The Chronicle of Secret Riven: Keeper of Tales Trilogy: Book Two (The Keeper of Tales Trilogy)

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An uncanny child born to brilliant parents befriended by a prince mentored by a wise woman pursued by a powerful man Secret Riven has no idea what destiny will demand of her or the courage she must have to confront it in the breathtakingly epic genre-spanning sequel to The Mapmakers War. To see is a trick of the mind but to believe is a trick of the heart. One thousand years after a great conflict known as The Mapmakers War a daughter is born to an ambitious historian and a gifted translator. Secret Riven doesnt speak until her seventh year but can mysteriously communicate with plants and animals. Unsettled by visions and dreams since childhood she tries to hide her strangeness especially from her mercurial father and cold mother. When her knowledge of an esoteric symbol brings unwelcome attention gentle watchful Secret finds acceptance from Prince Nikolas her best friend and Old Woman who lives in the distant woods. When Secret is twelve her mother Zavet receives an arcane manuscript to translate from an anonymous owner. Zavet begins to suffer nightmares and withdraws into herself. Secret sickens with a fever and awakens able to speak an ancient language discovering that her mother is fluent as well. Suddenly Zavet dies. The manuscript is missing but a cipher has been left for Secret to find. Soon Secret will have a choice to make: confront a destiny tied to an ancient past or deny it never to know its whole truth. A spellbinding story rich with vivid characters and set in a fascinating world The Chronicle of Secret Riven explores the tension between love and hate trust and betrayal fate and free will.