jeri smith-ready

She was born to die again and again

For Rhia was bound to the Spirit of Crow, gifted with the foresight of Death's approach and doomed to the isolation of one feared and set apart. There must always be one whose magic can ease the passage of the people of Asermos to the Other Side. But to be the guide her people require, to truly know the depth of her gift–her curse–Rhia must surrender herself to the wisdom of the Great Forest and drink deeply of Death itself. And though two powerful men stand ready to aid her, even to love her, the Aspect of Crow demands unthinkable sacrifices from one who walks its path

In a world besieged by escalating conflict, fate has marked her to deliver the Reawakened from oppression. Now, with a mighty army of Descendants threatening to crush what's left of her people's magic, she must trust an ancient prophecy and accept the power that is her birthright—the power of life and death itself.

For while the storm of revolution rages, the legacy of the Reawakened is about to be rewritten…in her family's blood. In the ultimate battle for freedom, one woman stands to gain the world… or lose everything.

RITA and Prism Award nominee Jeri Smith-Ready concludes her exciting trilogy—a mesmerizing story of one woman's mythic role at a turning point in history.

… Aspect of Crow When a bird's magic meets a woman's strength

Jeri Smith–ready

The dead cry out to her...

In pain, in fear, in longing and surprise–with every death Rhia hears the cries of the departed. This 'gift' from the ancient and mysterious Crow gives Rhia an intimate connection to death. But it's also a gift she's fought to repress in order to create a normal life.

But those chosen by the spirits can never be normal. Rhia has glimpsed the future of her newborn son–a child who was stolen away from her. And if she must deaden her heart to the living and wander the world of the departed to retrieve him, then so be it.

For her family and her people, Rhia would sacrifice anything. And Crow knows it...