Choose: A quick death
or slow poison...
Poison Study
Series: Study Trilogy, #1
Pub: 2005, (MIRA) harlequin
Author: Maria V. Snyder
Cat: fantasy, romance
Format: paperback (mid); 361 pp w/ 32 chapters
Age Range: YA
Synopsis
On the eve of her execution for murder, Yelena
Zaltana is offered an incredible reprieve – on the condition that she becomes
the food taster for the military leader of Ixia, Commander Ambrose.
Avoiding poison is the least of her troubles,
however... General Brazell, father of the man she killed, has vowed bloody
revenge; she’s beginning to have feelings for her captor, Valek; and someone is
plotting the downfall of the current regime.
In a desperate race against time, Yelena must
learn to control the growing magical talent within her and master the demons of
her past. The Commander’s life, the future of Ixia and all those she loves
depend on it...