Mirage of Sand and Glass : Mercedes M. Taylor : 9781737794707 : 1737794705 : 21 Sep 2021 : By debut author Mercedes M. Taylor, comes the first book in a heart provoking new fantasy trilogy. Fans of Plated Prisoner, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and Red Queen will fall in love with the world of Triora. The Mages forced us to live and die in the desert, adding salt to the wound by sending the Wraith to cull us every fifty years. I'm nothing but an orphaned human, destined to die alone with nothing but failure surrounding me. That is, until he came, stealing me away under the guise of the Wraith. Nothing would ever be the same. Would I ever find my way back to the desert and the only people that I loved? Or was I destined to die in the magical lands of Triora? A thousand years ago, humans left the magical lands of Triora to escape the powerful magic of the Mages. Not long after, the new human Colony became plagued with cullings from the Wraith, a scourge of e