Sense Shattered

While Master Naamit delays returning from her harrowing trip to Lothaulind, intrigue ripples in the courts of Meiwen. A malevolent purpose moves the nobles to plot rebellion against her. Within the decorous and oiled-paper facade of Mudan Gong Palace, her supporters rally despite internal troubles.

The embattled arviser, Yue-Wan, negotiates her own heartache alongside artful parleys with the adversarial duke, Lord Khoo. Young scholar Kuan-Yong struggles for courage to overcome his equivocations. Xin-Ya relies on discipline and diligence to maintain her duties as Head Girl, but the old gardener Gan feeds on his hatred of the nobles. And Wei, the cook, seeks to sustain them all with more than just her scrumptious soup.

Yet, among the chrysanthemum-scented halls of the palace, fear and betrayal breed. Naamit matches wits with her enemies but cannot unriddle their full intent. They covet her Far Stone Oyan and are waiting to trap her.

Shadow players deploy knights and pawns in a dangerous game. Maverick sleights and foils slide in to deceive and distract the senses. Keep a sharp eye out or lose the prize.

But the Lady of Wisdom has one last trick, which may shatter the kingdom and spark the birth of its most ardent and unlikely champions—the Wise Women.

Sense Shattered is Book Three in the Riven Origins series, prequels to the Far Stone Cycle.