

"You're just, like, so boring," she said. In 1942, Jackson Pollock got dumped by his girlfriend. Genghis Khan went on to conquer most of Asia and Europe. Suffering from bouts of severe diarrhea, the Jin army fled (leaving behind unspeakable trails of.unmentionable things), resulting in a decisive victory for Khan(h.just kidding). The week before the battle, the entire Jin army got food poisoning (they were trying to do a cleanse before the big day by eating more probiotics, as it turned out, not all things were meant to be fermented, least of all, pork). In 1211, Genghis Khan's tiny army of 2,000 was vastly outnumbered by the Jin army, 500,000 strong. Jodi Meadows introduces a vivid new fantasy full of intrigue, romance, dangerous magic, and one girl’s battle to reclaim her place in the world. Wilhelmina’s magic might be the key to stopping the wraith, but if the vigilante Black Knife discovers Wil’s magic, she will vanish like all the others. Still the wraith pours across the continent, reshaping the land and animals into fresh horrors. Wraith is the toxic by-product of magic, and for a century using magic has been forbidden. With Osprey missions becoming increasingly dangerous and their leader more unstable, Wil can’t trust anyone. They assume the identities of nobles from a wraith-fallen kingdom, but enemies fill the palace, and Melanie’s behavior grows suspicious.

Wil and her best friend, Melanie, infiltrate Skyvale Palace to study their foes.

With them, Wilhelmina means to take back her throne. Ten years later, they are the Ospreys, experts at stealth and theft. When the Indigo Kingdom conquered her homeland, Wilhelmina and other orphaned children of nobility were taken to Skyvale, the Indigo Kingdom’s capital.
