The Bridge of Snow

Winner's Trilogy Series

Author: Marie Rutkoski

Pages: 14

Published: 2014

Age: 14+

Ignore the stirrings of war. Let the carriage to a royal ball wait. There is a story to be told: of a starless night, a mother and her sick son, and a mortal who falls in love with the snow god, and will do anything to have her...

In Arin’s childhood, before the war, there was still time to tell stories.

Note: This is an e-novella (short-story) companion book.

About the Winner's Trilogy Series

Books in series order

  1. 1.The Winner's Curse(2014)
  2. 2.The Winner's Crime(2015)
  3. 3.The Winner's Kiss(2016)
  4. +The Bridge of Snow(2014)

Reading age: 14+ years

This series should be read in order.

Kestrel lives the lavish lifestyle of a Valorian General’s only daughter, and such riches come at a cost for Valoria’s captives, the Herrani people they have overthrown. As the Herrani face death or slavery, Kestrel’s destiny is shaped by her father. He gives her two choices: join his army or get married.

Desperate to realise her own future and knowing that it will invite scandal, she pays a small fortune for a handsome Herrani blacksmith at a slave auction. Arin not only plays Kestrel’s power games, he understands what she needs and soon she is torn between loyalty to her people and her feelings for him. But Arin is not all he seems and Kestrel will learn that the price she paid for him is much higher than she ever could have imagined.

Set in a richly imagined new world, the Winner's Trilogy is a story of romance, rumours and rebellion, where dirty secrets and careless alliances can be deadly. Everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.