The Hero and the Crown
Robin McKinley
292 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0441013058
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Publish: January 2, 2007
AdventureDragonsFantasyFictionHigh FantasyMagicRomanceScience Fiction FantasyYoung AdultYoung Adult Fantasy
Discover the classic story that has captured hearts for decades…
Aerin could not remember a time when she had not known the story; she had grown up knowing it.
It was the story of her mother, the witchwoman who enspelled the king into marrying her, to get an heir that would rule Damar; and it was told that she turned her face to the wall and died of despair when she found she had borne a daughter instead of a son.
Aerin was that daughter.
But there was more of the story yet to be told; Aerin’s destiny was greater than even she had dreamed—for she was to be the true hero who would wield the power of the Blue Sword…