"A DELICIOUS HIGH-STAKES ADVENTURE." --PEOPLE MAGAZINE
Perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Holly Black, this enthralling
fantasy adventure follows a teenage girl chosen to be the human
sacrifice in a deadly game between three heirs who will do anything for
the crown.
Zahru has long dreamed of leaving the kingdom of Orkena and having the
kinds of adventures she's only ever heard about in stories. But as a
lowly Whisperer, her power to commune with animals means that her place
is serving in the royal stables until the day her magic runs dry.
All that changes when the ailing ruler invokes the Crossing. A
death-defying race across the desert, in which the first of his heirs to
finish--and take the life of a human sacrifice at the journey's
end--will ascend to the throne. With all of the kingdom abuzz, Zahru
leaps at the chance to change her fate if just for a night by sneaking
into the palace for a taste of the revelry. But the minor indiscretion
turns into a deadly mistake when she gets caught up in a feud between
the heirs and is forced to become the Crossing's human sacrifice.
Now Zahru's only hope for survival hinges on the impossible: somehow
figuring out how to overcome the most dangerous people in the world.