Kay Lynn Flanders is een begenadigd auteur, bekend om haar boeiende verhalen en haar vermogen om op emotioneel niveau contact te maken met lezers. Haar werk verkent vaak thema's als persoonlijke groei en veerkracht, gepresenteerd door een onderscheidende verhalende stijl die lezers meeneemt op de reizen van de personages. Flanders' proza kenmerkt zich door warmte en toegankelijkheid, waardoor haar verhalen zowel tot nadenken stemmen als diep resoneren. Ze heeft een uniek talent voor het creëren van meeslepende plots die ervoor zorgen dat lezers gretig de pagina's omslaan.
Hálendijské království prohrává válku na hranicích a proslýchá se, že brzy bude čelit ještě vražednější hrozbě. Princezna Jennesara se chce zapojit do bojů, otec s ní však má jiné plány – přislíbil její ruku princi sousední Turie. Cestou za snoubencem je však královská karavana přepadena a Jenna pochopí, že zvěsti se mýlily... hrozba na obzoru je totiž mnohem děsivější. Dokáže odhalit smrtící tajemství dřív, než bude příliš pozdě pro ni i pro celé království?
Although King Atháren's sister, Jennesara, saved Hálendi from the Gray Mage, the reprieve came at a steep price--the life of their father. Now Ren rules over a divided kingdom, with some who want him dead, and a Medallion that warns of worse trouble brewing in the south.As second born, Princess Chiara is the perfect Turian royal--perfectly invisible. She longs to help restore peace on the Plateau, but with no magic and no fighting skills, she doesn't stand a chance against a mage. So when a member of the Turian royal family goes missing and Chiara finds a clue about the rumored resting place of the mages' long-lost artifacts, she decides it's time to be seen.As Ren's and Chiara's paths cross, they find the depth of the mages' hold on the Plateau is more powerful than anyone suspected, and that they must learn to trust themselves, and each other, before the mages retrieve their artifacts and become too powerful to ever defeat.For fans of Sorcery of Thorns and Furyborn comes the thrilling sequel to Shielded about a world in a deadly magical war and the newly crowned king and feisty princess who must defeat the deadliest of foes before there's nothing left to save.
"In a kingdom at war, the princess discovers a devastating truth and might be the key to saving not only those closest to her, but the kingdom itself, if she reveals the very secret that could destroy her"-- Provided by publisher