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Gr 7-Up Sadima grows up on a farm with only her brooding father and brother, Micah, for guidance. She can hear the thoughts and feelings of animals and meets Franklin, who believes in and encourages her. Several years later her father dies, and Sadima travels to the far city of Limòri to find Franklin. He is the friend and property of Somiss, a noble in self-imposed exile, who seeks to find the old magic that has been outlawed and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Two parallel stories alternate in this compelling new fantasy. Sadima, marked as different by her ability to speak with animals, joins the household of the coldly brilliant, ambitious Somiss, who is obsessed with returning true magic to the world. As Sadima, in love with Somiss's servant/companion Franklin, learns the depth of Somiss's cruelty and selfishness, she becomes enmeshed in his powerful influence, as helpless as Franklin is to leave him. Generations later...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Sadima, who can speak with animals, joins the household of coldly brilliant, ambitious Somiss, who's obsessed with returning true magic...Log In or Sign Up to Read More