Charlotta Cillah Caraway is simply a laundress with an outlandish name, living on the edge of the Elleck Forest that marks the divide between two of the most powerful kingdoms in the world, Daywind and Moonsong. Ever on the brink of poverty, Charlotta's aunt schemes to marry her off to the wealthiest willing suitor, ugly or old he may be. Despite her protests, Charlotta's finds the her seventeenth year a flurry of hopeful maritial preparations, new friends, mysterious signs, and shocking news.جميع الحقوق محفوظة