The release date for the English version of 'The Bone Doll's Twin' by
Lynn Flewelling is Oct 2009. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Occasionally, destiny comes at a cost greater than anybody could have predicted.
Shadow Magic, Secret Destiny
Skala was shielded for three centuries by a dynasty of warrior queens and a heavenly prophesy. However, the populace became complacent, and the usurper king Erius usurped the throne from his younger half-sister.
The kingdom is now suffering from a disease and drought, the conflict with Plenimar, Skala's long-time adversary, is depleting the nation's resources, and being born into the royal line is now a death sentence as the king struggles to safeguard the succession of his sole son, who will succeed him. The two biggest threats to King Erius are his own family and Illior's followers, who disseminated the Oracle's teachings to a skeptic public.
Noblewomen of all ages inexplicably die, while the king's nephew—the lone child of his sister—matters into a man. However, odd, haunted Tobin—who was given male form by a terrible sorcery to shield her until she could fulfill her true destiny—is the princess's daughter, and neither the king nor the boy know this.
The only people who know the truth are Tobin's illustrious father, two Illior wizards, and a banished forest witch. Young Tobin is only safe with them from the furious hatred of her brother's demon spirit, who is out to exact revenge for his horrible murder, a mother gone insane, and a king's vengeance...