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A page-turning, irresistible novel of class, ambition, and love, this is the breathtaking story of a woman risking everything for a second chance at the one who got away "A brilliant examination of queerness, friendship, motherhood, longing and ambition. It’s funny and moving and sexy...

Winning what you want may cost you everything you love As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions. One day, she is startled...

War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allies and the empire as his enemy. Though he has convinced himself that he no longer loves Kestrel, Arin hasn’t forgotten her, or how she became exactly the kind of person he has always despised. She cared more for the empire...

Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society's pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. You either follow the rules, or pay a tithe and suffer the consequences. Nirrim keeps her head down, and a dangerous secret close to her chest.

At the end of The Midnight Lie, Nirrim offered up her heart to the god of thieves in order to restore her people’s memories of their city’s history. The Half Kith who once lived imprisoned behind the city’s wall now realize that many among them are powerful. Meanwhile, the person Nirrim once loved most, Sid, has returned to her home country of Herran, where she must navigate the politics of being a rogue princess who has finally agreed to do her duty.

Following your heart can be a crime A royal wedding is what most girls dream about. It means one celebration after another: balls, fireworks, and revelry until dawn. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her...

It’s 1999, and Samantha has danced for years at the Lovely Lady strip club. She’s not used to taking anyone under her wing - after all, between her disapproving boyfriend and his daughter, who may as well be her own child, she has enough to worry about. But when Samantha overrides her better judgment to drive a new dancer home, they are run off the road. The police arrive at the scene of the accident - but find only one body.

Marie Rutkoski's startling debut novel, the first book in the Kronos Chronicles, about the risks we take to protect those we love, brims with magic, political intrigue, and heroism. Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life. But it's never been ordinary. She has a pet tin spider named Astrophil who...

La guerra è cominciata. Arin ne è al centro a fianco a nuovi alleati dei quali non si può fidare per combattere contro l'impero. Anche se si è convinto di non amare più Kestrel, Arin non l'ha dimenticata, come non ha dimenticato chi è diventata: il tipo di persona che ha sempre disprezzato. Ha tenuto più all'impero che alla vita di persone innocenti, e certamente più che a lui. O almeno, questo è quello che crede. Nel gelido Nord, intanto, Kestrel è prigioniera in un brutale campo di lavoro.

Un matrimonio reale è il sogno di ogni ragazza: sfarzo, festeggiamenti e balli fino all'alba. Ma non per la bella Kestrel, per la quale invece le nozze ormai prossime con il principe Verex rappresentano una gabbia che non le lascia via di scampo. Con l'avvicinarsi del matrimonio, vorrebbe ardentemente raccontare all'amato Arin la verità sul suo fidanzamento, se solo potesse contare su di lui... Ma di chi può ancora fidarsi, se non può credere neanche più a sé stessa?

Als Tochter des ranghöchsten Generals von Valoria hat die siebzehnjährige Kestrel nur zwei Möglichkeiten: der Armee beizutreten oder jung zu heiraten. Aber Kestrel hat fürs Kämpfen wenig übrig; für sie ist die Musik das kostbarste Gut. Einem plötzlichen Impuls folgend ersteigert sie den Sklaven Arin, der sie auf unerklärliche Weise fasziniert. Schon bald muss sie sich eingestehen, dass sie mehr für ihn empfindet, als sie sollte. Doch er hat ein Geheimnis - und der Preis, den sie schließlich für ihn zahlt, wird ihr Herz sein.

Kestrel ist die Verlobte des Prinzen - für viele ein Traum. Aber für Kestrel fühlt es sich an wie ein Käfig, den sie selbst errichtet hat. Je näher die Hochzeit rückt, desto mehr sehnt sie sich danach, Arin die Wahrheit zu sagen: Sie hat eingewilligt, den Prinzen zu heiraten, um Arin zu schützen. Doch kann Kestrel Arin trauen? Kann sie sich selbst trauen? Andere zu täuschen fällt ihr erschreckend leicht. Als sie Spionin am kaiserlichen Hof wird, verrät sie das Reich Valoria, das sie so sehr liebt. Es gibt nur eins, das sie noch mehr liebt: Arin.

In quanto figlia di un potente generale di un vasto impero che riduce in schiavitù i popoli conquistati, la diciassettenne Kestrel ha sempre goduto di una vita privilegiata. Ma adesso si trova davanti a una scelta difficile: arruolarsi nell'esercito oppure sposarsi. La ragazza, però, ha ben altre intenzioni... Nel giovane Arin, uno schiavo in vendita all'asta, Kestrel ha trovato uno spirito gentile e a lei affine. Gli occhi di lui, che sembrano sfidare tutto e tutti, l'hanno spinta a seguire il proprio istinto e comprarlo senza pensare alle possibili conseguenze.