Renee Hughes

Ithia is a small-town girl who has lived a protected life, never venturing more than a day’s ride from her village. When the King’s soldiers massacre her village and murder her father before her eyes, Ithia and her eleven year old brother find themselves the sole survivors. Together they must find a way to make a living in an impoverished country, ruled by a tyrannical King. In doing so they find themselves on an adventure that will span the length of the nation.

Ithia’s journey takes her on a whirlwind of adventure and trials, along which she will find courage she never knew she had, friends she could never have imagined and a destiny that will turn her world upside-down.

Join Ithia on her adventure as she learns to see her world from a new perspective, while attempting to escape the swords of the King’s soldiers and seeks to find her place in a war that will change her land forever. How can one teenage girl hold the key to her country’s greatest hope for the future?