Chaos Woods

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When the auction for a magical artifact goes awry killing the thief who tried to steal it young barmaid Telyn Brower winds up with a fragment of a forbidden mask. Highly illegal. Highly dangerous. And highly addictive. As Telyn and her friends begin to use its power to reshape their town of Harlech they unleash unforeseen consequences. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But Harlech is no ordinary town. Isolated on the high plateau of the Chaos Woods-an enchanted forest where magic proves unpredictable-it survives in precarious balance between the magic-wielding armies of the coast and the wild denizens of the deep woods.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Soon that balance shatters and everything begins to change. A daemon smashes the prefecture. Slavery returns. Secrets surface and puzzles multiply. As winter storms gather and evil forces close in Telyn and her friends must embark on a high-stakes adventure to break free from the mask's grip survive ferocious beasts and confront the dreaded mind wizard...or lose everything they hold dear.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A sweeping coming-of-age story about the allure of magic and the cost of wielding it </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chaos Woods</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> begins one of the most original fantasy series since Roger Zelaznie's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chronicles of Amber </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and Laini Taylor's</span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Strange the Dreamer</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></p><p></p>