The Queen's Rising

Brienna is an 'arden,' training in one of the five passions: art, music, wit, dramatics, or knowledge. On the summer solstice of her seventeenth year, she hopes to become a mistress of her chosen art. However, Brienna knows her placement in the prestigious passion-house isn't due to innate talent, but rather a deliberate act to hide her. Unaware of her father's identity, she knows only that her mother was Valenian and her father Maevan, from a wild land ruled by a tyrant king. As Brienna delves deeper into her training, she begins to experience inherited memories – visions from a long-dead Maevan ancestor who concealed the legendary Stone of Eventide. This Stone holds the key to restoring the rightful queen to Maevana's throne. Suddenly thrust into a perilous world of secret alliances, ancient feuds, profound family secrets, and a burgeoning first love, Brienna must confront her destiny. She grapples with the profound choice between loyalty to her chosen family and the powerful call of her own bloodline, as she discovers she possesses the unique ability to reclaim a lost kingdom.