Agent: Adriann Ranta, Foundry Literary + Media. This new series from one of the best up-and-coming horror/suspense writers around ( Girl of Nightmares, 2012, etc. But along the way Blake establishes myriad side plots and relationships, builds complex characters, and leaves plenty of compelling avenues to explore in future books. This dark fairytale makes a slow processional toward the Beltane Festival, then rushes through the celebration to set up the next book. In this bloody world, those who buck tradition are punished fiercely%E2%80%94a friend's loyalty is rewarded when the priestesses sever her hand, another is banished for aiding in an escape attempt%E2%80%94and human sacrifice is a proven way to sate the higher power and instill fear. In this series opener from Blake (the Goddess War trilogy), the sisters are in the final days of preparing for a bitter year that will end with two of them dead while the other reigns. Triplet sisters raised to compete for the crown of Fennbirn have their own talents: Mirabella is a formidable elemental who can conjure and control storms, Katharine is being trained to withstand poison, and dark horse Arsinoe is a naturalist working to summon her animal familiar.
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