Series: A standalone in the “Dauntless Path” world
Author: Intisar Khanani
Cover Designer: Jenny Zemanek
Cover Designer: Jenny Zemanek
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Release Date: March 24, 2020Publisher: HarperTeen
Price: US $18.99 (Hardcover), US $9.99 (e-book)
A princess with two futures. A destiny all her own.
Between her cruel family and the contempt she faces at court, Princess Alyrra has always longed to escape the confines of her royal life. But when she’s betrothed to the powerful prince Kestrin, Alyrra embarks on a journey to his land with little hope for a better future.
When a mysterious and terrifying sorceress robs Alyrra of both her identity and her role as princess, Alyrra seizes the opportunity to start a new life for herself as a goose girl.
But Alyrra soon finds that Kestrin is not what she expected. The more Alyrra learns of this new kingdom, the pain and suffering its people endure, as well as the danger facing Kestrin from the sorceress herself, the more she knows she can’t remain the goose girl forever.
With the fate of the kingdom at stake, Alyrra is caught between two worlds and ultimately must decide who she is, and what she stands for.
Excerpt
“Princess Alyrra,” the king says. I rise and lift my eyes to
his. He studies me as if I were a prize goat, his gaze sliding over me before
returning to my face, as cold and calculating as a butcher.
“We have heard tell of you before.”
“My lord?” My voice is steady and calm, as I’ve learned to
make it when I’m only half frightened. For all my prayers, there’s no sign of
softer traits in the man before me.
“It is said you are honest. An unusual trait, it would
seem.”
Dread curls tight in my belly. I force some semblance of a
smile to my lips. There is no other answer I can give that my family will not
despise me for. My brother has gone rigid, his hands pressed flat against his
thighs.
“You are most kind,” my mother says, stepping forward.
The king watches me a moment longer, leaving my mother
waiting. Just when I thought I might finally escape my history, how my family
sees me, I find I am mistaken. There is no better future to hope for now. The
king has come for me, knowing full well I am nothing to my family.
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