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The third book in the sweeping, richly imagined Guardians of Dawn fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author S. Jae-Jones. Perfect for fans of Sue Lynn Tan and Judy I. Lin. Princess Yulana has a few problems. Her late grandfather has died without naming an heir, civil war threatens to tear the Morning Realms apart, a strange waking dreamer sickness is sweeping through the land, and a plague of hungry ghosts roam the steppes. On top of all of that, Kho, her former best friend turned rival, is getting under her skin. A struggle for power divides the north, and the outcome rests on the winner of the Grand Game-a competition that will determine not just the future of her people, but the course of the entire empire. When the world is out of balance, the Guardians of Dawn are reborn... As the Guardian of Wind, it is Yuli’s responsibility to bring order to chaos, along with the Guardian of Fire and the Guardian of Wood. But can she restore balance to the Morning Realms when she can’t even win the political games being played at home? The fate of the Morning Realms depends on the Guardians of Dawn, and whether Yuli can manage both the demonic and political chaos at once. Guardian of Wind, there you are...

Magic flickers. Love flames. Chaos reigns. Magic is forbidden throughout the Morning Realms. Magicians are called abominations, and blamed for the plague of monsters that razed the land twenty years earlier. Struggling to keep her own magical gifts under control, Jin Zhara already has enough to worry about without the rumors of monsters re-emerging in the marsh. But when a chance encounter with an easily flustered young man named Han brings her into contact with a secret magical resistance organization called the Guardians of Dawn, Zhara realizes there may be more to these rumors than she thought. A mysterious plague is corrupting the magicians of Zanhei, turning them into monsters. Zhara, Han, and their friends must find a way to defeat the plague before they or their loved ones are transformed. But as Zhara and company get closer to the source of evil, they discover an even greater danger, one that threatens to throw the Morning Realms into darkness. To prevent the balance between order and chaos from being lost forever, Zhara must find the elemental warrior within.