Mirror of Destiny

A teenage orphan girl must mend a magical conflict in this “superb adventure story” from the New York Times –bestselling author of The Hands of Lyr ( Science Fiction Chronicle ). The king's lottery has determined that Twilla, a young orphaned apprentice of a renowned wise woman, must marry—for only the wedded can survive the terrible fate awaiting those who penetrate the primeval forest. Altered by a talisman of great power, she escapes her unwanted lot and joins a commander's tragically blinded