The Second Death of Locke

Grey Flynn, the protagonist of the novel, is shaped by trauma and a hidden identity. Her full name is Gremaryse Pellatisa Carnelion Masidic Locke, and because she secretly holds the title of “Locke,” (the true heir to the lost island of the same name), she lives under the constant threat of discovery. The Isle of Locke (and its royal family) have always held control of Idistra’s magical power and have distributed this power as they saw fit; as a result, other factions attacked the isle in Grey’s youth, seeking to gain control of the heir—and by extension, of magic itself. Though she was only a child at the time, Grey became Locke upon her mother’s death and obeyed her brother Severin’s urging to protect herself by drawing upon the magical power of the isle. In the resulting blast of magic, the Isle of Locke was destroyed and her family was killed. Appearing anonymously in Idistra, the traumatized girl was then raised in Scaela by a foster mother and soon became fast friends with their neighbors, Kiernan Seward and his brother Lot. 

Now, to protect herself, she goes only by the alias of Grey and serves as a well (a living source of magic) in the Scaelan army.