A spellbinding story of friendship and survival magic and wonder beauty and terror<br><br>Maresi came to the Red Abbey in the Hunger Winter. Before then she had only heard rumours of its existence. In a world where girls aren't allowed to learn or do as they please an island inhabited solely by women sounded like a fantasy. But now Maresi is here and she knows it is real.<br><br>Then one day Jai—tangled fair hair clothes stiff with dirt scars on her back—arrives on a ship. She has fled to the island to escape terrible danger and unimaginable cruelty. And the men who hurt her will stop at nothing to find her.