Kushiels Dart (P/B)

A Massive Fantasy Tale About the Violent Death of an Old Age and the Birth of a New One. Here is a Novel of Grandeur, Luxuriance, Sacrifice, Betrayal, and Deeply Laid Conspiracies. Born With a Scarlet Mote in Her Left Eye, Phedre No Delaunay is Sold Into Indentured Servitude As a Child. When Her Bond is Purchased by an Enigmatic Nobleman, She is Trained in History, Theology, Politics, Foreign Languages, and the Arts of Pleasure. Above All, She Learns the Ability to Observe, Remember, and Analyze. Exquisite Courtesan, yet Talented Spy, She May Seem an Unlikely Heroine...But When Phedre Stumbles Upon a Plot Threatening Her Homeland, Terre D'ange, She Has No Choice but to Act. Betrayed Into Captivity in the Barbarous Northland of Skaldia, and Accompanied Only by Disdainful Young Warrior-Priest, Phedre Makes a Harrowing Escape and an Even More Harrowing Journey, to Return to Her People and Deliver Them a Warning of the Impending Invasion. and That Proves Only the First Step in a Quest That