Free (DRM-free) Truthwitch by Susan Dennard [YA Magical Friends vs Intrigue Fantasy]

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Truthwitch by Susan Dennard (ISFDB) is the 1st novel in her Witchlands series of YA fantasy set in a world with competing empires where many types of magic with different manifestations are lumped under “witchery”, this adventure starring two young women with the respective witchery talents of truth-discerning—valuable and highly sought after and thus kept carefully hidden—and being able to see invisible bonds surrounding people, who forge an unlikely friendship in the face of oncoming war and attempts to secure the Truthwitch's ability at any cost, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Tor Books' Tor Teen imprint.

This is a special flash giveaway and apparently the 1st in an intended Tor Teen book club, being made free to promote the upcoming 3rd-in-series, Sightwitch, which will be released in January.

Currently free through 11:59 PM EST December 13th @ the community's promo page (DRM-free ePub & Mobi apparently available in Canada & US only due to geo-restrictions; requires newsletter signup with valid email address, to which you will be sent the download link to confirm).

Description
On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery,” a magical skill that sets them apart from others. There are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble—as two desperate young women know all too well.

Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.

Iseult, a Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the lives around her—but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart. Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast into one of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to Safiya’s hotheaded impulsiveness.

Safiya and Iseult just want to be free to live their own lives, but war is coming to the Witchlands. With the help of the cunning Windwitch Prince Merik, and the hindrance of a Bloodwitch bent on revenge, the friends must fight emperors, princes, and mercenaries alike, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch.

Love Truthwitch? Don’t forget to check out the sequel Windwitch and the upcoming Sightwitch, a fully illustrated tale of the Witchlands!