Enna Burning

The next book in Shannon Hale's Books of Bayern series is Enna Burning.

The protagonist in this book is Enna, a girl Ani befriended during her time as a goose girl. Enna no longer works at the animal place; she returned home to take care of her brother and sick mother. By the time the story starts, her mother had died.

After a freak accident with fire when her brother loses his temper, Enna seeks out Ani, who is now known by her friends as Isi, for advice.

Spoiler alert for the previous book! Isi had learned the language of the wind, and it helped her survive more than once. But now, the wind has begun overpowering her, and Isi can scarcely hear her friends' voices for the wind's.

Nonetheless, Enna and Isi decide Enna's brother must have somehow learned the language of fire, and that fire was more ferocious than wind, meaning that Enna's brother was losing control more rapidly than Isi was.

There's not really much time to find out, though. Bayern is attacked from the south, and suddenly the country is at war.

Some people die. Some people are changed forever. But mostly, Enna is changed forever.