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The Cursed Daughter
Paperback
Series: The Marked Legacy
Publisher Price: $16.99
Publisher: Sageworks Press
Published: Oct 27 2025
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Cursed Daughter
A novel of fire, loyalty, and the courage to defy fate
Branna was born to a house that never wanted her. In her father's eyes, she and her siblings were little more than servants in their own home, reminders of a power he could never claim. On the night of her twentieth birthday, everything changed. The ceremonial fire meant to bless her answered instead with gold.
No mark like hers had ever existed. The living script that spread across her skin burned with the strength of the ancients, a sign that the Flame itself had chosen her. When her father's wrath turned deadly, Branna's only thought was to protect her family. She escaped into a world beyond his reach, carrying both the power that condemned her and the memory of those she swore to save.
In exile, her golden script stirs to life. It calls to something ancient, something that remembers the first wolves and the bond they forged with humankind. Guided by the wolf spirit bound to her soul, Branna begins to uncover the truth behind the Flame's corruption and the prophecy it left behind. The light was not lost to time. It was fractured and stolen, its power divided among those who would use it for control.
Her journey is not one she faces alone. A brother marked in green, a soldier bound in violet light, and companions forged in loyalty and grief remind her what she truly fights for. Through them, Branna learns that strength is not born from power but from love, and that the bonds of blood are only the beginning of family.
As kingdoms fracture and secrets rise to the surface, Branna must decide what kind of legacy she will write. The choice is hers: to become the weapon others fear or the fire that restores what was broken.
The Cursed Daughter is the first novel in The Marked Legacy, an epic fantasy of sacrifice, found family, and the quiet strength that rises from ruin. Perfect for readers who crave lyrical worlds, soul-bonded wolves, and heroines who fight for the people they love most.
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