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432 pages ; 20cm |
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"Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she becomes a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally fee like she belongs. But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity-and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death. Then a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: stay in the village and submit to her fate, or leave to fight for the emperor in an army of girls just like her. They are called alaki-near-immortals with rare gifts. And they are the only ones who can stop the empire's greatest threat. Knowing the dangers that lie ahead yet yearning for acceptance, Deka decides to leave the only life she's ever known. But as she journeys to the capital to train for the biggest battle of her life, she discovers that the great walled city holds many surprises. Nothing and no one are quite what they seem to be not even Deka herself." --from inside cover. |
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B&T 02.2021 PARS |
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FICTION/Young Adult
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Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
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| ISBN |
9781984848697 : HRD 18.99 |
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1984848690 : HRD 18.99 |
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