Shadowbridge

Resumen del libro

Orphaned 16-year-old Leodora, a talented puppeteer and storyteller, is forced to hide her identity and gender as she travels the spans and tunnels of the ocean-crossing Shadowbridge in Frosts exciting first of a diptych. Stubborn and god-touched, Leodora feels nearly friendless until she meets a youth with similar gifts. Diverus, an enslaved simpleton, is endowed with intelligence and uncanny musical abilities when an unpredictable deity visits his span. When Diverus plays and Leodora performs, their synergy creates magic and brings them instant fame. Only Leodoras mentor, the perpetually drunken Soter, realizes that their brilliance attracts dangerous chaos energy, and he must protect the young pair while keeping long-held secrets about the deaths of Leodoras parents and the dangers of her talent. Frost (Fitchers Brides) draws richly detailed human characters and embellishes his multilayered stories with intriguing creaturesbenevolent sea dragons, trickster foxes, death-eating snakes and capricious godsthat make this fantasy a sparkling gem of mythic invention and wonder. (Dec.) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.