A magical novel of intrigue, mystery and family drama from the award-winning author of Aramaya and Fire Angels! Shine’s life is usually dull: an orphan without magic in a family of powerful mages, she’s left to run the family estate with only an eccentric aunt and telepathic cat for company. But when the family descend on the house for the annual Fertility Festival, Shine is plunged into intrigue; stolen letters, a fugitive spy and family drama mix with an unexpected murder, and Shine is forced to decide both her loyalties and future...
Author
I write fantasy with strong women characters. I’ve published 7 books as me – Mage Heart and the Aurealis award winners Fire Angels and Aramaya, The Three Sisters and The Melded Child. I have a queer time travel romance called A Shining Knight. I've begun a new series in a new world called Shadow in the Empire of Light. I am also publishing TTRPGs in Call of Cthulhu. My short stories have been widely anthologized, appeared in Meanjin and read on the ABC. My favourite writers are Jane Austen, Angela Carter, Sara Douglass, Janet Evanovich, and Gail Carriger. My current life ambition is to see an erupting volcano.
