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    Stars and Soil: Scions and Shadows, #2
    Stars and Soil: Scions and Shadows, #2
    Stars and Soil: Scions and Shadows, #2
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    Stars and Soil: Scions and Shadows, #2

    By Dax Murray

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    Caitlin had her whole life planned out until a gruesome murder sets her on a collision course with fate and magic.

     

    She would live in the bustling port city of Whick with the reformed pirate she fell in love with and, one day, inherit her fathers' growing trading business.

     

    She did not intend to stumble into an anti-monarchy riot and become involved with the revolutionaries determined to overthrow the nobility and create a world without hunger, poverty, and homelessness. A world with justice for all, and not just those with means.

     

    She did not want to catch the eye of a spoiled prince. She did not want him to pursue and court her, plunging her into a world of bickering dukes, suspicious foreign ambassadors, and scheming politicians.

     

    She did not seek out the attention of ancient and secret religious orders, intent on controlling the machinations of a kingdom from the shadows.

     

    But she did.

     

    Caught in a web of deception and conspiracies, she must now she must fight for her own life in the coming political chaos.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDax Murray
    Release dateOct 30, 2023
    ISBN9798223443155
    Stars and Soil: Scions and Shadows, #2
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    Dax Murray

    After realizing their dream of being a curmudgeonly hedgewitch in the woods of Western Pennsylvania was not possible due to the construction of a Dave & Busters, Dax took up a new form of sorcery, where they whispered to rocks in arcane languages and taught them how to spy on you, colloquially known as software engineering. After an epic battle between the forces of Ethics and Student Loan Payments, Dax left that behind to join the magical order of word-placing. Today, they can be found waiting on the two gods (ie: cats) who have allowed them to live in their abode and use their word-magic to make others cry. Dax studied political science and creative writing at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania and is a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association. When not writing, they can be found at the Crystarium in Norvrandt.

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