An Accident of Stars

Portal fantasy grows up in this immersive series kickoff featuring "a life-changing adventure, . . . compelling characters and a fascinating world" (Martha Wells, author of The Murderbot Diaries)

When Saffron Coulter stumbles through a hole in reality, she finds herself trapped in Kenaa magical realm on the brink of civil war. It's there that her fate becomes intertwined with that of three very different women: Zech, the fast-thinking acolyte of a cunning, powerful exile; Viya, the spoiled, runaway consort of the empire-building ruler, Vex Leoden; and Gwen, an Earth-born worldwalker whose greatest regret is putting Leoden on the throne. But Leoden has allies, too, and chief among them is the Vex'Mara Kadeja, a dangerous ex-priestess who shares his dreams of conquest.

Pursued by Leoden and aided by the Shavaktiina secretive order of storytellers and mysticsthe rebels flee to Veksh, a neighboring matriarchy ruled by the fearsome Council of Queens. Saffron is out of her world and out of her depth, but the further she travels, the more she finds herself bound to her friends with ties of blood and magic. Can one girland an accidental worldwalker at thatreally be the key to saving Kena? Or will she die trying?

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