If you loved the Kushiel series or The Priory of the Orange Tree, try this sweeping epic starring a bisexual warrior princess with a taste for dominance!
Valya has won permission to hunt down the slave traders defiling her land and stealing its children. Now begins the most difficult part of her mission: she and her companions must find the perpetrators of this crime, and rescue their victims. But as Valya will discover, the roots of the evil go deep.
And saving Zemnian children from death or a life of degrading servitude is not Valyaโs only concern. She still must win the heart and hand of the son of her worst enemy, and unite the steppe with the rest of the country at a time when the succession and the very life of the Tsarina hangs in the balance.
And then there is the question of her daughterโs magical giftsโand, it may be, her own. Like her foremothers, Valya is about to discover that gifts of power are as much a curse as a blessing, and can be a danger not just to the wielder, but to everyone around her. Valya wants to save her homeland, but if sheโs not careful, she might end up tearing it apart.
With discussion questions at the end.
Reading order of the Zemnian Series:
The Zemnian Series: Slavaโs Story
The Midnight Land I: The Flight
The Midnight Land II: The Gift
The Zemnian Series: Dashaโs Story
The Breathing Sea I: Burning
The Breathing Sea II: Drowning
The Zemnian Series: Valyaโs Story
The Dreaming Land I: The Challenge
The Dreaming Land II: The Journey
The Dreaming Land III: The Sacrifice
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