Some prophecies thwart danger. Others create it. âFans of contemplative, psychologically rich (but no less action-packed) fantasies à la Ursula Le Guin will welcome this warm, inventive debutâ (BCCB, starred review).
High in their mountain covens, red witches pray to the Goddess, protecting the Witchlands by throwing the bones and foretelling the future.
But itâs all fake.
At least, thatâs what Ryder thinks. He doubts the witches really deserve their tithesâone quarter of all the crops his village can produce. And even if they can predict the future, what danger is there to foretell, now that his peopleâs old enemy, the Baen, has been defeated? But when a terrifying new magic threatens both his village and the coven, Ryder must confront the beautiful and silent witch who holds all the secrets. Everything heâs ever believed about witches, the Baen, magic, and about himself will change when he discovers that the prophecies heâs always scornedâ¦are about him.
Laced with rich, imagined histories; miles of catacombs; and prophecies true and false, Witchlanders takes place in an evocative, tantalizingly vibrant world and raises equally evocative questions: Who gets to defines history? When does a legend become a crutch? And why does the enemy in war look a lot like the hero? Lena Coakleyâs first novel is a lush, chilling story that is sure to send shivers through your finger bones.
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Literature & Fiction
- Action & Adventure
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Author : Coakley, Lena
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2012-09-04
Number Of Pages : 416
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1442420057
ISBN-13 : 9781442420052
Item weight : 0.79 lb
Dimensions : 1.2 in x 5.4 in x 8.2 in
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