The Crystal Rose by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

The Crystal Rose by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

She is the sign of God on earth; she is the personification of evil. She is the rebirth of the religion of Caraid-land; she is its complete undoing. Some call her Taminy-Osmaer--Divinely Glorious. Some call her Taminy-Wicke and ward against her. Which of these is the petite 17-year-old who has fled with her followers to the high crags of the Gyldan-Baenn? This is the question that tears Caraid-land apart, splitting families, pitting the noble Houses against each other and throwing the religious order into chaos. Daimhin Feich--the man who would be king--knows only this: Taminy-a-Cuinn, whether angel or demon, has something he must have if he is to redeem his own fortunes and that of his House. Among her devotees is the young ruler of the divided nation and Daimhin Feich means to get the boy back by any means, even if it destroys the land he hopes to rule.

MAYA BECAME ADDICTED TO SCIENCE FICTION as a result of a terrifying encounter with a robot named Gort, a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR. Maya was never the same after her father let her stay up late to watch The Day the Earth Stood Still when she was six years old. Her first novel, The Meri (Baen), was nominated for a Locus Magazine Best First Novel Award in 1992 (and is now available in trade paperback through Sense of Wonder Publications). Since then, she's released eight more speculative fiction novels, including Twilight (co-written with Michael Reaves) and Star Wars - Coruscant Nights III: Patterns of Force, Star Wars: Shadow Games, and THE LAST JEDI, the fourth book in the Coruscant Nights series, which was a New York Times Bestseller and a Science Fiction Club selection. In her first Gina Miyoko mystery, THE ANTIQUITIES HUNTER, she recently stepped sideways into the world of mystery/crime books.

I've always like mysteries and have read them throughout my life. I've realized I've included a mystery in practically every piece I've written. I'm ecstatic to be working in the genre at long last.