(Publisher summary)įirst lines: King Sref of Cavanos watches me with the deadened eyes of a raven circling a corpse – patient, waiting to devour me the second I let my guard down. When Zera arrives, the two begin a game between a girl with nothing to lose and a boy who has it all. Crown Prince Lucien d’Malvane hates the royal court as much as it loves him: every tutor too afraid to correct him and every girl jockeying for a place at his darkly handsome side. The witch asks Zera for a prince’s heart in exchange for her own, with one addendum: if she’s discovered infiltrating the court, Nightsinger will destroy Zera’s heart rather than see her tortured by the witch-hating nobles. With her heart in a jar under Nightsinger’s control, she serves the witch unquestioningly. Bound to the witch Nightsinger, Zera longs for freedom from the woods they hide in. Zera is a Heartless, the immortal, unaging soldier of a witch. Most of my kind live in Africa, in the thick jungle along the banks of the Congo River, and that’s probably where I originally came from. I’ve learned from scientists that I belong to the subspecies Gorilla gorrila graueri. (Publisher summary)įirst lines: For those of you who don’t know me, the first thing I need to say is that I’m not a human being, I’m an anthropoid ape. Powerful forces are working against her, and they will do anything to protect their secrets. For Sally Jones this is the start of a harrowing quest for survival and to clear the Chief’s name. A job they are offered pays big bucks, but the deal ends badly, and the Chief is falsely convicted of murder. She and the Chief are devoted comrades who operate a cargo boat.
In overalls or in a maharaja’s turban, this unique gorilla moves among humans without speaking but understanding everything. Sally Jones is not only a loyal friend, she’s an extraordinary individual.
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