She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.

This whole book is smart, and it was a joy to read.įrom the publisher: She answered the Emperor’s call.

Kalyna herself is possibly one of my favorite characters ever: a manipulative jerk with a heart of such pure gold, who thinks she’s a bad person even as she tries to save the world. Intricate, not dense but full – full of plots and twists and reversals, full of dry humor and wit, full of intrigue that keeps you guessing until it all comes together at the end. But Kalyna’s reputation for prophecy precedes her, and poverty turns to danger when she is pressed into service by the spymaster to Rotfelsen.įrom Nicole, Marketing and Events: Kalyna is an absolute delight from cover to cover. So far, Kalyna has used informants and trickery to falsify prophecies for coin, scrounging together a living for her deteriorating father and cruel grandmother. Every child of their family is born with this Gift-everyone except Kalyna.

For generations, they traveled the four kingdoms of the Tetrarchia selling their services as soothsayers. From the publisher: Kalyna’s family has the Gift: the ability to see the future.

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