An acclaimed classic by multi-award winning author Sherryl Jordan, this epic fantasy is brought back for a 25th anniversary! Born into a dark world trapped forever in icy winter, Elsha is a child of the Quelled, a branded people doomed to mine firestones to warm the ruling class, the Chosen. But Elsha has visions and an uncommon strength of spirit. Condemned to death on her 16th birthday for defiance, Elsha is saved when she is called to be Handmaiden to the Firelordthe most powerful being in her world, the only one with ...
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An acclaimed classic by multi-award winning author Sherryl Jordan, this epic fantasy is brought back for a 25th anniversary! Born into a dark world trapped forever in icy winter, Elsha is a child of the Quelled, a branded people doomed to mine firestones to warm the ruling class, the Chosen. But Elsha has visions and an uncommon strength of spirit. Condemned to death on her 16th birthday for defiance, Elsha is saved when she is called to be Handmaiden to the Firelordthe most powerful being in her world, the only one with the gift of divining firestones. Viewed with distrust by the Chosen who now surround her, she has a bitter fight ahead to strive for a better world for her people.
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Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Book is warped. Text is clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
the story itself is fantastic!! it may not be about African Americans and Europeans enslaving them, but this book is two races that enslaves the other. In the book, you are branded as a child as being one that is enslaved. The main character is one of the enslaved and she learns how to unite everyone, and eventually become the highest person in the land, through her pureness. It is a good lesson we can all learn... Also an easy read.
patty11g
Apr 4, 2007
Winter of Fire
Very good book by Sherryl Jordan! Her attention to detail paints beautiful word pictures that can almost be lived, smelled, and tasted. If you are in need of escaping the world in which we live in at the present, I would suggest traveling back to a time when things were more than slightly different, in the book Winter of Fire.
