Courage of Falcons
Chapter One
In Diplomacy of Wolves ...
Magic, in the world of Matrin and especially in the Iberan lands
where the last of the true humans live, has been a study both
forbidden and reviled for a thousand years. But Kait Galweigh,
daughter of the powerful Galweigh Family and promising junior
diplomat, has survived to hide the secret scars of old and dangerous
magic. While chaperoning her cousin prior to the girl's wedding to a
second son of the Dokteerak Family, with whom the Galweighs desired
an alliance, Kait's need to hide her Scarred nature-which causes her
to skinshift, and which would lead to her immediate execution even
by members of her own Family-puts her into position to overhear a
plot involving the Dokteeraks and the Galweighs' longtime enemies,
the Sabirs. These two Families are planning to destroy the Galweighs
at the upcoming wedding.
Kait survives a harrowing escape from Dokteerak House with her
information, aided by a stranger who, like her, is Scarred by the
skinshifting curse, which is called Karnee. She is drawn to the
stranger, but is dismayed to discover that he is a son of the Sabir
Family. She returns to the embassy, where she informs ... read full excerpt from Courage of Falcons ebook
