Nan Whybark

Jewl and the Jinx Nan Whybark

As a princess in the Patriarchal Realm of en'Edlia, Jewl has grown up close to her twin sister, Phyre. Born to a royal mother from nonmagical Earth and a high patriarch father now ruling on magical Irth, Jewl has inherited a birth-gift of magical power. Even though her twin has no magic, Jewl feels her birth-gift is worthless. Desperately wanting to have friends with birth-gifts, Jewl ventures into the Shards-a dark, foreboding part of the city-and, with her new friends, begins a journey she is soon desperate to abandon. Jewl is caught in a snare of dark magic and tangled in a plot to kill someone in the ruling family-her family! Feeling threatened and afraid, Jewl must find a way to stop a deadly jinx before someone dies. Can she find anyone she can trust to help her before her involvement is discovered?