The Flame (The Patron Wars #2)

Banished.

Daina travels south with the raven tribe, fleeing the wrath of their fellow rebels and the growing chaos engulfing Dia Farun. Settling on the brink of the river Tamares, they prepare for the grueling task of surviving the winter without the support and food stocks of the clan. Daina struggles with the position of power and importance she has been thrust into. When Mani moves her training forward by introducing her to a new language of mysterious runes whose capacity even she doesn’t understand, things threaten to derail even further.

Back in Dia Farun, Aisma finds herself bereft of teacher and lover. Left to deal with the rebellion as it grows and the upper tribes rise again and again to meet them, they are forced to resort to drastic and dishonorable means to ensure the victory of the New Dawn against the uppers that would see them back under the boot. As Aisma rise through the ranks, she struggles with one fundamental tragedy: How could Daina possibly have survived the battle with Moose?