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The Hero and the Crown

Damar seriesbook 2 of 2Next:Imaginary Lands(1985) →

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.

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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...

Audience
young adultchildrensmiddle grade
Length
medium · 240 pages

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