Lan's last remnant of her mother -- and the fallen Hin dynasty of her ancestors -- is a symbol seared onto her wrist, which, if the mysterious boy she encounters is to be trusted, may be the key to freeing her people by mastering the ancient, forgotten art of practitioning

Bibliographische Detailangaben

1. Verfasser:	Zhao, Amélie Wen 1993- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Delacorte Press [2023]
Ausgabe:	First edition
Schriftenreihe:	Song of the Last Kingdom [1]
Schlagworte:	Magic / Juvenile fiction Demonology / Juvenile fiction Resistance to government / Juvenile fiction Mythology, Chinese / Juvenile fiction Ability / Juvenile fiction Fantasy Young adult fiction Juvenile works Fiction Fantasy fiction Novels Action and adventure fiction Jugendbuch
Zusammenfassung:	Lan's last remnant of her mother -- and the fallen Hin dynasty of her ancestors -- is a symbol seared onto her wrist, which, if the mysterious boy she encounters is to be trusted, may be the key to freeing her people by mastering the ancient, forgotten art of practitioning "Once, Lan had a different name. Now she goes by the one the Elantian colonizers gave her when they invaded her kingdom, killed her mother, and outlawed her people's magic. She spends her nights as a songgirl in Haak'gong, a city transformed by the conquerors, and her days scavenging for what she can find of the past. Anything to understand the strange mark burned into her arm by her mother in her last act before she died. The mark is mysterious -- an untranslatable Hin character -- and no one but Lan can see it. Until the night a boy appears at her teahouse and saves her life. Zen is a practitioner -- one of the fabled magicians of the Last Kingdom. Their magic was rumored to have been drawn from the demons they communed with. Magic believed to be long lost. Now it must be hidden from the Elantians at all costs. When Zen comes across Lan, he recognizes what she is: a practitioner with a powerful ability hidden in the mark on her arm. He's never seen anything like it -- but he knows that if there are answers, they lie deep in the pine forests and misty mountains of the Last Kingdom, with an order of practitioning masters planning to overthrow the Elantian regime. Both Lan and Zen have secrets buried deep within -- secrets they must hide from others, and secrets that they themselves have yet to discover. Fate has connected them, but their destiny remains unwritten. Both hold the power to liberate their land. And both hold the power to destroy the world. Now the battle for the Last Kingdom begins." - Schutzumschlag
Beschreibung:	459 pages map 22 cm
Zielpublikum:	Ages 14+
ISBN:	9780593487501 0593487508 9780593487518 0593487516 9780593487532 0593487532