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![]() | Skin Hunger (2007) (The first book in the Resurrection of Magic series) A novel by Kathleen Duey |
Sadima lives in a world where magic has been banned, leaving poor villagers prey to fakes and charlatans. A "magician" stole her family's few valuables and left Sadima's mother to die on the day Sadima was born. But vestiges of magic are hidden in old rhymes and hearth tales and in people like Sadima, who conceals her silent communication with animals for fear of rejection and ridicule. When rumors of her gift reach Somiss, a young nobleman obsessed with restoring magic, he sends Franklin, his lifelong servant, to find her. Sadima's joy at sharing her secret becomes love for the man she shares it with. But Franklin's irrevocable bond to the brilliant and dangerous Somiss traps her, too, and she faces a heartbreaking decision.
Centuries later magic has been restored, but it is available only to the wealthy and is strictly controlled by wizards within a sequestered academy of magic. Hahp, the expendable second son of a rich merchant, is forced into the academy and finds himself paired with Gerrard, a peasant boy inexplicably admitted with nine sons of privilege and wealth. Only one of the ten students will graduate -- and the first academic requirement is survival.
Sadima's and Hahp's worlds are separated by generations, but their lives are connected in surprising and powerful ways in this brilliant first book of Kathleen Duey's dark, complex, and completely compelling trilogy.
Genre: Fantasy
Centuries later magic has been restored, but it is available only to the wealthy and is strictly controlled by wizards within a sequestered academy of magic. Hahp, the expendable second son of a rich merchant, is forced into the academy and finds himself paired with Gerrard, a peasant boy inexplicably admitted with nine sons of privilege and wealth. Only one of the ten students will graduate -- and the first academic requirement is survival.
Sadima's and Hahp's worlds are separated by generations, but their lives are connected in surprising and powerful ways in this brilliant first book of Kathleen Duey's dark, complex, and completely compelling trilogy.
Genre: Fantasy
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Hardback Editions
April 2009 : Library Binding
| Title: Skin Hunger (A Resurrection of Magic) Author(s): Kathleen Duey ISBN: 1-4395-8587-3 / 978-1-4395-8587-0 Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Skin Hunger (Resurrection of Magic) Author(s): Kathleen Duey ISBN: 1-4178-3131-6 / 978-1-4178-3131-9 (USA edition) Publisher: San Val Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
July 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Skin Hunger (A Resurrection of Magic, Book 1) Author(s): Kathleen Duey ISBN: 0-689-84093-4 / 978-0-689-84093-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Skin Hunger Author(s): Kathleen Duey ISBN: 1-4287-4750-8 / 978-1-4287-4750-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Atheneum Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
September 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Skin Hunger (A Resurrection of Magic) Author(s): Kathleen Duey ISBN: 0-689-84094-2 / 978-0-689-84094-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Skin Hunger (Resurrection of Magic) Author(s): Kathleen Duey ISBN: 1-84738-134-0 / 9781847381347 (UK edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2007 : Paperback
| Title: Skin Hunger Author(s): Kathleen Duey Publisher: Simon & Schuster Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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