When on a voyage she gets caught by pirates and sold into slavery, all she wants to do is keep her lineage secret. Okay, now onto the actual review:Īlianne (Aly) is the daughter of the Lioness and definitely feeling the pressure. Thankfully, you don't really need to read anything previous to this book because the references made are good without getting you confused of what happened before. Let me tell you that before ever reading this book I didn't know any of Tamora Pierce's other works. I read this about two years ago and didn't have anything to read at the time so I picked it up. Aly plots to show her skill at spying as she flirts with the god and is courted by Nawat, a crow transformed into a handsome young man, who is puzzled when she rejects his attempts to mate-feed her with grubs and ants. The burning raka resentment is fueled by prophecies of a twice royal queen who will free them, aided by the 'wise one, the cunning one, the strong one, the warrior, and the crows.' Just how each of the colorful characters and Aly herself fit into this prophecy and Kyprioth's tricky plan keeps readers guessing. There the dark-skinned natives, or raka, have been conquered and crushed by the laurin, light-skinned people from the mainland. Alianne, or Aly, daughter of the warrior queen Alanna the Lioness, has all these skills, but also a delicious sense of humor, which serves her well when she is chosen by the trickster god Kyprioth to serve as his secret agent and a slave for a year in the embattled Copper Isles. At the center of each of these books is always a strong and resourceful young woman who masters the arts of swordplay and knightly warfare in the magical medieval country of Tortall. To the great joy of her many fans, Tamora Pierce with this book begins a new saga of Tortall to add to The Song of the Lioness Quartet, the Immortals Quartet, and The Protector of the Small tetralogy. This will be valid within 5 days of this posting.

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Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce