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Within a sweeping illusion that award-winning writer Franny Billingsley called "fascinating and unique", debut writer Kathy MacMillan weaves palace intrigue and epic world building to craft a tale for admirers of Rae Carson and Megan Whalen Turner. Raisa was just a child when she was sold into slavery in the kingdom of Qilara. Before she was taken away, her father have been adamant that she figure out how to read and write. But where she now lives, literacy is a capital offense for all but the nobility. The written language is closely guarded, and only the ruler, prince, tutor, and tutor-in-training are allowed to learn its very highest form. So when she actually is plucked from her menial labor and preferred to displace the previous tutor-in-training, who was executed, Raisa is aware that betraying any hint of her past could mean death. Keeping her top secret guarded is hard enough, but the romance that's been blossoming between her and Prince Mati isn't helping issues. Then Raisa is approached by the Amount of resistance - an underground rebel army - to help liberate the city's slaves. She wishes to free her people, but that would mean aiding a conflict against Mati. As Raisa challenges using what to do, she discovers a top secret that the Qilarites have been concealing for centuries - one which, if uncovered, could bring the kingdom to its knees.
