ORIGINAL TRADE PAPERBACK! The debut of a stunning new talent. A poor, young woman rises to the heights of a crumbling empire, where she must speak hard truth to power in order to save a world from chaos.
Everybody Wants Answers. No One Wants the Truth.
The Arunkel empire has stood a thousand years, forged by wealth and conquest, but now rebellion is stirring on the borders and treachery brews in the palace halls. Elsewhere, in a remote mountain village, a young mother sells the prophesies of her sister, Amarta, in order to keep them and her infant child from starving. It's a dangerous game when such revelations draw suspicion and mistrust as often as they earn coin.
Yet Amarta's visions are true. And often not at all what the seeker wishes to hear.
Now in a tapestry of loyalty, intrigue, magic, and gold, Amarta has become the key to a ruler's ambitions. But is she nothing beyond a tool? As Amarta comes into her own as a seer, she realizes she must do more than predict the future. She must create it.
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Product ReviewTook a while to get past the warmup, introduce the characters and the situation, and then it took off for the heavens. To quote Donald Kingsbury: the future that will be is not the future that was seen because it WAS seen. This story makes you feel that wisdom in your bones. Well written, superb characterizations, an engrossing premise and an awe-inspiring climax. The author is one to watch uptime.
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Product ReviewAn excellent writer and storyteller. Very well paced without boring or overly flowery/descriptive space fillers. She has created a world where the story could stand alone or be extended. I look forward to reading whatever she chooses to write next.
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Product ReviewPowerfully written, in-depth character development, complex & surprising plot turns and created 'world" are internally consistent. Deep and compelling story.
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Product ReviewOne of the greatest books I have read over the last years.
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