- Fiction, Fantasy, Poisoning, American Science Fiction And Fantasy
About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace-and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Maria V. Snyder
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 409
- Publisher
- LUNA, Mira, MIRA
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780373802302
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