Book description
In the realm of Faerie, the time has come for Roiben's coronation.
Uneasy in the midst of the malevolent Unseelie Court, pixie Kaye is sure
of only one thing -- her love for Roiben. But when Kaye, drunk on faerie
wine, declares herself to Roiben, he sends her on a seemingly impossible
quest. Now Kaye can't see or speak to Roiben unless she can find the one
thing she knows doesn't exist: a faerie who can tell a lie.
Miserable and convinced she belongs nowhere, Kaye decides to tell
her mother the truth -- that she is a changeling left in place of the
human daughter stolen long ago. Her mother's shock and horror sends
Kaye back to the world of Faerie to find her human counterpart and
return her to Ironside. But once back in the faerie courts, Kaye finds
herself a pawn in the games of Silarial, queen of the Seelie Court.
Silarial wants Roiben's throne, and she will use Kaye, and any means
necessary, to get it. In this game of wits and weapons, can a pixie
outplay a queen?
Holly Black spins a seductive tale at once achingly real and
chillingly enchanted, set in a dangerous world where pleasure mingles
with pain and nothing is exactly as it appears.
-greenmanreview. com, "…highly recommended as a
YA fantasy series which provides a powerful metaphor for young
adulthoods itself. Most of all, it is that rare and perfect thing, a
great book with great characters whose problems you want to all come
out right in the end."
Holly Black is the author of bestselling
contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens. Some of her titles
include The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), The Modern
Faerie Tale series, The Good Neighbors graphic novel trilogy (with Ted
Naifeh), the Curse Workers series, and her new ghostly middle grade
novel, Doll Bones. She has been a finalist for the Mythopoeic
Award, a finalist for an Eisner Award, and the recipient of the Andre
Norton Award. She currently lives in New England with her husband,
Theo, in a house with a secret door. Visit her at BlackHolly. com.
