In The Blight of Muirwood, the second reserve in the Muirwood Trilogy, Lia finds herself filled with inner turmoil following the great battle of Winterrowd that resulted in the death of the ruthless king and her closest ally. Despite her reservations, Lia is named to be the official protector of Muirwood Abbey and it is charged to employ her abilities to guard Ellowyn Demont, the dropped heir of the dropped kingdom of Pry-Ree. Her duties are put to the check when the Queen Dowager gets there in Muirwood accusing the Aldermaston, the abbey’s head, for the king’s death. Amidst the turmoil, battle ensues, and Lia learns of an awful plague that threatens to pay the property in darkness and loss of life. Atop everything, the magic of the world starts to fail. Within a pursuit to undo the devastation, Lia’s path provides her to a startling revelation that will change her life forever.