The Secret Sacrament - Brossura

Jordan, Sherryl

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0689837097 ISBN 13: 9780689837098

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster Children's, 2003

Riassunto

From the author of the bestselling novel, 'The Raging Quiet', comes a powerful and exotic tale of freedom and courage, and strength to make the ultimate sacrifice. Terrified, a young Navaron child watches helplessly from his hiding place as a young Shinili woman is brutally beaten and abused by a group of drunken Navaron men. Too frightened to answer her pleas for help the child runs away taking with him the sacred bone carving of the Shinili people and in doing so forever binds himself and his fate to them. Gabriel is no ordinary boy. His life is marked out for greatness by powers beyond his understanding...He's never wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become a wealthy, sea-faring merchant, celebrated by all in the ancient empire of Navora - but cold and distant to his family. Haunted by a terrible childhood secret Gabriel spurns family tradition and duties as the eldest son, to pursue a life of helping others. Derived from a deep sense of guilt and strange mysterious visions Gabriel knows that he is destined to become a healer, with the power to decipher dreams, no matter what his overbearing family argues. But against his will, Gabriel finds himself caught up in the power struggles of a corrupt Empire, endangering all that he loves. His decision to hold true to his destiny is one that will cost him dearly, and one that threatens to tear apart the entire Navoran Empire - but which might just end up saving an entire people.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Sherryl Jordan is a prominent New Zealand author. She has worked with deaf children for a number of years and has always loved sign language. Sherryl Jordan extensively travelled the British Isles to research The Raging Quiet; she lives in Tauranga, New Zealand.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Simon & Schuster Children's
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0689837097
• ISBN 13: 9780689837098
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Numero di pagine: 320