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fantasy and science fiction, N. E. Davenport’s action-packed debut
kicks off a duology of loyalty and rebellion, in which a young Black
woman must survive deadly trials in a racist and misogynistic society to
become an elite warrior.
It’s all about blood. The blood spilled between the Republic of Mareen
and the armies of the Blood Emperor long ago. The blood gifts of
Mareen’s deadliest enemies. The blood that runs through the elite War
Houses of Mareen, the rulers of the Tribunal dedicated to keeping the
republic alive.
But now there are too many secrets, and with her grandfather
assassinated, Ikenna knows two things: that only someone on the Tribunal
could have ordered his death, and that only a Praetorian Guard could
have carried out that order. Bent on revenge as much as discovering the truth, Ikenna pledges herself
to the Praetorian Trials—a brutal initiation that only a quarter of the
aspirants survive. She subjects herself to the racism and the misogyny,
all while hiding a power that—if found out—would subject her to
execution…or worse. Ikenna is willing to risk it all because she needs
to find out who murdered her grandfather…and then she needs to kill
them. "An action packed adventure paired with luscious world building makes The Blood Trials an enthralling, unputdownable read." — Bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead, Kalynn Bayron |
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