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The Kingdom of Salyndria has a strict code for those who use magic. Leith is an ambitious sorcerer, exiled to an ancient observatory in a cursed forest for breaking the rules. He is suspected of plotting a rebellion once he acquires an ancient relic. Kyler is the beautiful and loyal young scribe sent to spend the winter as his assigned apprentice, and also as an unwitting spy. Though he plans to drive away the unwanted distraction with his reputation as a vicious, unforgiving master, Leith discovers his new pupil is more useful than she appears. A sleeping evil and a secret prophecy wait in a forbidden island graveyard. Together, the sorcerer and the scribe will mark Salyndria’s history forever. The story is equally sinister and sensual, a dark fantasy adventure full of suspense and surprises.

About the Author

Wendy Tardieu was born and raised in Orlando, Florida, the setting for many of the stories in her short story collection, The Ruined Grove. She has an MFA degree in Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida where she studied a variety of genres, from Contemporary Fiction to Victorian and Medieval Literature.​ She was also an advocate for the recognition of commercial romance as a significant and dominant genre in the study of Literature.

Her favorite authors are Bradbury, Thurber, Dickens, Doyle, Poe, Chaucer, Wilkie Collins, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (of Dragonlance fame) and J.R.R. Tolkien. She has an equal passion for both escapist and literary fiction. She has said that no matter who your audience or what your mission is, to entertain and to enlighten are both significant and everlasting aims of a good writer.​