by Frances Hardinge (Author)
En un mundo donde cualquiera puede lanzar un maleficio destructor de vidas, solo una persona tiene el poder de deshacerlos. Kelen no comprende del todo su don, pero ayuda a aquellos que est?n malditos, incluida Netel, atrapada durante a?os en el cuerpo de un p?jaro. Ahora es su fiel compa?era y aliada m?s cercana. Pero aquel que destrama los maleficios lleva una maldici?n en s? mismo, a menos que Netel y ?l puedan destruirla. Kellen es un peligro para todo y todos a su alrededor...
"Luminosa hacia el final, aterradora en todo momento, psicol?gicamente aguda." -- Kirkus Reviews"Esta fantas?a llena de capas, humana y brillante es la mejor de las novelas de Hardinge." -- Imogen Russell Williams, The Guardian. In a world where anyone can cast a life-destroying curse, only one person has the power to undo them. Kelen doesn't fully understand his gift, but he helps those who are cursed, including Netel, trapped for years in the body of a bird. Now she is his faithful companion and closest ally. But he who unravels the curses carries a curse on himself, unless he and Netel can destroy it. Kellen is a danger to everything and everyone around him... "Luminous towards the end, terrifying at all times, psychologically acute." -- Kirkus Reviews
"This layered, human, and brilliant fantasy is the best of Hardinge's novels." -- Imogen Russell Williams, The Guardian.
Author Biography
Frances Hardinge spent her childhood in a huge, isolated old house in a small, strange village, and the two things inspired her to write strange, magical stories from an early age. She studied English at Oxford University and now lives in Oxford, England.