num_pages: 240
description: At last! Return to the enchanted realm of Alpennia for the eagerly awaited sequel to Daughter of Mystery and The Mystic Marriage.All her life Serafina Talarico has searched in vain for a place where she and her mystical talents belong. She never found it in Romethe city of her birthwhere her familys Ethiopian origins marked them as immigrants. After traveling halfway across Europe to study with Alpennia's Royal Thaumaturgist her hopes of finding a home among Margerit Sovitres circle of scholars are dashed for Serafina can perceive but not evoke the mystical forces of the Mysteries of the Saints and even Margerit can't awaken her talents.When Serafina takes lodgings with Luzie Valorin widowed music teacher and aspiring composer both their lives are changed forever. Luzies music holds a power to rival the Mysteries and Serafina alone has the vision to guide her talents. For sorcery threatens the fate of Alpenniaindeed of all of Europelocking the mountains in a malevolent storm meant to change the course of history. Alpennias mystic protections are under attack and the key to survival may lie in the unlikeliest of places: Luzies ambition to write an opera on the life of the medieval philosopher Tanfrit.
language: English
title: Mother of Souls
publisher: Bella Books