Crown Duel

Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith is a captivating tale published by Penguin Young Readers Group on June 10, 2002. This reprint edition spans 480 pages and is presented in English. The story follows young Countess Meliara, who vows to defend her people against the king’s greed after her father’s death. This promise thrusts her into a war for which she and her brother are unprepared, leading to challenges that extend beyond the battlefield.
Readers will find that Meliara’s journey continues in peacetime, where she is summoned to the royal palace filled with intrigue and deception. As she navigates a world where friends and enemies are indistinguishable, Meliara must adapt her strategies to survive, relying on wits, words, and secret alliances. This edition also includes a previously unpublished story by Sherwood Smith, enriching the narrative experience for fans of young adult fiction, fantasy, and historical themes.
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Young Countess Meliara swears to her dying father that she and her brother will defend their people from the growing greed of the king. That promise leads them into a war for which they are ill-prepared, which threatens the very people they are trying to protect. But war is simple compared to what follows, in peacetime. Meliara is summoned to live at the royal palace, where friends and enemies look alike, and intrigue fills the dance halls and the drawing rooms. If she is to survive, Meliara must learn a whole new way of fighting-with wits and words and secret alliances.
In war, at least, she knew in whom she could trust. Now she can trust no one.
The Firebird edition of Crown Duel combines the hardcover editions of Crown Duel and Court Duel-and features a never-before-published story by Sherwood Smith!
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