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Alphabet of Thorn

Patricia A. McKillip

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Deep inside a palace on the edge of the world, the orphan Nepenthe pores over books in the royal library, translating their languages and learning their secrets. Now sixteen, she knows little of the outside world — except for the documents that traders and travelers bring her to interpret.

Then, during the coronation of the new Queen of Raine, a young mage gives Nepenthe a book that has defied translation. Written in a language of thorns, it speaks to Nepenthe's soul — and becomes her secret obsession. And, as the words escape the brambles and reveal themselves, Nepenthe finds her destiny entwined with that of the young queen's. Sooner than she thinks, she will have to choose between the life she has led and the life she was born to lead...

Format:

Pages:: 291 pages

Publication:: 2005

Publisher:: Ace

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0441012434

ISBN13:: 9780441012435

kindle Asin:: B000OCXHUE

Alphabet of Thorn

Patricia A. McKillip

4.09/5 (5512 ratings)

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Deep inside a palace on the edge of the world, the orphan Nepenthe pores over books in the royal library, translating their languages and learning their secrets. Now sixteen, she knows little of the outside world — except for the documents that traders and travelers bring her to interpret.

Then, during the coronation of the new Queen of Raine, a young mage gives Nepenthe a book that has defied translation. Written in a language of thorns, it speaks to Nepenthe's soul — and becomes her secret obsession. And, as the words escape the brambles and reveal themselves, Nepenthe finds her destiny entwined with that of the young queen's. Sooner than she thinks, she will have to choose between the life she has led and the life she was born to lead...

Format:

Pages:: 291 pages

Publication:: 2005

Publisher:: Ace

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0441012434

ISBN13:: 9780441012435

kindle Asin:: B000OCXHUE

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