Poison Study (Study, #1) (The Chronicles of Ixia, #1)

by Maria V Snyder

Yelena, about to be executed, is offered the job of food taster to the Commander of Ixia, but politics and magic keep threatening her life.

• ISBN10: 1426824874
• ISBN13: 9781426824876
• Publish Date: 1 December 2008 (first published 27 September 2005)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Mira Books
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 416
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

Yelena has a choice, become a food taster or die. Her trainer gives her a poison for which he has an antidote that she has to take daily, if she leaves it a while she starts to feel ill, which reminds her of her daily dose.

As she learns her job she is also learning her place in the society she lives in, under martial law, she has to find a place for herself and keep herself alive. She killed the son of General Brazell and he wants her dead. There are also plots within plots.

It's an interesting read, one I enjoyed and I enjoyed reading about the crillio,I had guessed what it was from fairly early on but was still amused at it was a plot device.

I will look for more stories by this author and look forward to reading the sequel.