(The Prairies Book Review *****) "Original and creative ⌠a compelling story... a celebration of feminine power... this story will stay with readers long after the final page."
What happens when your lifeâs training is about âdutyâ and then the very foundations of your life are taken away?
Ellenâs courageous, impetuous, a dreamer, and not very ambitious. Her father, SiâEmpraâs elected ruler, dies and her brother takes his place. Heâs brutal and abusive. She escapes from him into the mountains, determined to find another life for herself. But it only takes a few weeks to discover thereâs no such thing as freedom for her. Sheâs tightly bound to the symbiotic relationships that keep SiâEmpra from disappearing. Sheâs young. She thinks fixing at least one problem will help â a bit. Instead, she plunges SiâEmpra and herself into a dark downward spiral, which only she can put to rights ⌠or can she?