Maria V. V. Snyder

Fire Study

Study #3

by Maria V. V. Snyder

The Apprenticeship is Over—Now the Real Test has Begun.

When word that Yelena is a Soulfinder—able to capture and release souls—spreads like wildfire, people grow uneasy. Already Yelena's unusual abilities...

Poison Study

Study #1

Compton Crook 2006

by Maria V. V. Snyder

Murder, mayhem and magic…

Locked in a coffin-like darkness, there is nothing to distract me from my memories of killing Reyad. He deserved to die—but according to the law, so do I. Here in Ixia, the punishment...

Magic Study

Study #2

by Maria V. V. Snyder

A lesson in loyalty—a master class in intrigue

So far, I've managed to survive. You would think after being kidnapped as a child, imprisoned in my teens and released to become a poison taster, I would have endured...

Storm Glass

Glass Series #1

by Maria V. V. Snyder

As a glassmaker and a magician-in-training, Opal Cowen underst ands trial by fire. Now it's time to test her mettle. Someone has sabotaged the Stormdancer clan's glass orbs, killing their most powerful magicians....

Sea Glass

Glass Series #2

by Maria V. V. Snyder

Student glass magician Opal Cowan's newfound ability to steal a magician's powers makes her too powerful. Ordered to house arrest by the Council, Opal dares defy them, traveling to the Moon Clan's lands in search...

Touch of Power

by Maria V. V. Snyder

Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan absorbs their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honored for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading...