Path of Blood by Diana Pharaoh Francis

As events come to a head in Kodu Riik Reisil finds the only way to save the land is to travel to the world of Cemanahuatl. So as she struggles to learn the magic of the nahualli, it is down to her friends at the newly created settlement of Honor to defend Mysane Kosk from the Wizards, Scallacian sorcerers and the Regent as its destruction would destroy both worlds. But as winter ends early and the regent attacks can Reisil get back in time to save them all.

This is my favourite book from the trilogy it is well paced full of intriguing stories. There al sorts of events that I did not predict until just before they happened. Characters died that you did not expect.