A STUNNING BAEN BOOKS DEBUT. A brilliant Americana flintlock fantasy novel set in a world of Appalachian magic that works.
Sarah Calhoun is the fifteenâyearâold daughter of the Elector Andrew Calhoun, one of Appalacheeâs military heroes and one of the electors who gets to decide who will next ascend as the Emperor of the New World. None of that matters to Sarah. She has a natural talent for hexing and one bad eye, and all she wants is to be left aloneâespecially by outsiders.
But Sarahâs world gets turned on its head at the Nashville Tobacco Fair when a Yankee wizardâpriest tries to kidnap her. Sarah fights back with the aid of a mysterious monk named Thalanes, who is one of the notâquiteâhuman Firstborn, the Moundbuilders of the Ohio. It is Thalanes who reveals to Sarah a secret heritage she never dreamed could be hers.
Now on a desperate quest with Thalanes to claim this heritage, she is hunted by the Emperorâs bodyguard of elite dragoons, as well as by darker thingsâshapeshifting Mockers and undead Lazars, and behind them a power more sinister still. If Sarah cannot claim her heritage, it may mean the end to her, her familyâand to the world where she is just beginning to find her place.
At the publisherâs request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
A STUNNING BAEN BOOKS DEBUT. A brilliant Americana flintlock fantasy novel set in a world of Appalachian magic that works.
Sarah Calhoun is the fifteenâyearâold daughter of the Elector Andrew Calhoun, one of Appalacheeâs military heroes and one of the electors who gets to decide who will next ascend as the Emperor of the New World. None of that matters to Sarah. She has a natural talent for hexing and one bad eye, and all she wants is to be left aloneâespecially by outsiders.
But Sarahâs world gets turned on its head at the Nashville Tobacco Fair when a Yankee wizardâpriest tries to kidnap her. Sarah fights back with the aid of a mysterious monk named Thalanes, who is one of the notâquiteâhuman Firstborn, the Moundbuilders of the Ohio. It is Thalanes who reveals to Sarah a secret heritage she never dreamed could be hers.
Now on a desperate quest with Thalanes to claim this heritage, she is hunted by the Emperorâs bodyguard of elite dragoons, as well as by darker thingsâshapeshifting Mockers and undead Lazars, and behind them a power more sinister still. If Sarah cannot claim her heritage, it may mean the end to her, her familyâand to the world where she is just beginning to find her place.
At the publisherâs request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).