The Riddle: Book Two of Pellinor (Pellinor Series)

"Epic fantasy in the Tolkien tradition with a strong girl hero who is entirely believable in her struggles. . . . I couldnt put it down!" Tamora Pierce author of the Protector of the Small and the Circle Opens quartets Maerads powers grow stronger by the day but she and her mentor Cadvan are hunted by both the Light and the Dark and their world threatens to erupt into chaos. Their quest to unravel the Riddle of the Treesong leads Maerad over terrifying seas and glacial wilderness into the grasp of the seductive Winterking and the prison of his icy realm.