内容简介
EntertheGracelingRealmandletitworkitsmagic...WhenQueenBitterbluetookthethroneofMonsea,shewasachild,andheradvisersranthekngdomforher.Nowsheisbeginningtoquestiontheirdecisions,especiallyhowtheyhandlethelegacyofherfatherLeck,whowhoruledthroughhisGrace?aspecialtalentformind-altering?andhistastefordarknessandviolence.BitterblueneedstoknowMonsea’spasttoleaditintothefuture,soshebeginsexploringthecitysreetsatnight,disguisedandalone.Asshedoes,shemeetstwothieves,whoholdakeytothetruthofLeck'sreign.Andoneofthem,withaGracethathehasn'tyetidentified,holdsakeytoherheart.Bitterblueisunforgettable?agatewaytotheGracelingRealmthatbraidstogethermagic,memory,andromance.
作者简介
KristinCashoregrewupinthenorthernPennsylvaniacountryside,thesecondoffourdaughters.Shereceivedabachelor’sdegreefromWilliamsCollegeandamaster’sfromtheCenteroftheStudyofChildren’sLiteratureatSimmonsCollege,andshehasworkedasadogrunner,apackerinacandyfactory,aneditorialassistant,alegalassistant,andafreelancewriter.Shehaslivedinmanyplaces(includingSydney,NewYorkCity,Boston,London,Austin,andJacksonville,Florida),andshecurrentlylivesintheBostonarea.Herinterntaionallybest-sellingnovels,GracelingandFire,havereceivedmultiplestarredreviews.TheirawardsandcitationsincludebeingnamedALABestBooksforYoungAdults,PublishersWeeklyBestBooksoftheYear,BooklistEditors’Choices,anAndreNortonAwardFinalist(Graceling),andwinneroftheAmeliaElizabethWaldenAward(Fire).