The Matrix Opal

Communing with animals is easy until Bybiis is captured by fearful villagers. Skin wards to suppress the talent are added, but only sharpen her connection with birds and rodents and even sea serpents. Rescued by her tribe, now she must choose if she will use immoral compulsions on creatures or follow the warrior way.

Ariseng is skilled with making and energizing wards of all kinds. She agrees to join Bybiis’s escape only if the matrix opal is hers for magic and protection. The uneasy partnership falters when warriors and diplomats and even friends demand bigger and more difficult magic.

When Bybiis and Ariseng are separated by a foreign power that exploits women of talent, both will face hard choices and learn to combine their abilities for resistance. 

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