In this impressive debut novel, the first in a series, Yelena escapes execution in exchange for tasting the food of the Commander, ruler of Ixia.
But this time the outcomes aren\'t so clear--..
Her life is threatened again and choices must be made.
Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can\'t control.
As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting.
But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly\'s Dust and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.
And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster.
She\'ll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace- and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.
About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve.
But some people are too impatient to wait for Poison to finish her off.
In this impressive debut novel, the first in a series, Yelena escapes execution in exchange for tasting the food of the Commander, ruler of Ixia
