The Fire and The Serpent

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Finalist in the 2025 Readers' Favorite Book Award Contest.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sojourners by Dieta Scheidecker was an absolute page-turner that left its mark on me and I can't wait for book two! Exceptional work! </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Jessica Barbosa Readers' Favorite.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ahhh my dear girl the creature croons. I have been waiting for one such as you. How fascinating that my adversary has chosen someone so... <em>insignificant</em>. Who would have thought...</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An invitation to travel a path many have chosen to abandon...</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A calling hidden in the weakest vessel....</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An enchanting enemy with a wicked agenda...</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A king who isn't all he appears to be...</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The path before Kenna is one few choose to follow. Darkness is seeping into the hearts and minds of the people whispering lies and twisting the truth. Nothing is as it seems. To follow the Path of the King is to risk everything she thought she knew-about the world and about herself. This journey is more than a test of strength; it's a test of identity. Kenna thought she knew who she was but it was all a lie.</span></p><p></p>