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The Mark Of Solomon #1
Viking Juvenile
June 2007
On Sale: June 14, 2007
208 pages ISBN: 0670061638 EAN: 9780670061631 Hardcover
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Young Adult | Science Fiction
It is the sixth century in Aksum, Africa. Young Telemakosβ King Arthurβs half-Ethiopian grandsonβis still recovering from his ordeal as a government spy in the far desert, trying to learn who was breaking the Emperorβs plague quarantine. Before he is fully himself again, tragedy and menace strike, and he finds himself sent, with his baby sister, Athena, to live with Abreha, the ruler of Himyarβa longtime enemy of the Aksumites, now perhaps a friend. His aunt Goewin, Arthurβs daughter, warns him that Abreha is a man to be wary of, someone to watch carefully. Telemakos promises he will be mindfulβbut he does not realize that Goewinβs warnings are not enough to protect him. The Sunbird (βIntense, absorbing, and luminously written,β Kirkus Reviews, starred review) was the first book about Telemakos. The Lion Hunter continues his story, to be quickly followed by The Empty Kingdomβa two- book sequence called The Mark of Solomon.
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