Blood of the Earth

by Heather Quass

Fraya Vajda was raised in a castle of silk and stone, ward of a beloved king who treated her as his own. But when the monarch vanishes and his bitter son seizes power, Fraya is branded a traitor for the magic in her blood. Disfigured and cast into the streets, she loses everything—her name, her home, her pride. Yet whispers of rebellion stir the city, and the outcast sorceress must decide whether to risk her life for those who would burn her…or to fight for a new place in a world that wants her broken. Whispers of rebellion swell into open defiance when a secret gathering in Justice Square erupts into massacre. Forced to watch blood spill on both sides, Fraya stands torn between the nobility she grew up with and the commoners who gave her a second chance at life. Will her power be enough to snuff out the conflict between the two, or fan the flame to an all out war between humans and sorcerers? Is Fraya destined to be the kingdom's salvation…or its most feared traitor?