He was raised to fight them. Now he has to join them. 

14-year old Darian grew up in an isolated village in Whyland, among people who resisted the oppression of the King and his army. When his life takes a tragic turn, he ends up in the King's castle, forced to train in the military academy, closer to his enemies than he has ever dreamed. His only solace is Cayla, a girl he befriends at the castle, who helps him smile and feel whole again, but whose identity he ignores. 

The castle holds more dangers than Darian imagined. He has to thread carefully if he wants use his position to help Whyland find freedom—and remain alive. 

Spell Speakers is a coming-of-age fantasy novella introducing Sian, Cayla, and Darian, characters in the series Portals to Whyland

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