At age 10, she began to write books, mostly fantasy stories where she was the heroine. Shannon Hale was a storyteller from birth. With Shannon Hale’s lyrical language, this little-known classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm is reimagined and reset in a land inspired by the Asian steppes it is a completely unique retelling filled with adventure and romance, drama and disguise. With the arrival outside the tower of Saren’s two suitors - one welcome, the other decidedly less so - the girls are confronted with both hope and great danger, and Dashti must make the desperate choices of a girl whose life is worth more than she knows. When Dashti, a maid, and Lady Saren, her mistress, are shut in a tower for seven years because of Saren’s refusal to marry a man she despises, the two prepare for a very long and dark imprisonment.Īs food runs low and the days go from broiling hot to freezing cold, it is all Dashti can do to keep them fed and comfortable.
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