Orphan-slave Claidi knows only the mindless rituals and cruelties of the House and the Garden, where the ruling families wallow in lavish extravagance. Then a golden stranger promises freedom if she will journey with him through the savage Waste.
Mad tribes and strange cities, enemies and friends where she least expects them, above all the Wolf Tower that broods over the grim stone city of her destiny; nothing - and no one - is as it seems.
If she is to survive, Claidi must learn fast - hone her wits, sharpen her instinct for danger...
Freedom demands that she confront the Law - once and for all...
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ReviewClaidi is one of the strongest, funniest and memorable female characters around ... Great story, great fantasy, and more books to look forward to in the series. * Bol.com * Tanith Lee restores one's faith in fiction as the expression of imagination and original thought. * THE GUARDIAN * The fresh, first person diary ca[tires nptj tje confusion and immediacy of adolescence ... Tanith Lee creates alternative societies vividly and sets them in astonishingly visual landscapes. * THE GUARDIAN * A feast for fans of fantasy. For those long winter nights by the fire, this will make compulsive reading. * THE BOOKSELLER *
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