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Tierney James lives in an isolated village where girls are banished at 16 to the northern forest to brave the wilderness - and each other - for a year. They must rid themselves of their dangerous magic before returning purified and ready to marry - if they're lucky. It is forbidden to speak of the grace year, but even so every girl knows that the coming year will change them - if they survive it.

In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. That’s why they’re banished for their 16th year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life - a society that doesn’t pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it’s not just the brutal elements they must fear.

Nessuno parla mai dell'anno di grazia. È proibito. Nella Garner County, tutte le ragazze, al compimento del loro sedicesimo anno, vengono bandite dalla comunità e obbligate a vivere nella foresta per un anno, affinché sfoghino la loro magia nella natura selvaggia per poi tornare nella civiltà, sempre che sopravvivano, purificate e pronte per il matrimonio.

In Garner County heißt es, junge Frauen hätten die Macht, Ehemänner aus ihren Betten zu locken und Jungen in den Wahnsinn zu treiben. Um ihnen diese Kräfte auszutreiben, werden sie für ein Jahr aus ihrem Dorf verbannt. Wer zurückkommt, wird verheiratet oder landet im Arbeitshaus. Doch es kommen nie alle lebend zurück. Und so ist Tierney nur in ihren Träumen frei, umgeben von Rebellinnen. Als ihr eigenes Gnadenjahr beginnt, spürt sie, wie tief der Hass verwurzelt ist. Ihr wird klar, dass nicht die brutalen Wilderer, die ihnen auflauern, die größte Gefahr darstellen.