Six centuries ago, the Kennic elves lost the war. The famed Last Queen disappeared, defeated by the Alliance, and her people: cursed and scattered into the wind. Generations removed from the conflict, their circumstances remain unchanged, and the nature of their lives has left the Kennic an unforgiving people. The derision of the world is enough to develop thick skins and hard hearts. A life of survival leaves little room for fools.
Iralana, the newest member of the Kennic House of Gaveris, is a fool. As an outsider that came back to her people, she is subject to their fierce mistrust and volatile grief. Every insult her race possesses is thrown her way and yet, none of them strikes so fiercely as one:
Cravenheart.
An ancient insult: a coward who believes in nothing. A traitor without loyalty.
Someone who took the easy way out.
She can't say that it's untrue. Can't defend herself against allegations that fit her so well.
But that does not mean she must live with them forever.
A coming of age tale: a testimony of a young woman on the run in a high-fantasy setting, battling for survival and the room to dream in the midst of politics, prejudice, war, a multi-generational curse, and fear.
[Contains: magic, elves, dragons, evil, fae, love, cowardice, but most of all courage.]
