num_pages: 466
description: For Malik the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts Maliks younger sister Nadia as payment into the city Malik strikes a fatal dealkill Karina Crown Princess of Ziran for Nadias freedom.But Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. Her mother the Sultana has been assassinated; her court threatens mutiny; and Solstasia looms like a knife over her neck. Grief-stricken Karina decides to resurrect her mother through ancient magic . . . requiring the beating heart of a king. And she knows just how to obtain one: by offering her hand in marriage to the victor of the Solstasia competition.When Malik rigs his way into the contest they are set on a course to destroy each other. But as attraction flares between them and ancient evils stir will they be able to see their tasks to the death?The first in an fantasy duology inspired by West African folklore in which a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee find themselves on a collision course to murder each other despite their growing attraction.
language: English
title: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
publisher: Balzer + Bray