Haunted by the deaths of her uncle and father, Adenine is alone and afraid. Believing she is a carrier of the incurable Death Plague that ravished the lands twenty-five years ago, she's never left home. But when her mother falls ill she's forced to venture into the dangerous outside world . . .
Maria V Snyder's Touch of Power;
Robin Hobb's Fool's Assasin;
Kristin Cashore's Bitterblue