The Unwilling

An epic tale of greed and ambition, cruelty and love, this deeply immersive novel is about bowing to traditions and burning them down.

The story of Judah, a foundling born with a special gift and raised inside Highfall castle along with Gavin, the son and heir to Lord Elban's vast empire. An epic fantasy tale.

'Fantasy at its most sublime' ERIN MORGENSTERN'Ingenious . . . Kelly Braffet is a marvel' KELLY LINKPerfect for fans of Samantha Shannon, Leigh Bardugo and Sarah J. Maas.She has no name and no history, but she has a power greater than the Empire has ever known.Judah is an orphaned girl with a secret gift, born at the gates of Highfall castle. Raised alongside Gavin, heir to Lord Elban's empire, the two share a bond - one that is key to Judah's survival and destined to be Judah's undoing.Elban - as mighty as he is cruel and greedy - plans to use Judah as a pawn to amass greater control. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants.But beyond the castle walls, a magus, a healer with his own powerful force, has arrived from the provinces. He, too, has designs on the realm, and at the heart of his plans lies Judah...The girl who started life with no name and no history will soon discover her own strength.She does not have to be given power: she can just take it.*Readers are obsessed with The Unwilling:'Clever, beautiful, unexpected'?????'Reminds me of Six of Crows. Gritty, real and full of imperfectly amazing characters'?????'I could stay with these characters a very long time'?????'Brilliantly executed. The Unwilling is about sharing joy, and sensing fear and cruelty, and caring beyond ourselves' VANITY FAIR'Suspenseful: magical, wonderfully written and never predictable . . . An essential addition to the all epic fantasy collections' BOOKLIST

Autorentext
Kelly Braffet was born in California, and has lived in Arizona, rural Pennsylvania, England and New York. She has a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA from Columbia University. She currently lives in Brooklyn.

Klappentext

The Unwilling is the story of Judah, a foundling born with a special gift and raised inside Highfall castle along with Gavin, the son and heir to Lord Elban's vast empire. Judah and Gavin share an unnatural bond that is both the key to her survival...and possibly her undoing. As Gavin is groomed for his future role, Judah comes to realize that she has no real position within the kingdom, in fact, no hope at all of ever traveling beyond its castle walls. Elban--a lord as mighty as he is cruel -- has his own plans for her, for all of them. She is just a pawn to him, and he will stop at nothing to get what he wants. But outside the walls, in the starving, desperate city, a magus, a healer with his own secret power unlike anything Highfall has seen in years, is newly arrived from the provinces. He, too, has plans for the empire, and at the heart of those plans lies Judah... The girl who started life with no name and no history will soon uncover more to her story than she ever imagined. An epic tale of greed and ambition, cruelty and love, this deeply immersive novel is about bowing to traditions and burning them down.

Zusammenfassung
The story of Judah, a foundling born with a special gift and raised inside Highfall castle along with Gavin, the son and heir to Lord Elban's vast empire. An epic fantasy tale.