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The Pledge Series

This series transports readers to a kingdom where language and social class dictate one's destiny. Transgressing societal boundaries, particularly forgetting one's place, carries fatal consequences. Follow a young protagonist who must conceal a dangerous gift—the ability to understand all languages. As rebellion engulfs the land, her unique skill thrusts her into the heart of a conflict, forcing her to navigate perilous choices and potential allegiances.

The Offering
The Essence
The Pledge

Recommended Reading Order

  1. 1

    The Pledge

    • 380 pages
    • 14 hours of reading
    3.8(27199)Add rating

    Words are the most dangerous weapon of all...Seventeen-year-old Charlaina knows she has exceptional but perilous powers. In the far future, in a land controlled by an aged and ruthless queen, the classes are strictly divided by the language they speak. Even acknowledging a member of the ruling class while they are speaking their native tongue is punishable by death. Charlie can understand all languages, a secret she must protect to stay alive. When she meets the alluringly handsome Max, who speaks in a language she hasn't heard before, she is intensely attracted to him. Max believes that Charlie is the key to something bigger and he pledges to protect her. But as war descends, can she trust him?

    The Pledge
  2. 2

    The Essence

    • 384 pages
    • 14 hours of reading
    3.8(7569)Add rating

    Seventeen-year-old Charlaina, overthrower of Queen Sabara's brutal regime, is now sovereign of Ludania. While seeking to bring equality to her previously divided country, Charlie also struggles to adjust to her new responsibilities. She also has enemies, not all external ones, with which to contend.

    The Essence
  3. 3

    The Offering

    • 320 pages
    • 12 hours of reading
    3.7(41)Add rating

    Charlie lives in a land fiercely ruled by an old and bitter queen, where classes are divided by the language they speak. But when Charlie becomes the new sovereign, enemies still lurk biding their time to strike.

    The Offering