Apostate: Forbidden Things Book Three

Overview: Nikki started writing her first novel at the age of 12, which she still has tucked in a briefcase in her home office. She now lives in the magnificent Pacific Northwest tending to her sweet horse, two manipulative cats, and a crazy dog. She feeds her imagination by sitting on the ocean in her kayak gazing out across the never-ending water or hanging from a rope in a cave, embraced by darkness and the sound of dripping water. She finds peace through practicing iaido or shooting her longbow. Declared a traitor to her own country, Indigo must look elsewhere to secure help for Lyra. While the Lyran prince prepares for battle, she turns to the least likely place to raise an army of her own. The Kudaness, a people split apart by intertribal rivalries, are united in some things, including their hatred of her people and the belief that using ascard is an affront to the gods. Even if they forgive her those things, can she persuade them to go to war on behalf of their Lyran neighbors? If she succeeds, they will face a seemingly untouchable opponent, and she must still find a way to convince Caithin that she and the prince are innocent.