by Nora Roberts
First published 2018
Fallon Swift lives with her family on what appears to be an ordinary farm. The world beyond their home tells a different story. Cities lie in ruins, reclaimed by nature after the Doom killed billions. Raiders and Purity Warriors hunt people like Fallon, who possess magical gifts. As her thirteenth birthday approaches, Fallon can no longer hide her true identity as The One. She travels to a forest shelter where Mallick begins her training. He has spent centuries perfecting his skills and will teach her the ancient arts of healing. Fallon studies, fights, and encounters faeries, elves, and shifters. She discovers powers within herself she never knew existed. When her training ends, she will take up the sword and fight. The broken world cannot heal until Fallon becomes the woman destiny requires her to be.
Genres: romance, adventure, fantasy, action
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: chosen-one, found-family
Setting: Forest Shelter
Period: Doom
453 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: violence