In this collection of stories, animals guide and inspire humans struggling to balance their obligations to tradition with their desires for freedom. To protect her community from oppressive conquerors, a young mother risks everything. Unexpected love...
Cutthroat velocipede racing enthralls the citizens of Seren, and Emmeline Escot was born to ride. There’s only one problem: she’s a girl. Serenias -- the high-born women of the city -- live tightly laced lives, cloistered by their families before...
Nassi Nasam expects little from her life as an Aloran woman, but when opportunity presents itself, she flees her native city in the hopes of finding freedom and a better life. Widowed and downtrodden, she comes to Murcia to work, only to discover she...
After she is violently kidnapped from her stark existence on the cold island of Gante, Leila must learn to survive in a southern culture her native people hate. She has no choice but to adapt to a foreign new world. In this lush, intricate society...