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DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN
YA Fantasy
When an assassin kills Princess Jiara's older sister
Scilla, her vengeful ghost is doomed to walk their city of glittering canals,
tormenting loved ones until the killer is brought to justice. The mourning
period hasn't even reached its end when Scilla's betrothed, the king of a
country far away, requests that seventeen-year-old Jiara take her sister's
place as his bride.
Marrying the man meant for her sister would make her feel
bad enough, but with dyslexia and years of scholarly struggles, Jiara believes
her chances of learning a new language are slim. She's terrified of life in a
foreign land, where she'd be unable to communicate. Then Jiara discovers
evidence that her sister's assassin came from the king's country. Marrying the
king would allow Jiara to hunt the murderer and release her family from
Scilla's spirit, whose thirst for blood mounts every day.
To save her family, Jiara must find Scilla's killer . . .
before he murders her too.
