A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN by Rosanne A. Brown

AGENDA:

1. Short introductions (name, pronouns, one thing you liked about the book)
2. Discussion of A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN
3. Deciding on June title*

"For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts his younger sister, Nadia, as payment to enter the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal--kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia's freedom.

But Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. Her mother, the Sultana, has been assassinated; her court threatens mutiny; and Solstasia looms like a knife over her neck. Grief-stricken, Karina decides to resurrect her mother through ancient magic . . . requiring the beating heart of a king. And she knows just how to obtain one: by offering her hand in marriage to the victor of the Solstasia competition.

When Malik rigs his way into the contest, they are set on a heart-pounding course to destroy each other. But as attraction flares between them and ancient evils stir, will they be able to see their tasks to the death?"

A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN is available for purchase through WritersBlockBookstore.com (USPS ship-to-home, in-store pickup, audiobook download from Libro.fm, or ebook download through My Must Reads). You can also borrow it from the Orange County Public Library System as a physical book via grab-and-go or home delivery, as an audiobook download or an ebook download through the Overdrive and Libby apps. If you have any questions about how to obtain the book through these means, please comment on the event or DM host Shelby Bouck.

*Feel free to suggest a book from any genre for June! It should be published for an adult or young adult audience and be one continuous work, i.e. not a collection of short stories, essays, or poems.