Description
In the Kingdom of Otera, girls must remain chaste until they are tested at The Ritual of Purity, where their blood is shed in front of their entire village. If a girl’s blood runs red, she is considered pure and welcomed as an official member of the tribe. If her blood turns gold, she’s sentenced to the Death Mandate.
Countless generations of Oterans have been subjected to the terror of the great ceremony. But when a strange young woman evades her own execution after bleeding gold, she begins a journey to the capital to uncover the true purpose of the ritual—and the truth about herself.