Sharon Shinn's newest romance has an epic sweep, piquant humor, social commentary, and love to spare...just the thing when you want to lose yourself in another world.
Viking
October 2007
On Sale: October 4, 2007
Featuring: Morgan Stode; Averie Winston; Ket Du'kai,
352 pages ISBN: 0670062480 EAN: 9780670062485 Paperback Add to Wish List
Heiress Averie Winston has traveled to Chiarrin, where her father is leading the army that has just invaded this exotic land. She is delighted to be reunited with her fiance, who is an officer in the army, and she is fascinated by Chiarrin, so different from her home country. But as she falls under the spell of this colorful new land, she begins to question the ethics of imperialism...and she finds herself attracted to a soldier named Ket Du?kai, a man so different from anyone else she knows that he is changing the way she views the world.
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Interesting tidbit: The whole time I was writing this book, I was picturing actor Naveen Andrews as Ket Duβkai.
Favorite scene: The party in Chapter Tenβ¦particularly Averieβs dance with Lieutenant Duβkai.
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