Child of the Kaites (The Firstborn's Legacy)

Description

Rai had an unconventional childhood. Unlike the rest of the Maraians, when slavers cast her into the river as an infant, she didn’t die or get adopted downriver. She was raised in safety by the nymph-like kaites, brought up to fulfil her destiny to free Maraiah from bondage.

Now she’s eighteen, and her destiny is in shambles. Living in exile under a false identity, Rai can’t lead a conversation, let alone a rebellion. She resigns herself to a life of recording her people’s history instead.
Yet still her people toil under the relentless sun. Still their babies die every day. A reunion with childhood friends and an enigmatic stranger force Rai to consider the terrifying truth: Maraiah’s hope of freedom may lie on the other side of her deepest fears and doubts.