Traitor's Moon

By Kate Hoffmann

Book Overview

Master spies Seregil and Alec are no strangers to peril. Their assignments, nightrunning for wizards and nobles, have led them into many deadly situations. But sometimes the greatest danger can lurk beneath a Traitor's Moon. . . . Wounded heroes of a cataclysmic battle, Seregil and Alec have spent the past two years in self-imposed exile, far from their adopted homeland, Skala, and the bitter memories there. But as the war rages on, their time of peace is shattered by a desperate summons from Queen Idralain, asking them to aid her daughter on a mission to Aurënen, the very land from which Seregil was exiled in his youth. Here, in this fabled realm of magic and honor, he must at last confront the demons of his dark past, even as Alec discovers an unimagined heritage. And caught between Skala's desperate need and the ancient intrigues of the Aurënfaie, they soon find themselves snared in a growing web of treachery and betrayal. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553577255
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Spectra
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.5" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Hooray for Mirette

My granddaughter and I loved everything about this book. The story is compassionate exciting and the illustrations are wonderful. We also enjoyed that it takes place in Paris.

Many valuable lessons for children

Confidence in yourself is everything when your occupation is a dangerous one. Generally, once you lose it, getting it back is impossible. In this book, a retired tightrope walker named Bellini has lost his courage and is staying at a boarding house. Mirette is a young girl who works at the boarding house and she watches him walk on a rope that is only a few feet off the ground. She begs him to teach her how to walk the tightrope,...

An entertaining book with beautiful pictures.

"Mirette On The High Wire" by Emily Arnold McCully set in Paris, France tells the story of a young aspiring girl, Mirette, who learns to walk the high wire after meeting a falllen entertainer, by the name of Belini. Mirette soon finds out that Belini however, has been keeping a secret from her, he has become afraid of the wire and has sworn to never walk upon it again. With Mirette's help though, Belini finally conquers his...

Mirette Saves the Day!

How many children's books do you know where the girl (rather than a boy or an animal) saves the day by doing something heroic? Relatively few come to my mind. As the parent of two daughters, I was delighted to find this wonderful tale of 19th century entertainment fills that bill. Ms. McCully had originally set out to write a biography of the famous tightrope walker Blondin, when she decided to write this book instead...

A great book to enjoy the imaginations of young girls

I really enjoyed this book because of the great illustrations, and the wonderful story line written Emily Arnold McCully. I would encourage every mother of a young girl to go out and purchase the book for her.