- Magic, Fantasy fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
Maerad is a slave in a desperate and unforgiving settlement, taken there as a child when her family is destroyed in war. She doesn’t yet know she has inherited a powerful gift, one that marks her as a member of the noble School of Pellinor and enables her to see the world as no other can.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Alison Croggon
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 492
- Publisher
- Brilliance Audio, Turtleback Books, Candlewick Press
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780763626396
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Alison Croggon (born 1962) is a contemporary Australian poet, playwright, fantasy novelist, librettist, and author.
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