Malanthia

She was fifteen when they took her from the kitchen.Malanthia Duvenne grows up in a village of violets, warm bread, and small mercies. Then a carriage arrives with a serpent on the door, and the girl who pressed flowers into books is taken north to Stonemouth Keep-where the Greythorn regime trains children to become instruments.Five years later, she has a new name.Seraphine, Commander of the Queen...