Written in Starlight
If the jungle wants you, it will have you.
Catalina Quiroga is a condesa without a country. She’s lost the Inkasisa throne, the loyalty of her people, and her best friend. Banished to the perilous Yanu Jungle, Catalina knows her chances of survival are slim, but that won’t stop her from trying to escape. Her duty is to rule.
While running for her life, Catalina is rescued by Manuel, the son of her former general, who has spent years searching for allies. With his help, Catalina could find the city of gold that’s home to the fierce Illari people and strike a deal with them for an army to retake her throne.
But the elusive Illari are fighting a battle of their own ― a mysterious blight is corrupting the jungle, laying waste to everything they hold dear. As a seer, Catalina should be able to help, but her ability to read the future in the stars is as feeble as her survival instincts. While on her journey, Catalina must reckon with her duty and her heart to find her true calling, which is key to stopping the corruption before it destroys the jungle completely.
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Isabel Ibañez
Isabel Ibañez writes fantasy that feels rooted in memory, where magic grows out of history and emotion rather than spectacle alone. Her stories often begin with a sense of place, sun-bleached cities, ancient rivers, lost empires, and then slowly reveal the human cost of power, love, and ambition. Readers are drawn to her work for its immersive settings and its insistence that fantasy can question who controls history and whose voices survive it.
Raised in South Florida by Bolivian immigrant parents, Ibañez grew up navigating multiple cultures, languages, and traditions. That lived experience shapes the heart of her novels. Latin American influences, archaeology, folklore, and political tension appear not as decoration, but as integral forces that shape her characters’ choices. Before turning fully to writing, she worked as a graphic designer and illustrator, even founding a letterpress studio. That visual sensibility still lingers in her prose, which tends to be textured and atmospheric, attentive to color, ritual, and detail.
Woven in Moonlight
Woven in Moonlight consists of two books and considered as a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
