The Book of Forbidden Wisdom [electronic resource]
Gillian Murray Kendall2016
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In a Venn diagram of Jane Austen, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Marie Brennan,
you'll find Gillian Murray Kendall's fantasy-of-manners, The Book of Forbidden
Wisdom right in the middle.
In a world of blood and betrayal, love is the only redemption. But that
knowledge can only be reached by means of magic and a journey, by way of a
confrontation with feelings that are hard to understand-or bear.
On Angel's sixteenth birthday, her younger sister, Silky, wakes her to prepare
her for a marriage to Leth, a man she likes but does not love. Trey, her oldest
childhood friend who is secretly in love with her, watches helplessly.
But Angel's brother, Kalo, interrupts the wedding ceremony. He wants her dowry,
and he also believes Angel can lead him to The Book of Forbidden Wisdom. In a
world where land is everything, this book promises him wealth. In the night,
Kalo goes to Angel's room to threaten her, but Trey has rescued both Angel and
Silky, and the three of them-joined ...
Main title:
The Book of Forbidden Wisdom [electronic resource] / Gillian Murray Kendall
Author:
Gillian Murray Kendall, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Harper Voyager Impulse, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (448 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780062466105
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
433902
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