Publisher's Synopsis
Music has been forbidden to Orial - she misses out on musice lessons at school, and no instrument is heard in her home. But her mother was a renowned songstress praised across international borders - why is her fathers so adamant that she remains silent? The secret of her mother's early death hold the key to this mystery and when Orial becomes the amanuensis for a crippled composer, she findsthat music is a tool for rebellion and the notes she transcribes are the battle hymn of a people.
