Fires of the Faithful: A Novel-Quality Guarantee

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From a gifted new voice in fantasy fiction comes the thrilling saga of a war-ravagedland and the remarkable young woman destined to restore it. . . .

For sixteen-year-old Eliana, life at her conservatory of music is a pleasant interludebetween youth and adulthood, with the hope of a prestigious Imperial Court appointmentat the end. But beyond the conservatory walls is a land blighted by war and inexplicablefamine and dominated by a fearsome religious order known as the Fedeli, who are systematicallystamping out all traces of the land’s old beliefs. Soon not even the conservatorywalls can hold out reality. When one classmate is brutally killed by the Fedeli forclinging to the forbidden ways and another is kidnapped by the Circle—the mysteriousand powerful mages who rule the land—Eliana can take no more. Especially not aftershe learns one of the Circle’s most closely guarded secrets.

Now, determined toescape the Circle’s power, burning with rage at the Fedeli, and drawn herself tothe beliefs of the Old Way, Eliana embarks on a treacherous journey to spread thetruth. And what she finds shakes her to her core: a past destroyed, a future in doubt,and a desperate people in need of a leader—no matter how young or inexperienced. . . .