There was once a terrifying empire based on the magical power of the venom of a race of serpent-men. The empire fell, and the serpent-people are all extinct.Or so the world believed . . .

Magic's Poison

There was once a terrifying empire based on the magical power of the venom of a race of serpent-men. The empire fell, and the serpent-people are all extinct.
Or so the world believed . . .

Marin had never expected to be in the middle of the biggest magical crisis for two centuries. A peasant by birth, she was uncomfortable enough with her noble status as a Guardian, charged with policing the use of magicâ€”even though her district, the White River, was a mere backwater. However, a renegade sorceror in that same backwater district somehow obtained a supply of a notorious magical poisonâ€”the venom of a race of serpent-people whoâ€™d been believed extinctâ€”and itâ€™s up to Marin to stop him. It obviously wonâ€™t be easy: the last people to use that poison ended up ruling the world.

Afraid for her life and aware that the governor of her own district has already been bewitched, Marin turns to the duke of the neighbouring province. When the dukeâ€™s expedition arrives in the White River, however, the situation becomes ever more complex. The sorcerorâ€™s poison-enhanced power is greater than theyâ€™d feared; the natives of the region are threatening war; and the kingâ€™s son, a bitter rival of the duke, is planning his own descent on the region. The serpent-people turn out to be nothing like what Marin expected, and the struggle over what to do about them has implications sheâ€™d never imagined. As if this werenâ€™t enough, Marin realizes that sheâ€™s fallen in love with a duke. A simple farmgirl is out of her depthâ€”but then, so is everybody.

A fantasy written by an established author when she should have been doing something else.

Cover image by Jen Berry

Country	USA
Author	Gillian Bradshaw
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Amazon.com
Manufacturer	Amazon.com
NumberOfPages	373
PublicationDate	2011-03-15
Publisher	Amazon.com
ReleaseDate	2011-03-15
Studio	Amazon.com

Magic's Poison

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