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A young flower hunter gets embroiled in the succession politics of
the Sultanate when she must retrieve the rarest and most powerful
magical flower after giving it to the wrong hands, in Rati
Mehrotra's Flower and Thorn. Irinya has wanted to be a flower
hunter ever since her mother disappeared into the mysterious mist
of the Rann salt flats one night. Now seventeen, Irinya uses her
knowledge of magical flowers to help her caravan survive in the
harsh desert. When her handsome hunting partner and childhood
friend finds a priceless silver spider lily--said to be able to
tear down kingdoms and defeat entire armies--Irinya knows this is
their chance for a better life. Until Irinya is tricked by an
attractive impostor. Irinya's fight to recover the priceless flower
and fix what she's done takes her on a dangerous journey, one she's
not sure she'll survive. She has no choice but to endure it if she
hopes to return home and mend the broken heart of the boy she's
left behind.
Bound to the queen of Chandela by a forbidden soul bond that saved
her when she was a child, Katyani has never fallen short of what's
expected of her - becoming the best guardswoman the Garuda has ever
seen and an advisor to the crown prince when he ascends to the
throne. But when the latest assassination attempt against the
royals leaves them with a faceless body and no leads to the
perpetrator, Katyani is unwillingly shipped off to guard the
Chandela princes in Acharya Mahavir's esteemed monastic school in
Nandovana, a forest where monsters have roamed unchecked for
generations. Katyani wants nothing more than to return to her
duties, especially when the Acharya starts asking questions about
her past. The only upside of her stay are her run-ins with Daksh,
the Acharya's son, who can't stop going on about the rules and
whose gaze makes her feel like he can see into her soul. But when
Katyani and the princes are hurriedly summoned back to Chandela
before their training is complete, tragedy strikes and Katyani is
torn from the only life she has ever known. Alone and betrayed in a
land infested by monsters, Katyani must find the answers to her
past so she can save what she loves and forge her own destiny.
Bonds can be broken, but debts must be repaid.
A young female assassin must confront the man who slaughtered her
family, risk her heart, and come to terms with her identity as a
warrior and as a woman in this thrilling fantasy from the author of
Markswoman. Kyra has returned to the caves of Kali, but her
homecoming is bittersweet. She no longer knows what her place is.
Her beloved teacher is dead and her best friend Nineth is missing.
And gone, too, is Rustan, the Marksman who helped her train for the
duel with Tamsyn--and became far more than a teacher and friend.
Shaken by his feelings for Kyra and the truth about his parentage,
Rustan has set off on a quest for answers. His odyssey leads him to
the descendants of an ancient sect tied to the alien Ones--and the
realization that the answers he seeks come with a price. Yet fate
has plans to bring Kyra and Rustan together again. Kai Tau, the man
who slaughtered Kyra's family, wages war on the Orders of Asiana.
Hungering for justice, Kyra readies herself for battle, aided by
her new companions: the wyr-wolves, who are so much more than what
they seem. And determined to keep the woman he loves safe, Rustan
joins the fight to ride by her side. But will this final
confrontation ultimately cost them their love . . . and their
lives?
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Markswoman (Paperback)
Rati Mehrotra
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R505
R442
Discovery Miles 4 420
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Kyra is the youngest Markswoman in the Order of Kali, her world
defined by a strict code of conduct. The Orders are the gifted
elite, armed with telepathic blades and sworn to protect the people
of Asiana. But to be an Markswoman means to let go of your past
completely, and Kyra struggles with her desire to avenge her dead
family, a desire that threatens to consume her. When her beloved
teacher dies in mysterious circumstances, and the Order is taken
over by a dangerous new leader, Kyra is forced to flee for her
life. Using one of the strange Transport Hubs that are remnants of
a long-lost civilization, she ends up in the desert with the Order
of Khur, the only Order composed of men. There, she embarks on a
tentative friendship with Rustan, a young Marksman who has become
disillusioned with his place in the Order. Kyra is certain that the
new leader of Kali--who also happens to be Mistress of Mental Arts,
and well-versed in reading Kyra's emotions--murdered her teacher in
order to assume control of the Order and launch a deadly war. But
how is she going to prove it? And--more to the point--how is she
going to survive a confrontation with the most accomplished and
deadly Markswoman in Asiana?
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