Bound By Blood and Sand
(2016)(The first book in the Bound By Blood and Sand series)
A novel by Becky Allen
Jae is a slave in a dying desert world.
Once verdant with water from a magical Well, the land is drying up, and no one remembers the magic needed to keep the water flowing. If a new source isnt found soon, the people will perish. Jae doesnt mind, in a way. By law, she is bound by a curse to obey every order given her, no matter how vile. At least in death, shell be free.
Elans family rules the fading realm. He comes to the estate where Jae works, searching for the hidden magic needed to replenish the Well, but its Jae who finds it, and she who must wield it. Desperate to save his realm, Elan begs her to use it to locate the Well.
But why would a slaveabused, beaten, and treated as less than humanwant to save the system that shackles her? Jae would rather see the world burn.
Though revenge clouds her vision, she agrees to help if the realms slaves are freed. Then Elans father arrives. The rulers cruelty knows no limits. He is determined that the class system will not changeand that Jae will remain a slave forever.
"Ferocious and intelligent." Kirkus Reviews
"Allens lush debut mixes current, pressing questions with fantasy while exploring systematic injustice and historical oppression...readers will clamor for the sequel." Publishers Weekly
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Once verdant with water from a magical Well, the land is drying up, and no one remembers the magic needed to keep the water flowing. If a new source isnt found soon, the people will perish. Jae doesnt mind, in a way. By law, she is bound by a curse to obey every order given her, no matter how vile. At least in death, shell be free.
Elans family rules the fading realm. He comes to the estate where Jae works, searching for the hidden magic needed to replenish the Well, but its Jae who finds it, and she who must wield it. Desperate to save his realm, Elan begs her to use it to locate the Well.
But why would a slaveabused, beaten, and treated as less than humanwant to save the system that shackles her? Jae would rather see the world burn.
Though revenge clouds her vision, she agrees to help if the realms slaves are freed. Then Elans father arrives. The rulers cruelty knows no limits. He is determined that the class system will not changeand that Jae will remain a slave forever.
"Ferocious and intelligent." Kirkus Reviews
"Allens lush debut mixes current, pressing questions with fantasy while exploring systematic injustice and historical oppression...readers will clamor for the sequel." Publishers Weekly
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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