The Bear and the Serpent (Echoes of the Fall #2)

As the south is in turmoil, an old terror emerges in the north. Maniye, child of both Wolf and Tiger clans, has been named Champion of her people. But they`re unsure if she`s an asset - or a threat. To buy time, she joins Prince Tecuman`s warband of outcasts and heads south, to help him gain his crown. She wants to discover her true place in the world, but instead heads into the jaws of a fierce new conflict. Civil war threatens as Tecuman and his twin sister battle for the throne, for only one can rule. Yet whoever triumphs will carry a heavy burden, as a great doom has been foreseen that will fall across their whole world. And soon Maniye finds herself at the heart of a political storm. Danger is also shadowing her old home, where Lord Thunder and his bear clan are attempting to unite the northern tribes. But only extreme peril will end age-old rivalries.