A new home. A new destiny.All Lanna wants is to find peace in a tiny village on the edge of the empire. The imperial people offer her opportunities she’s never dared to dream of. Seduced and enchanted by her new home, she agrees to a betrothal.But her life is turned upside-down when Lanna draws the attention of a noblewoman from the distant First City.Lanna is forced to travel to the palace at the heart of the empire. There, she must deal with court...

Which petals will fall in the Hall of Flowers?Lanna has a heavy duty as Seer. A single mistake and Ashioto could be assassinated.      Power games soon turn poisonous and Lanna finds it difficult to tell friend from foe. As his court grows lethal, Ashioto takes a troubling interest in Lanna. Manipulated at every turn, who can she trust?Lanna needs to unmask Ashioto’s enemies before it is too late and the growing thre...

Lanna lives caged...With her wedding weeks away, she is in seclusion, hidden for her own safety.Never good at following orders, Lanna finds ways to access the palace and even the First City.She plans to use her freedom to undermine the Emperor, but is all as it seems?As she discovers more of her origin, Lanna faces her greatest test and realises her biggest enemy is her own heart.Avalanche is the gripping third book in the Pler s...

Lanna is hunted.With her group of erratic friends and allies, she has no choice but to cross the Empire and join the only people to stand against Ashioto, the Midlands Rebellion- also known as The Red Lotus.With the rebels, Lanna finds as many secrets as the palace she left behind and questions her allegiance. Has she simply traded one master for another? What price will she pay for her freedom from Ashioto? Will a war really better the nation?Yet th...

Chancery’s life on her eighteenth birthday is nothing like she imagined it would be. Her mother’s gone, she’s ruling the family, and her twin has returned as an uneasy ally. But the prophecy hanging over her head causes more problems than it solves, and her love life is a mess.Now that the man of her dreams finally wants her, Chancery’s not sure he’s right. And she’s about to learn a lot of new information about sweet, supportive Noah that’s going to transform the playing field in ...

Jahl and Donya journey to Loeban Desert to solve a mystery, but they don’t go together.Their two-year-old daughter is a handful around essence, and Donya believes it best to keep her home. So she sends Jahl off with her brother Rouen and a Martan’s Ferry guard.They should keep him out of trouble.But who’s going to keep Donya and Alriane out of trouble?A valuable flask of sand sends the two of them off to Loeban Dese...

Some kingdoms aren’t meant to thrive.Prince Trystan has lost too much. The person closest to him is now gone, leaving him with a vengeful sister and companions lacking any kind of hope.When they emerge from the mountains of Isenore, it’s only to be consumed by another battle, another day where their lives hang in the balance.This time, their hearts are heavy and their mission seems further out of reach.Trystan never truly believed in the mag...

Chancery thought that defeating her most vocal enemy would buy her some time, but since her mother died, nothing has gone according to plan. She has a wound that won’t heal, enemies masquerading as friends, and a prophecy that keeps popping up to complicate everything that matters to her.Noah’s missing, but Chancery’s persistent dreams make her doubt that he’s dead. Meanwhile, she’s been forced into a wedding of state she’s not sure she wants. In the midst of all that, a discovery ...

Wielder school’s out for the summer, but Jahl, Donya and Rouen can’t seem to get a quiet moment anywhere.Jahl’s certain Donya is up to some sort of mischief, and Rouen has received a mysterious package from the young twai wielder they met in Carolan Faire last year.What starts out as a short trip to the headwaters of the Naigan River turns into one mad dash after another.When a small mountain predator attaches itself to Rouen, the three wielders fin...

Three friends, one deadly mystery, and a thief they can't catch.Young wielder Pratter agrees to travel to Carolan Faire to pick up an apprentice whose master died unexpectedly and bring him to the Chussen wielder school.It seemed simple enough until he learned that wielders are being attacked, their powers of wielding the magic essence stolen from them. Before he can even get his first night’s sleep in the dead master’s house, someone enters through locked ...

What’s dark is not always evil.Judica trained her entire life to be ready to one day rule the Alamecha family. She was nothing less than perfect. She fought, studied, and even dated exactly as her mother directed.Only, now her mother’s gone, her sister stole her throne, and her boyfriend abandoned her. Things can’t really get any worse, or so she thinks.When Judica’s attacked by a hidden enemy, there’s only one person she can trust, the one warrior ...

Melina’s not like the rest of her family, but if she tries hard enough, maybe one day she’ll be enough. With the Centennial Games approaching, she’s running out of time to prepare. Her parents also grow ever more impatient for her to choose a suitor.The ferocious intensity of the Games brings everything into sharp focus. For the first time in her life, Melina begins to understand just how different she really is, and why she’s struggled to pick a future husband. Can someone like Me...