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By Tamora Pierce
For many years, Sandry's cousin, the Empress of Namorn, has pressed her to visit. But Sandry prefers to stay with her own family in Emelan. Now, as is her right, the Empress has insisted. Sandry will not travel with a group of warriors — that would only insult the Empress. She will travel with her friends from Winding Circle: Daja, Briar, and Tris. But the four young mages haven't been together in some time, and their friendship isn't what it used to be. Since they left Winding Circle, each has seen magic manipulated in ways — both good and bad — that they could not have imagined.
Excerpt:
A young man five feet nine inches tall walked through the slums
beyond the East Gate, leading a pack-laden donkey. Atop his more
usual burdens the donkey carried boxes with an assortment of shakkans,
or miniature trees. The young man was a handsome fellow with bronze
skin, broad shoulders, and glossy black hair that he wore cropped
an inch long. His eyes were gray-green, turning darker green as
he returned the admiring glances of the women who passed him by.
Those eyes were set over a thin blade of a nose, a sensitive mouth,
and a firm chin. He wore a Yanjing-style round-collared coat and
leggings in tree green, and rough leather boots with fleece linings.
A closer examination revealed what looked like flower tattoos covering
his hands, while very close examination showed that the flowers
lay under the young man’s skin and nails. They also moved, grew,
put out leaves, and blossomed.
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