A Dark Sacrifice Author:Madelaine Howard Book 2 of the Rune of UnMaking. Ouriana's dark reign has woken ancent legendary terrors - her sorcerers seek and eventually capture her neice who was hidden far to the north by wizards because she is the focus of a prophecy predicting Ouriana's downfall. This young girl has many magical powers not fully awakened and is a stellar healer. Raise... more »d by King Ristil, she is close to her step-brother and cousin who follow her captors. They are accompanied by a fae prince and two wizards--a young healer whose powers are steadily increasing under the tutelage of her father, confined to the form of various hawks and unable to speak aloud spells and chants. However, he mindspeaks to his daughter and she is quickly learning what she must do. Add in a kingdom of dwarfs, ghosts, ghouls, another heroic prince and an ancient mage who is gradually reclaiming powers lost a hundred years earlier, and one has a panoramic tale told by a master story teller.« less