The Whiteflower Ascendant
READING AGE 18+
Mara Dace was born in Alderwick's laundry quarter, where poor girls were expected to obey, marry, and disappear. When her father tries to sell her future, Mara escapes with nothing but a hidden emberstone ring, a dangerous gift, and the will to survive.
Her flight leads her through ruined roads, mage towers, noble courts, temple trials, dragon hunts, and wars built on old lies. Hunted, collared, trained, and betrayed, Mara learns that magic alone cannot save the powerless. Laws, records, roads, clinics, witnesses, and stubborn courage can.
From a runaway laundress to the Whiteflower Priestess, Mara must decide what kind of power is worth keeping, what kind of love is worth trusting, and what must be burned so something kinder can grow from the ashes.
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"Bread," he begged. "Or ale. I know things. Big things."
"Then sell them to someone with ale."
"Niall took the money," he sobbed. "Master Hach Rooke dead, and Niall took everything back to Alderwick. Left us. Left us with nothing."
Mara paused. "Hach Rooke is dead?"
The man c……
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