The gilded ones
Forna, Namina2020
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We all have a choice. Are we girls, or are we demons? Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in Otera, a deeply patriarchal ancient kingdom, where a woman's worth is tied to her purity, and she must bleed to prove it. But when Deka bleeds gold - the colour of impurity, of a demon - she faces a consequence worse than death. She is saved by a mysterious woman who tells Deka of her true nature: she is an Alaki, a near-immortal with exceptional gifts. The stranger offers her a choice: fight for the Emperor, with others just like her, or be destroyed...
The gilded ones / Namina Forna.
Forna, Namina, author
London : Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2020.
416 pages ; 20 cm.
Gilded ones ; n1.
A bold and immersive West African-inspired, feminist fantasy series for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Black Panther."Outcasts by blood. Warriors by choice"--Cover.
Secondary
9781474959575 (paperback)
English
387407
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Penrith | Teenage Fiction | FORNA n1 | Available |