The Earthen Mirror - Book 1 of the Radiance Cycle

From the mountains, the steppes sweep outwards to cradle the sky. The princes that rule the grasslands gather human souls as commodities, and none is more valuable than a Hrumi’s.

Like all her warrior sisters, seventeen-year old Alize has trained since childhood to master sacred Hrumi ritual and to evade the Sargons that hunt Hrumi souls. Yet when a mysterious assailant corrupts her precious forest magic, Alize’s clan leader abruptly exiles her from the only life she has known. Restoring her magic may allow her to return to her clan, but it requires that Alize ally with a Mage and his two Sargon companions. Although Alize braces for their animosity, she finds the truth harder to manage: they need her help. Something is unraveling the threads holding the steppes societies together. Clandestine assassinations and a growing soulless army are the work of a single Conjurer, and the same mysterious forces amassing his power are augmenting Alize's magic too. With even the Hrumi gathering under his shadow, Alize must learn to wield her new power to stop his impending massacre.

The Earthen Mirror is a young adult fantasy complete at 87,000 words, inspired by the mounted warrior women of Central Asian antiquity.