Melissa Caruso: Tethered Mage (2017, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)
English language
Published July 19, 2017 by Little, Brown Book Group Limited.
"CONTROL THE MAGIC, CONTROL THE WORLD In the Raverran Empire, magic is scarce and those born with power are strictly controlled -- taken as children and conscripted into the Falcon Army. Zaira has lived her life on the streets to avoid this fate, hiding her mage-mark and thieving to survive. But hers is a rare and dangerous magic, one that threatens the entire empire. Lady Amalia Cornaro was never meant to be a Falconer. Heiress and scholar, she was born into a treacherous world of political machinations. But fate has bound the heir and the mage. And as war looms on the horizon, a single spark could turn their city into a pyre. The Tethered Mage is the first novel in a spellbinding new fantasy series"--
Listen via the French audiobook (ISBN: 9782374343501). Excellent woman narrator (Manon Jomain). Many action moments, deep characters. Inspired in Venice, the author presents a world we may not fully understand at the beginning, but soon it starts to make sense. Very complete with great characters. Good balance of politics and action.
