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Kalinda, an eighteen‑year‑old orphan and ward of the Sisterhood in the ancient Tarachand Empire, lives a life of seclusion and prayer in a mountain temple. Plagued by fevers, she is an unlikely candidate for even a servant’s position, let alone a courtesan or wife. Her life is disrupted when the tyrant Rajah Tarek visits the temple and forces her into a desert trek, ordering her to fight for a place among his ninety‑nine wives and numerous courtesans. Calmed by the stoic but kind Captain Deven Naik, Kalinda faces the danger of a tournament to the death and a growing affection for her guard. Her only hope of escape lies in an arcane, forbidden power buried within her.
This young‑adult fantasy follows Kalinda’s desperate quest for survival and self‑discovery in a world of intrigue, peril and magical mystery.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy
Authors: Emily R. King
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