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An
ancient prophecy states that the land of Skala will be prosperous if a
specific line of warrior queens rules the land. For three centuries, the
people of Skala have lived comfortable lives and have not worried about
much. But when the mad queen dies, her son, Erius, takes the throne.
Over the years, he kills off all women in his line that could cause any
potential threat and bear a girl.
When his sister, Ariani, has twins,
Erius is happy to hear that the boy has lived and the girl has died.
Little does he know that the wizards, Aya and Arkoniel, summoned Lhel, a
witch, to perform magic that will be undetectable by other wizards. The
first baby had been a girl. When the boy was born, the intent was to
kill it before he took his first breath. The baby boy did get the first
breath in before he was smothered, thereby awakening his soul. Lhel then
performed her magic.
When Lord Rhius' and Princess Araini's children are
brought downstairs for viewing by King Erius, he finds a living boy,
Tobin, and a dead girl. As Tobin grows into a young man on his father's
country estate, he is plagued by his mother who spends her days making
dolls with no faces. The demon, or the ghost of his dead brother, haunts
the household, and especially Tobin.
When the king finally pays a visit
seven years after Tobin was born, Ariani tries to escape her brother by
jumping out of the tower window with her son. Aya realized that Tobin is
being held a virtual prisoner on Rhius' land, sends Arkoniel to him as a
tutor and finds a companion for Tobin named Ki. Becoming fast friends,
they grow toward young adulthood under Arkoniel and Tharin's watchful
eyes.
The time is fast approaching when Tobin will have to move to Ero
and join his cousin as a Companion himself. Little does he know that
this move will be sooner than he thinks and change his life completely.
The
Bone Doll's Twin
by
Lynn Flewelling is the first book of three in the Tamir Trilogy. It is
the story of a young girl, who thinks she is a boy, growing up in a time
when the Red and Black Plague runs rampant through the land. Even though
Tobin is a prince, he has never thought of himself that way. Growing up
without friends, and haunted by his dead brother, he does not fit in
well with others his own age. When Ki comes to live with him, his entire
life changes and he finally begins to understand how fun life can be. No
one has ever told him he is a girl and of the role he / she must play in
the future...for only a queen can end the horrible blight that has
befallen Skala, and he / she is the only living female who can do it.
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