The gilded ones /
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 every one else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs. But on the day of t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Delacorte Press,
[2020].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Forna, Namina. Gilded ones series ;
bk. 1. |
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| Summary: | 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 every one else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel 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 villager 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 discover that the great walled city holds many surprises. Nothing and no one are quite what they seem to be, not even Deka herself. In this bold and immersive fantasy, a young heroine fights to save a world that would dare to tame her and discovers that she is her own fiercest weapon. |
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| Physical Description: | 418 pages : map ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781984848697 1984848690 9780593375488 0593375483 |