The men who currently hold power will do anything to retain it. This new and revolutionary magic-which only women can wield-might tear down what is left of the patriarchy. The tensions building in the two kingdoms grow abruptly worse when a caravan of exiled women and their escort of disgraced soldiers stumbles upon a new source of magic in what was once uninhabitable desert. Conventional wisdom holds that she will marry quickly, then quietly surrender the throne to her new husband. Meanwhile, in a neighboring kingdom, young Ellin finds herself unexpectedly on the throne after the sudden death of her grandfather the king and everyone else who stood ahead of her in the line of succession. Her existence has been carefully prescribed, but now she discovers a fierce talent not only for politics but also for magic-once deemed solely the domain of men. Alys is the widowed mother of two teenage children, and the disinherited daughter of a king. Two women in particular find themselves at the liberating crossroads of change. But as the aftereffects of a world-altering spell ripple out physically and culturally, women finally have a bargaining chip of their own. When a nobleman’s first duty is to produce a male heir, women are treated like possessions and bargaining chips.
In a feminist fantasy epic, a revolutionary spell gives women the ability to control their own fertility-with consequences that rock their patriarchal society to its core. The authors will also read from their books and answer questions from the audience. Jenna Glass, author of the feminist fantasy epic The Women's War, will speak with Jodie Lynn Zdrok, author of the historical occult mystery Spectacle. Feminism and the Supernatural: Authors Jenna Glass and Jodie Lynn Zdrok in Conversation
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