Part of The Sin Eater’s Daughter
First published 2016
Errin has two problems she can almost manage: her mother is sick, and her brother Lief vanished without a word. She keeps both of them alive by selling herbal remedies that are, strictly speaking, against the law. Then the Queen wakes the Sleeping Prince from his enchanted sleep, and suddenly Errin's small troubles look minor. When soldiers evacuate her village as the Prince's forces advance, Errin loses even the roof over her head. Her one contact is Silas, a young man who buys poisons from her and refuses to explain why he needs them. He offers help, then disappears. With her mother's condition worsening and a conquering army drawing closer, Errin sets out alone across a kingdom already cracking under the pressure of war. What she uncovers along the way does not comfort her. The world she thought she understood turns out to be built on something she never suspected, and the choice waiting at the end of her journey will cost more than she planned to pay.
Genres: adventure, fantasy, young-adult, dark-fantasy, historical-fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, gritty, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, mysterious-ally, reluctant-hero, world-building-revelation
Setting: The Kingdom
336 pages · Hardcover · Scholastic Press
Content warnings: death, terminal-illness, war