E M Graham

Auf einer einsamen schottischen Insel steht ein undurchdringlicher Steinturm, der tief in seinem Inneren ein schreckliches Geheimnis birgt ... Dara Martin hat eine zweite Chance erhalten, sich in den Augen der herrschenden Hexe Kin zu rehabilitieren. Sie werden ihr beibringen, wie sie mit ihrer m chtigen Naturmagie umgeht und schlie lich vielleicht mit Hugh zusammenarbeitet, unter der Bedingung, dass sie ihre fehlerhafte Wege. Das Geheimnis des Turms zieht sie unweigerlich in seinen Bann, und obwohl sie geschworen hat, den Sippen gegen ber offen zu sein, muss sie an ihren eigenen Geheimnissen festhalten, sonst verliert sie ihre einzige Chance, ihre Mutter zu befreien. Und sie hat nicht vor, in eine internationale Rebellion gegen die Sippe verwickelt zu werden, aber manchmal passieren solche Dinge einfach.

A darkness emerges from within that threatens to shatter her world. Dara's poised on the brink of her new life. She's finally won her place in the ranks of the Kin and her ambition steers her ever upward. Yet what she finds here is falseness and intrigue - Hugh, her father, Meg - all are revealed in their true colors, until the only witch she can trust is her worst enemy. Cate. A larger peril looms for the Witch Kin, one that has been brewing beneath the surface for centuries. In order to help, she needs to travel back to her home land and find herself while facing the demons of her own past and future. Yes, Dara can attain her deepest desires, but is the terrible price of her ambition worth the cost to her soul?

The Ice King's wintry grasp. A witch cursed. A deadly Chronicle.Contact with the Crystal Charm Stone caused deep changes in Dara Martin, leaving her with a power so great, it scares even the elders. This only happened once before in the centuries of the Kin's rule, but the witch Meg's fate is a secret buried deep in the past. Dara has no idea what her future might hold.Whisked away from Scarp to study under the Venerable Nacthan in Edinburgh, she's forbidden to practice until the elders can understand her new magic. Yet she knows she now has the resources to rescue her mother from the Ice King's grasp, if only she knew how to get there from here.A chance meeting leads her into the depths of the Edinburgh Vaults to Auld Meg, who'd been cursed to stone by the Kin to write the most dangerous chronicle of all. If Dara can break the spell and free the crone, she'll be able to bridge realities to the Ice Kingdom.There'll be hell to pay with the Kin. But only if she makes it back alive.

On a lonely Scottish island stands a stone tower which harbors a terrible secret deep within... Dara Martin has been given a second chance to redeem herself in the eyes of the ruling Witch Kin. They'll teach her how to wield her powerful natural magic and eventually, maybe, to work with Hugh, as long as she gives up her errant ways. But the tower's mystery inevitably draws her in, and while she has sworn not to lie to the Kin, she must hold on to her own secrets or lose her only chance of freeing her mother...

On a lonely Scottish island stands a stone tower which harbors a terrible secret deep within...Half-blood witch Dara Martin has been given a second chance to redeem herself in the eyes of the ruling Witch Kin. They'll teach her how to wield her powerful natural magic and eventually, maybe, to work with Hugh, as long as she gives up her errant ways.But the tower's mystery inevitably draws her in, and while she has sworn not to lie to the Kin, she must hold on to her own secrets or lose her only chance of freeing her mother...