Among them were two babies - Mather, heir of Winter, and Meira, an orphaned girl who, years later, is training to be a soldier but has yet to be given the chance to prove herself.īut when 16-year-old Meira retrieves half of her kingdom's conduit - a silver locket - from Spring, she sets in motion a series of events that leave her yearning to fulfill a greater purpose yet questioning her ability to give everything to a kingdom she knows only through the stories of her friends. When the Kingdom of Winter falls to its rival country Spring, its queen is killed, its conduit is broken and its citizens are captured as slaves. The conduits are powerful tools for the kings or queens who wield them. "Snow Like Ashes," the first book in a trilogy by Sara Raasch, is a riveting fantasy filled with intriguing magic.Įight kingdoms - four with typical seasons and four in perpetual winter, spring summer or fall - vie for power in a world where magical objects act as conduits to harness a deeper magic hidden within the Klaryn mountains.
" SNOW LIKE ASHES, " by Sara Raasch, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 432 pages (f) (ages 14 and up)
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