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The Waking Land

by Callie Bates · 2017

Lady Elanna Valtai is fiercely devoted to the King who raised her like a daughter. But when he dies under mysterious circumstances, Elanna is accused of his murder and must flee for her life. Returning to the homeland… more

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Unhappiness in one place doesn't breed happiness elsewhere. It just breeds more unhappiness.
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This is why magic is dangerous. It lures you in. It makes you curious.
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You left me there. You left me—” “No,” she says fiercely. “I was always with you. Every day. Every moment. I am your mother, and I was with you.
There is something golden about him—maybe it’s his hair, but maybe it’s his hope. I want to shudder away from it, and at the same time I can’t stop looking.
No. I am his Ollam.” His poet. The Chief Poet of Caeris. That’s what Hugh is: the keeper of legends and singer of songs.

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Lady Elanna Valtai is fiercely devoted to the King who raised her like a daughter. But when he dies under mysterious circumstances, Elanna is accused of his murder and must flee for her life.

Returning to the homeland of magical legends she has forsaken, Elanna is forced to reckon with her despised, estranged father, branded a traitor long ago. Feeling a strange, deep connection to the natural world, she also must face the truth about the forces she has always denied or disdained as superstition powers that suddenly stir within her.

But an all-too-human threat is drawing near, determined to exact vengeance. Now Elanna has no choice but to lead a rebellion against the kingdom to which she once gave her allegiance. Trapped between divided loyalties, she must summon the courage to confront a destiny that could tear her apart.

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First published
2017
Genre
Fantasy
Goodreads rating
3.38 (4k ratings)

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