THE JASAD HEIR PB – SARA HASHEM

"At ten years old, the Heir of Jasad flees a massacre that takes her entire family. At fifteen, she buries her first body. At twenty, the clock is ticking on Sylvia s third attempt at home. Nizahl s armies have laid waste to Jasad and banned magic across the four remaining kingdoms. Fortunately, Sylvia s magic is as good at playing dead as she is. When the Nizahl Heir tracks a group of Jasadis to Sylvia s village, the quiet life she s crafted unravels. Calculating and cold, Arin s tactical brilliance is surpassed only by his hatred for magic. When a mistake exposes Sylvia s magic, Arin offers her an escape: compete as Nizahl s Champion in the Alcalah tournament and win immunity from persecution. In exchange, Arin will use her as bait to draw out the Jasadis he s hunting. To win the deadly Alcalah, Sylvia must work with Arin to free her trapped magic, all while staying a step ahead of his efforts to uncover her identity. But as the two grow closer, Sylvia realizes winning her freedom as Nizahl s Champion means destroying any chance of reuniting Jasad under her banner. The scorched kingdom is rising again, and Sylvia will have to choose between the life she s earned and the one she left behind."