![]() ![]() ![]() Chen draws pleasingly upon fairy-tale motifs, juxtaposing the rosy glow of stories with the real possibility of ugly, mundane realities. As the kingdom is threatened from within and without, with beasts massing on the borders and internal instability, everything comes down to the heart of the prince and the unlikely girl who might claim it. ![]() At the same time, her dreams are becoming stranger: Ultimately, fate may force her to choose between the prince and herself. With a curse threatening both Cyrus’ life and the kingdom’s future, there is more scheming than ever before: Violet must maintain her precarious position as Seer, doing the king’s bidding and sorting out her constant feuding with Cyrus. Taken under the wing of King Emilius, she becomes a favorite at court and eventually a trusted player in the king’s schemes, often setting her at odds with his son, Prince Cyrus. A disillusioned seer and a privileged prince: the stuff of fairy tales.Īfter an encounter with the prince and princess of Auveny, 18-year-old Violet Lune is plucked from the slums and brought to the palace, where she quickly becomes the kingdom’s new Seer. ![]()
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