
The Gilded Ones |
Book Category:
Young Adult Fiction > Fantasy > Dark Fantasy
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Author:
FORNA, NAMINA
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 13:
9780593375488
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Price:
USD 11.00
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Publication Year:
2021
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Publisher Info
Penguin Random House. InquiryBook Description
Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs. But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity--and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death. Then a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: stay in the village and submit to her fate, or leave to fight for the emperor in an army of girls just like her. They are called alaki--near-immortals with rare gifts.