Unwinding the Spiral

In Heredour, humans channel elemental power, but true magic remains out of reach — until an ancient curse stirs awake. Wave has escaped Buduwai, the program that calls teenagers to serve gods they never chose, and set her sights on becoming the land's most powerful waterkin. Her plans collapse when a falling star reignites a curse buried for generations.

Jessandra, heir to one of Heredour's thrones, has received no divine calling of her own. Fleeing the castle and an arranged marriage rather than face that shame, she crosses paths with Wave, and the two forge an unlikely alliance. As their fates draw in people across the kingdom, the lies holding Heredour's society together begin to come apart — and Wave must master a power she barely understands to save a friend she never expected to find.

Unwinding the Spiral is the first book in Peta Hawker's Union trilogy, a young adult fantasy for readers of The Priory of the Orange Tree and Throne of Glass.