"The fight for freedom begins.
The hard part should have been over. Former slave Miara and Crown Prince Aven have escaped with their freedom and their lives. From kidnapper and captive, they’ve grown into a powerful partnership. And they’ve returned to the mountain fortress of Estun, triumphant, to warn his people of the rising menace just across their border.
But escape was only the first step. War looms. Hundreds of mages still live in slavery. Neither the king nor the queen believes the people will support a foreign spy as crown princess, no matter how loyal Miara truly is. And enemy agents plot to keep Aven from the throne by any means necessary, be they mundane—or murderous.
On top of it all, the Dark Master has plans of his own: to enslave a vast mage army bound to his will alone. To obliterate all knowledge of the forbidden star magic, no matter the cost. And to get a little revenge too, while he’s at it.
Powerful new enemies, tenacious new allies, and earth-shaking magic join Aven and Miara in this second volume of the Enslaved Chronicles."
"A plot to enslave magic forever…
Enslaved by masters with dark intentions, Miara has been given a new mission: use her shape-shifting creature magic to kidnap an enemy prince. She loathes the idea, and she’ll probably die trying, but she has no choice but to pursue her mission.
Her target? Crown Prince Aven Lanuken, heir to the warrior throne of Akaria and also—unbeknownst to Miara—secretly a mage himself. His forbidden air magic has kept him trapped in a shadowy mountain fortress, but his duty to marry is about to make keeping his secret much more difficult. And finding a bride that is an equal, a warrior fit for the throne? That’s proving nearly impossible. Part of him simply wants to escape it all.
Miara has never failed a mission before, and she doesn’t intend to start now, even if she does find herself drawn to Aven’s easy charm. Mage slaves are magically bound to obey their orders, anyway, whether she likes it or not.
But what if the man she’s been charged with kidnapping is the key to freeing mages from their enslavement, once and for all?
Magic, politics, love, and fate collide in the destinies of two people in this fantasy adventure from R. K. Thorne. For lovers of swords and sorcery infused with romance, Mage Slave is the first novel in the Enslaved Chronicles trilogy."
"Some magic should be forbidden.
Reunited safely in Panar, Miara, Aven, and their friends have conquered more obstacles than they thought possible. The Akarian Assembly has accepted Aven and his magic -- and Miara as his queen. But the problems for Akaria and its freemages are only beginning. One ally has vanished. Another teeters on the edge of death. And a third will face a choice between duty and love.
Meanwhile, the Dark Master has marshalled the combined power of Mage Hall and Kavanar’s army. He's closer than ever before to his goals: destroy the star mage and his magic, recapture those who've escaped, and seize all of Akaria for himself.
With the true, terrible potential of magic unleashed, no one can predict what destruction will be wrought. The struggle for the freedom of mage slaves culminates in all-out war in this third and final volume of the Enslaved Chronicles."
"A plot to enslave magic forever…
Enslaved by masters with dark intentions, Miara has been given a new mission: use her shape-shifting creature magic to kidnap an enemy prince. She loathes the idea, and she'll probably die trying, but she has no choice but to pursue her mission.
Her target? Crown Prince Aven Lanuken, heir to the warrior throne of Akaria and also-unbeknownst to Miara-secretly a mage himself. His forbidden air magic has kept him trapped in a shadowy mountain fortress, but his duty to marry is about to make keeping his secret much more difficult. And finding a bride that is an equal, a warrior fit for the throne? That's proving nearly impossible. Part of him simply wants to escape it all.
Miara has never failed a mission before, and she doesn't intend to start now, even if she does find herself drawn to Aven's easy charm. Mage slaves are magically bound to obey their orders, anyway, whether she likes it or not.
But what if the man she's been charged with kidnapping is the key to freeing mages from their enslavement, once and for all?
Magic, politics, love, and fate collide in the destinies of two people in this fantasy adventure from R. K. Thorne. For lovers of swords and sorcery infused with romance, Mage Slave is the first novel in the Enslaved Chronicles trilogy."
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