Trapped between divided loyalties, she must summon the courage to confront a destiny that could tear her apart.ĭon’t miss any of Callie Bates’s magical Waking Land trilogy: Now Elanna has no choice but to lead a rebellion against the kingdom to which she once gave her allegiance.

Feeling a strange, deep connection to the natural world, she also must face the truth about the forces she has always denied or disdained as superstition-powers that suddenly stir within her.īut an all-too-human threat is drawing near, determined to exact vengeance. Returning to the homeland of magical legends she has forsaken, Elanna is forced to reckon with her despised, estranged father, branded a traitor long ago. But when he dies under mysterious circumstances, Elanna is accused of his murder-and must flee for her life.

Lady Elanna is fiercely devoted to the king who raised her like a daughter. Trapped between divided loyalties, she must summon the courage to confront a destiny that could tear her apart.In the lush and magical tradition of Naomi Novik’s award-winning Uprooted comes this riveting debut from brilliant young writer Callie Bates-whose boundless imagination places her among the finest authors of fantasy fiction, including Sarah J. But an all-too-human threat is drawing near, determined to exact vengeance. Feeling a strange, deep connection to the natural world, she also must face the truth about the forces she has always denied or disdained as superstition powers that suddenly stir within her. But when he dies under mysterious circumstances, Elanna is accused of his murder and must flee for her life. Lady Elanna Valtai is fiercely devoted to the King who raised her like a daughter. Years later, she returns home a fugitive, while grappling with a repressed magic that could, if mastered, make her the most powerful person in two kingdoms. A young girl is kidnapped by the king to punish her father's rebellion against him.

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