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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2008
Gr 5-9 This second book in the trilogy continues where "Shield of Stars" (S & S, 2007) left off, and it will be difficult for readers to follow if they're not familiar with the complex connections and tumultuous events in that book. Arisa takes center stage here, and her mother, the Falcon, the notorious bandit-thief turned commander of the army and navy of Deorthas, asks her daughter to befriend ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Charged by her former-outlaw-turned-military-commander mother with befriending Prince Edoran, Arisa finds in him an ally in her cov...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
In this richly imagined and absorbing fantasy, Hilari Bell renders everything from ladies’ dresses to the genealogy of Deorthas’s rulers with telling detail, allowing readers to see Deorthas and its inhabitants clearly: “Soon the neighborhood grew rougher, and the streets even busier. Judging by the scent of brine, Arisa thought they must be nearing the docks. Fewer people wore cloaks here, and some of the men who swaggered past sm...Log In or Sign Up to Read More