Secrets of the Forbidden Land

A magical technology with the potential to revolutionize communication—and Cyrele has the misfortune of being the most expendable person to understand it.

The Kings of Viemis have sent their daughters to Kava for generations, to become one of the many wives of the all-powerful Maelstrom—and not a single one of them has been seen or heard from again. With the departure of the latest princess looming, her royal parents have spared no expense in finding some way to stay informed of her fate. On their command, the kingdom's glyphwriters rushed to develop a new magical technology, capable of communication over great distances. But the technology requires a glyphwriter to operate it.

Cyrele, too low-born to rise beyond the rank of an assistant despite her skill, receives the command to become the princess' personal glyphwriter. It leaves her with no choice but to embark on a journey no one has ever returned from, across a land filled with...