Summerbird Asii has always been an inept seer; why try to deny it? She’s spent her young life hiding her fractured magic in Isterr, where magic will get you a death sentence faster than any crime. The last thing she needs is a gruff, wheedling griffin in her cottage! What if someone sees him? What does he mean, she’s blood oath-bound to perform a task for him? What oath? No. She wants no part in his plot. She doesn’t want to end up in prison—or executed. He’s a creature from forbidden Emythor, the magical realm where she was born. She hates Emythor, no matter how much she yearns to return there. Still, his story intrigues her. What’s in it for her? Can she stay in Emythor if she performs his task? As the griffin leaves her to decide, his parting words are an irresistible lure to a young woman desperate to learn of her stolen life— Would you like to learn your magic?
Summerbird Rises is the tale of a young seer whose ultimate talent is lying about almost everything. At least there’s food on the table and her taxes are paid. When she returns to Emythor with the grumpy griffin, her life will never be the same. As she learns who—and what—she really is, and what life-changing secrets have been hidden from her, she can only wonder— Why was she left in a ruthless, non-magical realm with a well-used green crystal ball and the words, “This is your legacy. Forget whatever you see in it.”
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