Valek is an expert assassin and is also an expert in the detection of sabotage and subterfuge. In a world of intrigue, sabotage and poison, it is not much of a reprieve as Yelena could be fatally poisoned at any moment but she grasps at the chance to live and begins to train under Valek. She can pay for her crime and be hanged, or she can become Commander Ambrose's chief food taster. Yelena is dragged through the castle and brought before Commander Ambrose’s security chief Valek who offers her a choice. Her time is up though and she is scheduled to be the next prisoner to hang. She has spent a year confined to the dungeons of the castle where the Commander of Ixia, Commander Ambrose, and his troops are based. Yelena has killed a man and under the laws of Ixia, no mitigating circumstances can save her as murder is punishable by death. Poison Study opens with Yelena in chains in a dark dungeon with nothing to distract her from the horrifying memories that haunt her. Published on Harlequin Teen's popular Mira INK imprint, the Study Trilogy is a fantasy romance series set in the mythical kingdom of Ixia and neighbouring Sitia. Maria V Snyder's Study Trilogy is slightly different. Tales of wizards, witches, fairies, vampires, werewolves, banshees and even angels abound and the market has been left gasping for more magical creatures. Young adult fiction has experienced quite the renaissance in recent years as it merged with the realms of fantasy and science fiction.
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