Broken Healer

A slave girl with a secret.

A dragon in the wastelands.

A darkness that threatens to devour them all.

All Sioned has ever wanted was to save lives. But that option was stolen from her, and lately all her powers have done is cause more pain. She faces a choice: give in and become the weapon the night people forced her to be, or hope the rumored dragon of the wastes is more merciful than the legends claim.

Escape won't be so simple, though. The night people's reach extends far beyond the steppes, even into the wilderness. Sioned can't hide from them forever. Whatever hope she has depends on a group of misfits standing against the night people. If she stands with them, perhaps she can fight the evil she's been enslaved to. If she preserves their lives in battle, perhaps they can show her a way out of the shadows.

But maybe the voices in the shadows are right. Maybe she has fallen too far for redemption. After all, in a world filled with legends and dragons...what use is a broken healer?

Author's Note:

This book conveys a story of hope. However, that hope only comes after great darkness. Sioned's story is one that needs to be told, and it is crucial to this series, but that does not mean it is easy. Her story deals with a great many themes that are darker than what I've explored before.

But please accept this assurance: although Sioned begins in the darkest night, she does not stay there. Through her tale, I pray that those who have tasted the same despair that Sioned has will know that no darkness or evil of this world can extinguish the hope that our Lord and Savior offers us. And please know that this book contains the darkest part of this series. Though Sioned and the other heroes you've come to know have many more battles to face, they do so with hope in their hearts.