Iris Virlana lives by two rules:Never let anyone know who you are.And never, ever, get yourself into a life debt.The golden sun inked beneath the base of her neck is the reason for both.In Altaerra, it meant life as a Sunchosen, one of the twenty children branded by the Goddesses at birth to sit on the council ruling Altaerra. For Iris, it meant a fate confined in a glittering cage, forged and warped by power... moreIris Virlana lives by two rules:Never let anyone know who you are.And never, ever, get yourself into a life debt.The golden sun inked beneath the base of her neck is the reason for both.In Altaerra, it meant life as a Sunchosen, one of the twenty children branded by the Goddesses at birth to sit on the council ruling Altaerra. For Iris, it meant a fate confined in a glittering cage, forged and warped by power.Considered a traitor to the Divine after escaping the Bronze Palace as a child, Iris knows maintaining her new life as an apothecary apprentice to the woman who saved her relies on remaining hidden. But when a life debt forces her to work with an icy prince to uncover answers about a plague ravaging both realms-Iris must navigate maintaining the ruse of who she is, desperately searching for a cure, and a kingdom rife with political scheming.As the death toll rises, precarious matters of the heart become entangled, and carefully kept secrets begin to unravel...Will she ever truly escape the power-hungry brutality of the life she fled?Ballad of Whispers is a debut romantic fantasy novel and the first installment in The Sunchosen Chronicles: a new series full of whimsical world building, intricate magic, deadly secrets, profound journeys of self-discovery, and epic relationships. less
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