She was taken at the age of five from her mother, who served in the King’s harem, by her father, the King, to undergo extensive training along with her other nineteen half-sisters. The whole book was finished in a single weekend.Īre you looking for a bad-ass female lead who is also a trained assassin? Let me introduce you to our leading lady, Lara. The very real political deceit, manipulation and betrayals kept me turning the page. No faeries, demons, or vampires for a change. I enjoyed reading about a fantasy world without the usual fantasy cast. Their only hope lays within the arranged marriage and the trade deals brokered between their King and the young Prince, now King of Ithicana in honour of the treaty. The people of present day Maridrina however, are starving and fighting to survive in an increasingly barren landscape. A treaty promising peace and a marriage alliance between a Maridrina Princess and the young Prince of Ithicana. Both kingdoms, war ravaged and near beyond repair, signed a treaty. Maridrina was at war with Ithicana fifteen years earlier. However, it also means that when the storms roll out, the battle ships roll in. This bodes well for the economy of the Ithicana Kingdom, especially as it is unable to trade anything of value due to being a storm ravaged kingdom most of the year.
Ithicana, otherwise known as the Bridge Kingdom, controls all travel between all lands and therefore trade, using the bridge from which it gets its nickname. The story however focuses on two primary kingdoms: Ithicana and Maridrina. Ithicana is systematically attacked by Amaradia and so on and so forth. Valcotta has a semi alliance with Ithicana.
The story is set in an imagined world, where various kingdoms are working simultaneously together and against each other for survival.
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