Gravemaidens

<p><strong><strong>"A dark, delectable, and utterly unique series that readers will want to drown in<em>."</em>Laura Sebastian,&nbsp;<em>New York Times&nbsp;</em>bestselling author of the Ash Princess series</strong><br /><br />The start of a fierce fantasy duology about three maidens who are chosen for their land's greatest honor...and one girl determined to save her sister from the grave.</strong></p> <p>In the walled city-state of Alu, Kammani wants nothing more than to become the accomplished healer her father used to be before her family was cast out of their privileged life in shame.</p> <p>When Alu's ruler falls deathly ill, Kammani's beautiful little sister, Nanaea, is chosen as one of three sacred maidens to join him in the afterlife. It's an honor. A tradition. And Nanaea believes it is her chance to live an even grander life than the one that was stolen from her. <br /><br />But Kammani sees the selection for what it really is&mdash;a death sentence.<br /><br />Desperate to save her sister, Kammani schemes her way into the palace to heal the ruler. There she discovers more danger lurking in the sand-stone corridors than she could have ever imagined and that her own life&mdash;and heart&mdash;are at stake. But Kammani will stop at nothing to dig up the palace's buried secrets even if it means sacrificing everything...including herself.<br /><br /><strong>"A dark and utterly enthralling journey to an ancient land,&nbsp;<em>Gravemaidens&nbsp;</em>grabs you by your beating heart and refuses to let go until the bitter, breathtaking end."&mdash;Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of the Reign of the Fallen series</strong></p>