This book provided through a grant from the Tama County Community Foundation 2022.
Summary:
"A nobleman's first duty is to produce a male heir, women are treated like possessions and bargaining chips-- until a world-altering spell ripples out physically and culturally. Alys is the widowed mother of two adolescent children, and the disinherited daughter of a king. She discovers a fierce talent not only for politics but also for magic. In a neighboring kingdom Ellin finds herself unexpectedly on the throne after the sudden death of her grandfather the king and all who stood ahead of her in the line of succession. Conventional wisdom holds that she marry quickly, then quietly surrender the throne to her new husband. When a caravan of exiled women and their escort of disgraced soldiers stumble upon a new source of magic in what was once uninhabitable desert, what force can stand against the courage and resolution of women who have tasted freedom for the very first time?--Adapted from jacket.
Series:
Women's War series ; #1
Indexed by:
Booklist starred, February 2019 Pub Weekly, November 2018 New York Times, March 2019 Booklist starred Pub Weekly New York Times
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