Favored
B. Griffin
Paperback
(Dragon Scale Publishing, Dec. 29, 2017)
Palace intrigue and the living embodiment of a childhood ghost story await Dihya when she enters the Irrean mountain on her first diplomatic mission. Sixteen years old and the daughter of the ruler of the Red Plains, Dihya has been reluctantly recruited for this delegation of representatives from the three newly united Plains of Tama. Though she had expected a boring, mostly ceremonial visit, Dihya finds herself thrown in the middle of an Irrean religious awakening and political upheaval. A new Flame has arisen to lead Irre, and hand-in-hand with a new Flame comes a new Wolf; the mysterious, animal-like protector of the one who has been Favored by the Irrean god. Now, other things are emerging from the shadows deep inside the mountain – other things which have been relegated to dark stories whispered around hearth fires. The gifts of the Favored will be vitally necessary to keep the darkness at bay.