![]() ![]() Yes, Golding’s high-fantasy world features the usual hierarchical governance by ancient aristocracies, but she’s no moral essentialist. Peri returns to rescue Rain, but she has her own agenda-restoring Magharna to a viable society. Her forced servitude there ends when a merchant’s financial collapse sparks a revolt, driving the city into anarchy. She’s rescued by Peri, a handsome falconer and member of the untouchable caste, but through a misunderstanding, is left to fend for herself in the unfriendly city of Rolvint. Arriving in Magharna, Rain’s party is attacked by bandits. He sends her in his place when a distant country with a decaying society and a rigid caste system, Magharna, seeks a glass designer. Only her father knows that Rain, 15, designs the glass in his workshop women are barred from the glassmakers' guild. This gentle tale, set in the world of Dragonfly (2009), offers a fresh take on high-fantasy conventions. ![]()
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