The gilded ones / Namina Forna.

By:

Forna, Namina

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781474959575

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Genre/Form:

Fantasy fiction.

Summary: We all have a choice. Are we girls, or are we demons? Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in Otera, a deeply patriarchal ancient kingdom, where a woman's worth is tied to her purity, and she must bleed to prove it. But when Deka bleeds gold - the colour of impurity, of a demon - she faces a consequence worse than death. She is saved by a mysterious woman who tells Deka of her true nature: she is an Alaki, a near-immortal with exceptional gifts. The stranger offers her a choice: fight for the Emperor, with others just like her, or be destroyed...

List(s) this item appears in: 2022/23 Holiday Reads

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction	Dee Why Library	F FORN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		R09187MSLGD

"Outcasts by blood. Warriors by choice" -- Cover.

"The gilded ones includes scenes of violence, including some graphic violence, which some readers may find distressing".

We all have a choice. Are we girls, or are we demons? Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in Otera, a deeply patriarchal ancient kingdom, where a woman's worth is tied to her purity, and she must bleed to prove it. But when Deka bleeds gold - the colour of impurity, of a demon - she faces a consequence worse than death. She is saved by a mysterious woman who tells Deka of her true nature: she is an Alaki, a near-immortal with exceptional gifts. The stranger offers her a choice: fight for the Emperor, with others just like her, or be destroyed...

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