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By Elizabeth C. Bunce

ISBN-10: 0545136059

ISBN-13: 9780545136051

The second novel from the winner of the ALA's YA Debut Award is Tamora Pierce meets THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER -- an exciting fable a couple of thief at a snowbound citadel, stuck in a simmering uprising .In a glamorous fortress choked with Llyvraneth's elite, Celyn Contrare serves as a lady-in-waiting to shy younger Merista Nemair. Her days are spent dressing in velvet, attending woman Merista, navigating courtroom gossip, and captivating noblemen over lavish feasts.And at evening, she alternatives locks, steals jewels, forges files, and collects secrets and techniques. simply because Celyn isn't a lady-in-waiting; she's no longer even particularly Celyn Contrare. She's Digger, a sneak-thief at the run from the king's Inquisition, desirous to get away its merciless tools and hatred of magic. If she's found, it is going to suggest her convinced death.But lifestyles as a lady-in-waiting is not secure both. The devious Lord Daul is familiar with her mystery, and he is blackmailing her to function his own undercover agent within the fort. What she discovers-about Daul, concerning the Nemair, even approximately her personal woman Merista -- may perhaps sign civil warfare in Llyvraneth. And for a thief proficient by no means to get entangled, taking aspects may be the most deadly activity but.

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Taradyce — of course I’d heard of him. I’d done work for his father, but I’d never met the son. Sons. I racked my brain, trying to remember — was this the heir? No, he couldn’t be. Not gadding about on the river all night with a son of Decath and two noble girls. ” I said, not sure how to pitch my voice. Who did they take me for? Who might they take me for? “Nowhere,” said Durrel, the first word he’d spoken. “Raff, would you turn the damn boat around? ” cried Raffin. “After all I’ve done for you!

Merista softened and slid toward him. ” She pushed her heavy sleeves back and slipped a silver bracelet off into her skirts, where there was no way I could retrieve it without being seen. She tugged off her cousin’s hat and pressed her hands against his temples, fingertips on his eyelids, stroking gently. A moment later, Durrel sighed deeply and leaned his head back against Merista’s chest. “Thank you,” he breathed. She shrugged — but something pricked at the edges of my thoughts. I hate that.

You do, milord,” Raffin said miserably. ” His head bowed, he spat out the word. ” “That’s right. Your brother. And if you don’t manage to get every harbor brat between here and Yeris Volbann with child before you come of age, you miserable waste, then there might be something left over for you. ” “But, Father —” “You will address me in public as Lord Taradyce. ” Raffin swayed on his feet. He was still a little drunk, and I hadn’t seen him eat anything all day. It would put the cap on his humiliation if he were to spew his gorge right here at his father’s feet.

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