Vessel
β Scribed by Sarah Beth Durst
- Publisher
- Margaret K. McElderry Books
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 188 KB
- Edition
- First Margaret K. McElderry books paperback edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 1442423773
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
In a desert world of sandstorms and sand-wolves, a teen girl must defy the gods to save her tribe in this mystical, atmospheric tale from the author of Drink, Slay, Love.
Liyana has trained her entire life to be the vessel of a goddess. The goddess will inhabit Liyana's body and use magic to bring rain to the desert. But Liyana's goddess never comes. Abandoned by her angry tribe, Liyana expects to die in the desert. Until a boy walks out of the dust in search of her.
Korbyn is a god inside his vessel, and a trickster god at that. He tells Liyana that five other gods are missing, and they set off across the desert in search of the other vessels. For the desert tribes cannot survive without the magic of their gods. But the journey is dangerous, even with a god's help. And not everyone is willing to believe the trickster god's tale.
The closer she grows to Korbyn, the less Liyana wants to disappear to make way for her goddess. But she has no choice:...
β¦ Subjects
Gods and goddesses -- Fiction
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