

And with time and the old laws working against her, Liesl must discover who she truly is before her fate is sealed. Drawn to the strange, captivating world she finds―and the mysterious man who rules it―she soon faces an impossible decision. īut when her own sister is taken by the Goblin King, Liesl has no choice but to journey to the Underground to save her.

Now eighteen and helping to run her family’s inn, Liesl can’t help but feel that her musical dreams and childhood fantasies are slipping away. They’ve enraptured her mind, her spirit, and inspired her musical compositions. Now the days of winter begin and the Goblin King rides abroad, searching for his bride…Īll her life, Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, dangerous Goblin King. In order to restore harmony and bring peace to the world, Zhara must discover the elemental warrior within, lest the balance between order and chaos is lost forever. A mysterious plague is corrupting the magicians of Zanhei and transforming them into monsters, and the Guardians of Dawn believe a demon is responsible. But when a chance encounter with an easily flustered young man named Han brings her into contact with a secret magical liberation organization called the Guardians of Dawn, Zhara realizes there may be more to these rumors than she thought. Jin Zhara already had enough to worry about-appease her stepmother’s cruel whims, looking after her blind younger sister, and keeping her own magical gifts under control-without having to deal with rumors of monsters re-emerging in the marsh. Magicians are called abomination, and blamed for the plague of monsters that razed the land twenty years before. Magic is forbidden throughout the Morning Realms. Jae-Jones, the New York Times bestselling author of Wintersong. Sailor Moon meets Cinder in Guardians of Dawn: Zhara, the start of a new, richly imagined fantasy series from S.
