Description
Thirteen-year-old Aradia is swept from safety when her homeland is invaded by the Saz-Kronian army, and the defense that follows leaves her parents dead and her life unmoored. Propelled by a picaresque chain of encounters, she is carried from place to place—first by the brutal momentum of war, then by the stirrings of her own love, longing, and will. When a fortune teller declares she will become a “heroine of the world,” Aradia’s future is suddenly shadowed by destiny, expectation, and the question of what heroism truly costs. Woven with Tanith Lee’s signature lyrical intensity and imaginative edge, this is a story of survival and self-invention that explores fate versus choice, the shaping power of desire, and the resilience of a young girl learning to define her own legend.
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paperback
Headline
Published Jan 1, 1995
503 pages
ISBN: 9780747247487
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First Published
1989
Language
eng
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