The women's war, a novel

✍ Scribed by Jenna Glass

• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group; Del Rey
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 505 KB
• Series: Women's War 1
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Fiction
• City: New York
• ISBN: 0525481516

✦ Synopsis

In a feminist fantasy epic, a revolutionary spell gives women the ability to control their own fertility --with consequences that rock their patriarchal society to its core.
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"A compulsive read, riveting characters, life-or-death stakes . . . a smashing book!" --Tamora Pierce**
When a nobleman's first duty is to produce a male heir, women are treated like possessions and bargaining chips. But as the aftereffects of a world-altering spell ripple out physically and culturally, women at last have a bargaining chip of their own. And two women in particular find themselves at the liberating crossroads of change.

Alys is the widowed mother of two adolescent children, and the disinherited daughter of a king. Her existence has been carefully regulated, but now she discovers a fierce talent not only for politics but also for magic--once deemed solely the domain of men. Meanwhile, in a neighboring kingdom, young Ellin finds herself unexpectedly on...

✦ Subjects

Fiction