Intended audience: Young Adults Visit Deborah Grace White's website for other information including the latest on her release plans. A Splintered Land (Book One)
Tainted magic collides with unexpected love to shatter an already fractured land
Marieke is trained in the magic of songcraft, but without connections, she’s still lucky to gain a place on a foreign delegation. She hopes to learn whether Aeltas suffers the same mysterious blight as her own land—what she doesn’t expect is to suffer a near-fatal accident the moment she crosses the border.
Zev has no reason to love singers. But when he finds a girl barely clinging to life, he can’t just turn aside. Even when Marieke’s identity threatens everything his family has fought for—and fought to hide—for generations, he can’t bring himself to regret helping her. Instead he finds himself pursuing her back across the border.
As more accidents befall singers, Zev’s desire to protect Marieke battles with his duty to his family’s secrets. But while Marieke is blind to the past, he remains mystified about the present curse hovering over her land—and threatening to stretch into his. Neither Marieke nor Zev can deny what’s growing between them…and neither can predict what it will cost not only them but the splintered lands they love.
A Splintered Land is the first installment of Heartsong, a YA fantasy trilogy set in the Sovereign Realms, where magic is harnessed by singers. When a singer with too many questions meets a farmer hiding dangerous answers, past and present collide and heart is pitted against duty. If you enjoy adventure, magic, and clean and swoony romance, enter the world of Heartsong today. Publication History The A Splintered Land eBook (ISBN: 978-1-923218-00-0) is the first release in the Heartsong trilogy. It was published on the Amazon Kindle Store on July 19, 2024. A print edition (ISBN: 978-1-923218-01-7) is also available from Amazon and from a wide range of online booksellers worldwide.
A Fractured Song (Book Two)
Can Zev and Marieke’s bond survive her dying country and his fractured family?
Marieke is more determined than ever to save her deteriorating country, and she doesn’t intend to let Zev walk away from the mystery without a fight. But with Oleand now plagued by natural disasters, time is running out. And from the capital to Sundering Canyon to the southern jungle, the answers seem always one step further from her reach.
As Marieke edges closer to the secret of heartsong, Zev knows he should pull away. But every minute spent with her makes that more impossible. The last thing he wants to do is betray his family, but each time Marieke risks her life in her quest to save her country, the truth becomes increasingly harder to deny—he can’t live without her.
Zev and Marieke will have to find a way to overcome the barriers that keep one another out. Because it will take the strength of two countries, and the magic of both songcraft and heartsong, to stand a chance against the forces bent on destroying all they love.
A Fractured Song is the second installment of Heartsong, a YA fantasy trilogy set in the Sovereign Realms, where magic is harnessed by singers. It should be read after Book One—A Splintered Land. When a singer with too many questions meets a farmer hiding dangerous answers, past and present collide and heart is pitted against duty. If you enjoy adventure, magic, and clean and swoony romance, enter the world of Heartsong today. Publication History The A Fractured Song eBook (ISBN: 978-1-923218-02-4) is the second release in the Heartsong trilogy. It will be published on the Amazon Kindle Store on August 30, 2024. A print edition (ISBN: 978-1-923218-03-1) will also available from Amazon and from a wide range of online booksellers worldwide.
