Firebird — L.K. Rigel

NOTE: THIS EDITION CONTAINS BLUE AMBER

Mallory's life of constant hunger and never-ending drudgery in Garrick Settlement 20 comes to an end when she is chosen by the goddess Asherah to be a chalice, a rare fertile female who will produce natural-born heirs for the rulers of world's city-states. In her new life of luxury and pleasure, she is sheltered from harsh new-world conditions, with only one taboo: she is forbidden to fall in love.

But when Mal is marked with a prophetic firebird totem, she finds herself torn between the will of gods and the schemes of kings. And when Edmund of Allel tries to save her, feelings neither of them can repress could well destroy everything she's struggled to achieve ~ and bring down the entire new world order.