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Title: Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1)
Author: Morgan Rhodes
Release Date: December 11th 2012
Publisher: Razorbill
In a land where magic has been forgotten but peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest is simmering. Three kingdoms grapple for power—brutally transforming their subjects’ lives in the process. Amidst betrayals, bargains, and battles, four young people find their fates forever intertwined:
Cleo: A princess raised in luxury must embark on a rough and treacherous journey into enemy territory in search of a magic long thought extinct.
Jonas: Enraged at injustice, a rebel lashes out against the forces of oppression that have kept his country impoverished—and finds himself the leader of a people’s revolution centuries in the making.
Lucia: A girl adopted at birth into a royal family discovers the truth about her past—and the supernatural legacy she is destined to wield.
Magnus: Bred for aggression and trained to conquer, a firstborn son begins to realize that the heart can be more lethal than the sword...
I read somewhere that after dystopia/post-apocalyptic, the next trend would be YA high fantasy. I love high fantasy - though, yeah, all I've read as of now are the first three books in the A Song of Ice and Fire series and Eragon, but still! - so I really can't wait for Falling Kingdoms!The only outcome that’s certain is that kingdoms will fall. Who will emerge triumphant when all they know has collapsed?
(photo and summary from Goodreads.com)
