内容简介
Attheageof14andstanding5foot10,KeladryofMindelanisasquire.Asquireservesandlearnsfromaseasonedknightforfouryears,thenfacesafinaltest.ThatfinaltestistheOrdeal,whichtakesplaceinamagicalroomcalledtheChamber.There,asquireencountersthepartsofhimorherselfthattheChamberdeemstobethemostdifficulttoface--betheyfears,failings,orunrepentedwickeddeeds.DoesKelhavewhatittakestosurvive?
作者简介
Inthesixthgrade,TamoraPiercewasencouragedbyherfathertostartwritingandsheimmediatelygothooked.Onceshediscoveredfantasyandsciencefiction,shetriedtowritethesamekindofstoriessheread,onlywithteenagedgirlheroineswhowereusuallymissingfromthe1960sstories.BeforeherjunioryearattheUniversityofPennsylvaniawhereshestudiedpsychology,Piercerediscoveredwritingwhenshewroteherfirstoriginalshortstorysincetenthgrade.Shesoldherfirststoryayearlaterandthenenrolledinafictionwritingcourseduringhersenioryear.Whenherteachersuggestedthatshetackleanovel,herchildhoodideascamebacktoherandshebeganherfirstswordandsorcerynovel.PiercethenworkedasahousemotherinanIdahogrouphomeforteenagedgirls,wholovedhearingAlanna’sstoryfromthein-progressquartet,SongoftheLioness.AsPiercecontinuedtowriteandsendoutmanuscripts,shemovedtoManhattantogetherpublishingcareerofftheground.PiercestilllivesinManhattanwithherhusband,writer/filmmakerTim,andtheirthreecats,twoparakeets,plusafloatingpopulationofrescuedwildlife.Sheenjoysherhecticlifeasafull-timewriterandshehopesthatherbooksleaveherreaderswiththefeelingthattheycanachieveanythingiftheywantitbadlyenough.TamoraPierceisapopularauthoroffantasybooksforteenagers.Inherlatestquartet,ProtectoroftheSmall,readersfollowheroineKelassherigorouslytrainsfortheknighthood.
