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The sky trembles. The Veil screams. And an ancient power awakens. When a catastrophic fracture tears across the heavens, forgotten magic surges back into Astraeon a world built on Sparks of living energy and guarded by the mysterious Veil. As ancient sigils break and long-dormant forces stir, three lives are pulled into a destiny older than the world itself: A reluctant hero marked by a forbidden Spark. Haunted by a power he never asked for and a prophecy he doesn’t understand. A Veilwalker who hears the light whisper secrets. Her gift is rare and feared.

The Great War changed everything for Lady Harriet Cunningham. Instead of being presented at eighteen, she trained to be a nurse and shared forbidden kisses with her colleagues. But now in 1923, at the age of twenty-four, Harriet is facing spinsterhood. It's not such a ghastly prospect to her, but as the daughter of the Earl of Creoch, there's a certain expectation that she must meet. So, in a last attempt to find a match for their daughter to see her safe and secure, they send her to her aunt and uncle in New York.

Once again on the American side of the Atlantic talent pours forth from the pens of these literary women. Even to choose a mere ten seems to be a choice too difficult to make. Society may hold women back but these writers are equal to the challenge and overcome its boundaries with superbly written stories that are a beacon for all others who follow.

Viola Sinclair muss ihre verbotene Schattenmagie um jeden Preis verbergen. Doch als sie wieder einmal mit ihrem Mitschüler Prinz Roze Roquelart – unausstehlich, arrogant und gut aussehend – aneinandergerät und sich nicht länger beherrschen kann, fliegt ihr Geheimnis auf. Die Königin setzt daraufhin ihren besten Assassinen auf Viola an: den Jäger, ihren Sohn Roze. Damit er seinen Auftrag ausführt, zeichnet sie ihn mit einer magischen Tätowierung: einer Ranke mit sieben Dornen. Sieben Tage bleiben Roze, um Viola zu töten, sonst wird er selbst sterben.