Publisher's Synopsis
¿SOMOS MUJERES O SOMOS DEMONIOS?
ELLA PODRÍA SER LA CLAVE PARA SALVAR EL IMPERIO. O SU MAYOR AMENAZA.
Han pasado seis meses desde que Deka liberó a las diosas y descubrió su identidad y la de sus compañeras, pero la verdadera batalla solo acaba de empezar. Una temible fuerza oscura, siniestra e inclemente amenaza a la humanidad y a las alaki. Deka deberá hacerle frente, pero aún no ha logrado recuperar sus poderes, por lo que su arma más mortìfera podrìa ser ella misma.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TEEN VOGUE
Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs.
But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity-and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death.
Then a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: stay in the village and submit to her fate, or leave to fight for the emperor in an army of girls just like her. They are called alaki-near-immortals with rare gifts. And they are the only ones who can stop the empire's greatest threat.
Knowing the dangers that lie ahead yet yearning for acceptance, Deka decides to leave the only life she's ever known. But as she journeys to the capital to train for the biggest battle of her life, she will discover that the great walled city holds many surprises. Nothing and no one are quite what they seem to be-not even Deka herself.
"A dark feminist tale spun with blood and gold. Must read!" -Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles
