Spice Bringer

Just giving a quick shout-out to a book I enjoyed this month. I've read several of H. L. Burke's books and enjoyed them, but this one was the best by far. It had action, romance (which I'm not usually a fan of), fight scenes and adventure, a sassy salamander, and a wonderful message of good triumphing over evil. It's more bittersweet than Burke's usually fare, but I enjoyed it even more for that.

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A deadly disease. A vanishing remedy. A breathless journey.

All her life, Niya's known she will die young from the fatal rasp. She survives only with the aid of vitrisar spice and a magical, curmudgeonly fire salamander named Alk. Then an ambitious princess burns down the vitrisar grove in an effort to steal Alk so she can claim her rightful throne. Joined by Jayesh, a disgraced monk, Niya and Alk must flee to the faraway Hidden Temple with the last vitrisar plant, or all who suffer from the rasp will perish.

But even as Niya’s frustration and banter with Jayesh deepen to affection, the rasp is stealing away her breath and life. 

For a girl with limited time and a crippling quest, love may be more painful than death.