|a Phoenix (Mythical bird) |v Young adult fiction. |a Human-animal relationships |v Young adult fiction. - Morgan Rhodes, New York Times bestselling author of the Falling Kingdoms series. |a Secret societies |v Young adult fiction. |a Veronyka, sixteen, leaves her controlling sister and disguises herself as a boy to join a secret group of warriors who ride phoenixes into battle. |a Crown of feathers / |c Nicki Pau Preto. Published by Simon Pulse.|a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d IMmBT |d COB In her haste, she tripped and stumbled anyway Val had told her to hurry, and she knew better than to keep her sister waiting.Įxcitement and anticipation crackled in her veins, tinged with no small amount of fear - would tonight finally be the night?įrom Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto ©2019. His eyes were precise in the black of night, and with a nudge to her mind, he showed Veronyka the way over rocks and boulders and under low-hanging branches. That was why she'd called the owl to be her guide. The clouds above glowed iron gray, obscuring the full moon and making it almost impossible to see in the darkness.
The village streets were empty and quiet, with no one to notice the solitary girl digging through their garbage heaps. It was late evening, the cool night air threatening frost. Veronyka shushed him gently, piling the bird bones inside her basket with the rest and standing.
The small owl perched on her shoulder hooted softly in distaste at her most recent discovery.
Interspersed throughout is the story of Avalkyra Ashfire, the last Rider queen, who would rather see her empire burn than fall into her sisters hands. She dug through rotten lettuce and potato peelings for tiny, sharp-as-daggers fish bones and the hollow, delicate bones of birds. Crown of Feathers is an epic fantasy about loves incredible power to saveor to destroy. Joints of venison blackened and burned on the spit, and racks of ribs stewed so long that they were dry and brittle as driftwood.
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