This Dark Descent
(Young Adult Book)

A hundred riders. Four races. One winner. The Rusel family is famous throughout Enderlain as breeders of enchanted horses, but their prestige is no mater for their rising debts. To save her family's rance, Mikira Rusel is left with only one option: enter the Illinir, a treacherous cross-country horse race known as much for its high body count as its enticing prize money. To have any chance of success, Mikira will have to recruit Arielle Kadar, a talented but unlicensed enchanter who creates golems in place of enchanted animals, and Damien Adair, a dashing young lord in the midst of a fierce succession battle. Both have mysterious reasons of their own to help Mikira--as well as their own blood feuds to avenge. Steeped in Jewish folklore, This Dark Descent is a spellbinding new fantasy full of intrigue, romance, and pulse-pounding action. In a world as dangerous as this, will hidden agendas and conflicting desires butcher Mikira, Ari, and Damien's chances of winning the Illinir... or will another rider's dagger?