The Language of Fire
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'Signy gasped as she saw the body on the ground. 'Asta, what did you do?'
'It was an accident,' Asta said desperately. 'The fire flared suddenly and his clothes caught alight. It wasn't me.'
Signy stared at Hafgrim's charred body. 'They won't believe that,' she said fearfully. She looked up at Asta with terror. 'Asta, they'll kill you. You need to leave. Now.''
Asta has lived life as a thrall on a cold northern freehold since she was small, with no memory of her family or where she came from. When an accident forces her to run away from her freehold she decides to use the opportunity to find her own people.
Her quest leads her to the King's fortress, Vatnskjold. A mysteriously ill king, a missing heir and a brewing war, Vatnskjold is a place of secrets. Despite her determination to focus only on her mission - and hide her own dark past and secrets - Asta finds herself being drawn in.
Perhaps if she solves the secrets of Vatnskjold she can solve her own greatest mystery: who, and what, she is.
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