The Blood Trials (The Blood Gift Duology, 1) Binding:Paperback Gaines Award for Literary Excellence

Gaines Award for Literary Excellence * Longlisted for the Story Prize

grandmother

he will call his family members for a meeting in the house

desperate and clawing their way through murky memories

The Blood Trials (The Blood Gift Duology, 1) Binding:Paperback Gaines Award for Literary ExcellenceBlending fantasy and science fiction, N. E. Davenport's fast paced, action packed debut kicks off a duology of loyalty and rebellion, in which a young Black woman must survive deadly trials in a racist and misogynistic society to become an elite warrior. It's all about blood. The blood spilled between the Republic of Mareen and the armies of the Blood Emperor long ago. The blood gifts of Mareen's deadliest enemies. The blood that runs through the