Empire of War and Wings

SHE HAS RENEGADE MAGIC - AND THAT WILL COST HER EVERYTHING. Aella is the most relentless, determined seventeen-year-old in the Winged Empire's newest settlement so of course when she manifests magic, it's a renegade kind - the kind that gets people killed if they aren't careful. The only thing that seventeen-year-old Aella ever wanted was to keep raising horses with her sprawling family on the frontier of the Winged Empire. But when the Winged Empire tests for magic, they're looking for spirit-birds and Aella doesn't manifest a spirit-bird - she manifests bees. An angry swarm of bees to be precise. Furious at her aberration, the Empire snatches her from her home, ransacks her town, and draws her into a world that she hates to her very core. Until a mysterious revolutionary offers her a deal that could change everything. Now, Aella must choose - learn to use her new magic to save her family and the entire continent or submit to the Winged Empire and watch everything she loves crumble. Empire of War and Wings is a dramatic, fast-paced, young adult fantasy series by USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah K. L. Wilson, featuring sweeping battles, tantalizing magic, sweet romance, and an epic fantasy story that will compel you to keep reading to the very last word. Start the adventure today!

Her new connection with the crown prince is going to get her killed. Aella has already proven that she's as relentless and determined as the rest of her family - and even more so now that she has this swarm of magic bees at her disposal. She's determined to use them for the good of her family and the fledgling revolution. But the measures she had to take to save herself and her friends are catching up to her. Now, the crown prince's life hangs in the balance, and if he dies, Aella will be the one who will pay the price with her life and the lives of her family. Bound in ways that he can't share, her closest ally is forced to oppose her at every turn, pushing her deeper into the prince's games. Now, Aella must choose: Save the life of the crown prince and prove her usefulness, or watch her closest ally hunt down her family on his command.

CAN SHE OUTRUN HER MOST POWERFUL ALLY? Aella has used every scrap of magic at her disposal to fight against the Winged Empire and save her family, but now she's on the run from the person she thought she could trust the most. All Aella wanted to do was fight injustice and use her powerful bee swarm magic to do that. She thought she'd be spared the wrath of the crown prince when she saved his city. Instead, he declared her his future wife in public, while torturing her in private. Escaping with her life, Aella is on the run from the crown prince's hunter, searching for resources and allies to help her in her fight. And the places she must look for those things will prove to be even more dangerous than anything she's encountered so far. Now, Aella must choose again - will she flee for her life while she can or will she keep on fighting to save everyone else, too?

Can anything save her closest ally? Aella has gathered the resources the revolution needs and performed miracles with her bee magic that no one ever expected were possible. But now her closest ally's future hangs in the balance, and only her bees can save him. With the entire army of the Empire hunting her down, determined to drag her back to the crown prince, time is running out. If she doesn't find a way to quickly free her ally - and herself - from the crown prince and the magic bonds he's put on them, they may never get free at all. Once again, Aella must choose - sacrifice herself for the sake of her family and friends, or watch everything she's fought for fall apart.