RACHEL M. GEARS
AUTHOR
THEN CAME THE FLAMES
When an apprentice is caught using illegal illusions to steal medicine from her academy, she’s forced to use her magic to protect the Council she loathes— while fighting to prove her worth to the venerated but duplicitous rebel leader, and scrambling to keep her ailing sister alive.
MEET RACHEL
Rachel M. Gears is a fantasy author whose writing explores personal struggles and the dark side of magic. With a passion for character-driven stories and fantastic realms, Rachel’s stories pit the yearning for happiness, peace, and fulfillment against fanciful yet fundamentally flawed societies, all without losing the spirit of childlike wonder that drew her to the genre in her youth.