Sarah Z. Creates

This girl.

Mona of Syrrel is never going to command attention when she enters a room. The idea of that actually horrifies her.

But she is determined.

Her father, Ally Cyan, calls her stubborn. Her friend and suite mate at the Schola, Selah of the Weavers, calls her fierce.

Because Mona will not give up.

Not when her home is fighting an undeclared war with no help from their king.

Not when her brother of heart faces deadly consequences for standing up for what is right.

And definitely not when the cruelty of the Reckoning tries to erase who she is.

Mona is determined. She isn’t a fighter. She isn’t a tactician. She isn’t even really all that brave. But she refuses to give up, and she will not — will NOT — let her fear be her master.

If you’d like to spend a little more time with Mona, read her prequel short story, “Making Stitches,” and see who she was before the Reckoning ever found her.