In the city of Sueke, they hold a strange ritual every year. The most beautiful girl becomes the king’s power—and then disappears forever. The city’s residents obediently let go of their girlfriends, sisters, daughters without asking questions. And only the brave, bold Kiara Drunvakhl from a jeweler’s shop is plagued by doubts. Who needs this lavish ceremony? What happens to those the king chooses? And what remains when everything is taken away? How to live in a world where your word means nothing? Who can you lean on if everyone you loved has been taken from you? Is it possible to resist if you don’t belong to yourself?
Kiara will have to learn the terrible secret of everyone’s prosperity, find impossible allies, and do something dreadful. She will have to become power—but whose?
A new story by Tamara Mikhееva from the cycle “Seven Spinners” (the first book is “Mia”) tells of another girl who has been given a special gift—destroying or preserving worlds. © Storyside