Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday (83): Sword by Amy Bai


Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.



Title: Sword
Author:
Amy Bai
Publisher: Candlemark and Gleam
Release Date: January 27, 2015

Sword shall guide the hands of men . . .

For over a thousand years the kingdom of Lardan has been at peace: isolated from the world, safe from the wars of its neighbors, slowly forgetting the wild and deadly magic of its origins. Now the deepest truths of the past and the darkest predictions for the future survive only in the verses of nursery rhymes.

For over a thousand years, some of Lardan's fractious provinces have been biding their time.

Kyali Corwynall is the daughter of the Lord General, a child of one of the royal Houses, and the court's only sword-wielding girl. She has known for all of her sixteen years what the future holds for her--politics and duty, the management of a House, and protecting her best friend, the princess and presumed heir to the throne. But one day an old nursery rhyme begins to come true, an ancient magic wakes, and the future changes for everyone. In the space of a single night her entire life unravels into violence and chaos. Now Kyali must find a way to master the magic her people have left behind, or watch her world--and her closest friends--fall to a war older than the kingdom itself.



The synopsis had me at nursery rhyme, magic and only sword-wielding girl. Next year is looking to be a good one for fantasy!

What are you waiting on this week?

4 comments:

  1. I hope you enjoy it. It does sound interesting. here' s mine

    I also have a $30 amazon giftcard giveaway going on, so check it out.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I agree that next year sounds like a lot of good fantasy books! This one sounds interesting. I'll have to look into it!

    WOW
    Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know

    ReplyDelete
  3. This sounds great! I hadn't heard of it before, so thanks for expanding my TBR list! lol! Happy reading!

    Here's my WoW: The Conspiracy of Us

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I'm always happy to expand someone else's TBR! :) Thanks for stopping by!

      Delete

You are going to put words in my box?! *squeezes you* Now I shall stalk YOUR blog!