Auralia's Colors
Author: Overstreet, Jeffrey
ISBN: 9781400072521
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jul 2009
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
Christianity Today Online movie reviewer Jeffrey Overstreet offers up a rich and lyrical debut fantasy novel, weaving a stirring, imaginative adventure that explores what happens to a people deprived of art, and revealing the role of God-given creativity.
When thieves find an abandoned child lying in a monster's footprint, they have no idea that their wilderness discovery will change the course of history.
Cloaked in mystery, Auralia grows up among criminals outside the walls of House Abascar, where vicious beastmen lurk inshadow. There, she discovers an unsettling--and forbidden--talent for crafting colors thatenchant all who behold them, including Abascar's hard-hearted king, an exiled wizard, and a prince who keeps dangerous secrets. When Auralia's gift opens doors from the palace to the dungeons, she sets the stage for violent and miraculous change inthe great houses of the Expanse.
Auralia's Colors weaves literary fantasy together with poetic prose, a suspenseful plot, adrenaline-rush action, and unpredictable characters sure to enthrall ambitious imaginations.
ISBN: 9781400072521
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jul 2009
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
Christianity Today Online movie reviewer Jeffrey Overstreet offers up a rich and lyrical debut fantasy novel, weaving a stirring, imaginative adventure that explores what happens to a people deprived of art, and revealing the role of God-given creativity.
When thieves find an abandoned child lying in a monster's footprint, they have no idea that their wilderness discovery will change the course of history.
Cloaked in mystery, Auralia grows up among criminals outside the walls of House Abascar, where vicious beastmen lurk inshadow. There, she discovers an unsettling--and forbidden--talent for crafting colors thatenchant all who behold them, including Abascar's hard-hearted king, an exiled wizard, and a prince who keeps dangerous secrets. When Auralia's gift opens doors from the palace to the dungeons, she sets the stage for violent and miraculous change inthe great houses of the Expanse.
Auralia's Colors weaves literary fantasy together with poetic prose, a suspenseful plot, adrenaline-rush action, and unpredictable characters sure to enthrall ambitious imaginations.
