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Orbit
March 2008
On Sale: March 10, 2008
448 pages
ISBN: 0316068004
EAN: 9780316068000
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Fantasy
"Haunting and bittersweet, lush and vivid, this
extraordinary story has lived with me since I first read
it." --Naomi Novik, author of His Majesty's Dragon The world is ending. One by one the mighty cities are
falling, to earthquakes, to flood, to raiders on both land
and sea. In a time of war and doubt, Gull is an oracle.
Daughter of a slave taken from fallen Troy, chosen at the
age of seven to be the voice of the Lady of the Dead, it is
her destiny to counsel kings. When nine black ships appear,
captained by an exiled Trojan prince, Gull must decide
between the life she has been destined for and the most
perilous adventure -- to join the remnant of her mother's
people in their desperate flight. From the doomed bastions
of the City of Pirates to the temples of Byblos, from the
intrigues of the Egyptian court to the haunted caves beneath
Mount Vesuvius, only Gull can guide Prince Aeneas on his
quest, and only she can dare the gates of the Underworld
itself to lead him to his destiny. In the last shadowed days
of the Age of Bronze, one woman dreams of the world
beginning anew. This is her story.
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