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Bezig met laden... Compass and Blade (editie 2024)door Rachel Greenlaw (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Mira and others in her village live in hardscrabble times and conditions, The climate is unwelcoming to crops and the people who rule are greedy and ruthless. Her mother died in the sea, doing what Mira does as her replacement, one of seven working a line from shore to wrecked vessels, some drawn to treacherous rocks by she and the others on shore. She's never been uncomfortable in the water. Every time she asks her father to see what's in the chest left after Mom died, he puts her off. Then during a mission to see what is in a freshly wrecked vessel, they spring a trap and her father is taken prisoner, to be hanged in nine days. Desperate to save him, Mira and a mysterious young man she rescued during another shipwreck, take a small boat at night to another island. She hoping to sell glass beads for enough to bribe the warden and get her father released. The young man's motives are a bit murky. When he 'manages' to secure passage on a vessel that she hopes can take her to the location she discovered after opening the sealed chest once her father was taken prisoner, it's the beginning of a voyage full of mystery, revelations about her mother and herself, plus instances of betrayal, grief, and eventual servitude to a most mysterious man. I'm quite interested in where the sequel takes readers. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"On the remote isle of Rosevear, Mira, like her mother before her, is a wrecker, one of the seven on the rope who swim out to shipwrecks to plunder them. Mira's job is to rescue survivors, if there are any. After all, she never feels the cold of the frigid ocean waters and the waves seem to sing to her soul. But the people of Rosevear never admit the truth: that they set the beacons themselves to lure ships into the rocks. When the Council watch lays a trap to put an end to the wrecking, they arrest Mira's father. Desperate to save him from the noose, Mira strikes a deal with an enigmatic wreck survivor guarding layers of secrets behind his captivating eyes, and sets off to find something her mother has left her, a family secret buried deep in the sea. With just nine days to find what she needs to rescue her father, all Mira knows for certain is this: The sea gives. The sea takes. And it's up to her to do what she must to save the ones she loves"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.92Literature English English fiction Modern Period 2000-WaarderingGemiddelde:
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Set up for a sequel. For fans of Daughter of a Pirate King but not as good. Hopefully it will get a bit better in the second one.... ( )