In SPIRIT FOX, Mickey Zucker Reichert, the best-selling author of The Renshai trilogy, The Renshai Chronicles, and The Legend of Nightfall, joins with talented newcomer Jennifer Wingert to open the way into a fascinating new fantasy universe---a magic-laced land where a war between god and goddess has led to a war among mortals, and where the reconciliation of immortals has brought all the benefits of the "Joyous Reunion" to the people of both the River and the Marchlands.
With weapons stored away, and learning the art of warfare now forbidden, it seems that peace is assured for eternity. But even in peace there is peril. And in a land no longer able to defend itself the arrival of a well-trained foreign army complete with Mages who practice the forbidden sixth magic---the magic of destruction---may well spell the death of an entire civilization. At greatest risk are the magic-gifted healers, and the spirit-linked---those men and women blessed by the gods to be linked at birth with an animal who shares their thoughts, emotions, and even physical sensations. For these are the people the Mages have marked for total annihilation.
Perhaps most in danger is Kiarda, a young woman of noble lineage who was destined at birth to be spirit-linked to a fox. But when the fox kit was destroyed at the time of Kiarda's birth---before the two had a chance to bond in the normal way---its spirit had nowhere to go but into the infant's own body.
This unfortunate event, kept secret by the girl's father, leaves Kiarda ill-prepared for the moment when her link claims her completely, literally transforming her into the companion whose spirit is so totally entwined with her own.
The resulting misunderstanding will leave an innocent man condemned to death, and send Kiarda and her closest companions on an odyssey into the very heart of danger---and into a deadly confrontation with the invaders who have sworn to conquer the Marchlands. For these enemy forces are determined to wipe out all the spirit-linked, whom they consider cursed with the Abomination---as well as anyone who possesses the least talent for magic.
Targeted for destruction and with only one trained warrior in her party, what chance does Kiarda have of surviving to carry the warning home before it's too late?
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