With the help of Valek, her steely-nerved, cool-eyed boss and the Commander's head of security, she soon discovers that she has a starring role to play in Ixia's future a role that could lead to her being put to death as a budding magician even if she hits each cue perfectly. But some people are too impatient to wait for poison to finish off Yelena. Though confined to a dank prison cell and doomed to a painful death, Yelena slowly blooms again, caught up in castle politics. Through a stroke of luck, Yelena escapes execution in exchange for tasting the food of the Commander, ruler of Ixia. Shivers, obsession, sleepless nights these are the results not of one of the milder poisons that novice food-taster Yelena must learn during her harrowing job training but of newcomer Snyder's riveting fantasy that unites the intelligent political focus of George R.R. The Chronicles of Ixia Series by Maria V Snyder Her life is threatened again, and in order to survive, she must unravel the secrets behind the past she’s been running from. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can’t control. To make matters worse, the chief of security deliberately feeds her Butterfly’s Dust, and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.Īs Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. But just as she’s resigned herself to her fate, she’s offered an extraordinary reprieve.Īs the food taster, Yelena will eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace - and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.
The laws in Ixia are strict, and murderers must be executed, no matter the reason. Locked deep in the palace dungeon for killing her abuser, Yelena knows she’ll never be free again.
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