The Jasad Heir

DEBUT Ten years ago, the Jasadi royal family, including their young Heir, was massacred during the Blood Summit, a gathering of the five royal courts. Now the surviving Jasadi are in hiding, with their magical abilities strictly forbidden and regulated by vicious Nizahli guards. Unbeknownst to all, the Jasadi Heir, Sylvia, is alive and about to reveal herself, but Arin, the Nizahli Heir, blackmails Sylvia into his service after witnessing her magical abilities. Suddenly she finds herself the Champion for Nizahl in the Alcalah, a series of three trials involving unusual deadly creatures, hallucinations, and survival skills. Battling fellow competitors, Sylvia struggles to hide her magic, her true identity, and her feelings about representing her people’s greatest enemy. Full of training details, flashbacks, in-world myths, political machinations, forbidden romance, secrets, and betrayals, this novel explores duty, trauma, and survival.