Receive the Gift — Louise Marley

On the ice planet Nevva, summer comes but once every five years. Life can not be sustained without the poll of the Cantrixes, whose angelic music conjures warmth, light, and healing....

Like a gathering of storm clouds, itinerant Singers have united in the service of Cho, whose lethal Gift has turned the House of Soren into a house of fear. Under his brutal command, the Cantor of Soren has been killed and the Cantrix imprisoned. No one dares to oppose Cho's power...

Except the Cantrix Sira. She is the only hope for the Conservatory of musicians--and the planet itself. She alone could conjure the magic to defeat Cho. But there one problem: The Conservatory branded her a traitor years ago...