onyx Storm (2025) by Rebecca Yarros begins with a trigger
warning. This is the third romantasy book in the Empyrean series.
Yarros plans to write five books in the series.

The author transforms the warning into an enticement.

[Begin excerpt]
Onyx Storm is a nonstop-thrilling adventure fantasy set in the brutal
and competitive world of a military college for dragon riders, which
includes elements regarding war, hand-to-hand combat, blood, intense
violence, brutal injuries, gore, murder, death, animal death, injury
rehabilitation, grief, poisoning, burning, perilous situations,
graphic language, and sexual activities that are shown on the page.
Readers who may be sensitive to these elements, please take note, and
prepare to face the storm...
[End excerpt]

This is new to me, but I would guess that horror authors have been
flipping trigger warnings for decades.

Garson

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