Summary
The heart-pounding finale to World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott's captivating, New York Times bestselling young adult series--now available in paperback!
Choose between your parents.
Choose between your friends.
Choose between your lovers. Choose who you are.
On the run from the murderous King Nikonos, Jessamy must find a way for her beloved Kalliarkos to take his rightful place on the throne. Only then can he end the oppression of the Commoners by their long time Patron overlords. But Kal's rise to power is fraught with manipulation and shocking decisions that make Jes question everything they promised each other. As their relationship frays and Jes's family and friends beg her for help, will she cast Kal and her Patron heritage aside? Will she finally join--even lead--the rebellion that had been burning among the Commoners for years?
This explosive finale of World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott's Court of Five series forces Jessamy to confront an inescapable truth: with or without her, the revolution has begun.
Kate Elliott is the pen name of Alis A. Rasmussen, who was born on July 27, 1958 in Iowa. She graduated from Mills College in Oakland, California, and went on to work for the BBC in London and at Keyboard Magazine in Cupertino, California before becoming a full time writer.
Her first book, The Labrynth Gate, was published in 1988. She wrote four novels under the name Alis A. Rasmussen before using the pen name Kate Elliott. Her other works include the Spiritwalker Trilogy, the Novels of Jaran series, the Crossroads Trilogy, the Crown of Stars series, and Court of Fives.
(Bowker Author Biography)