The Gilded Cage

Kiva Meridan spent ten years in Zalindov prison and came out of the deadly Trial by Ordeal alive. Survival is no longer enough for her. She wants to reunite with her family and bring down the people who ruined their lives.

Freedom brings new problems. Kiva settles into life in the capital and finds that her siblings have changed while she was locked away, and so have their beliefs. She keeps secrets from her enemies, and now she keeps them from her own family too.

Beyond the city walls, rebels grow restless, and rumours spread of a threat building in the northern kingdoms. Kiva's loyalties matter more with each week, yet she starts to doubt which side she truly belongs to. If both camps turn on her, she stands to lose everything she fought to reach.

This is a young adult fantasy and the sequel to The Prison Healer, so it follows directly on from that book. Expect a story of shifting allegiances and tangled lies, with a heroine whose goal is revenge and whose trust is thin.