A Princess of the Chameln (Unicorn)

Wilder, Cherry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0048232955 ISBN 13: 9780048232953

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1986

FANTASY-THE RULERS OF HYLOR BOOK ONE-THE CHAMELN ARE AN ANCIENT PEOPLE OF THE CONTINENT OF HYLOR WHO LIVE IN A WIDE A BEAUTIFUL LAND OF LAKES,GRASSLANDS AND FOREST.THEY ARE RULED BY A DOUBLE SOVERIEGNTY,CHOSEN ALWAYS FROM TWO FAMILIES,THE FIRN AND THE ZOR.AIDRIS FIRN,HER FATHER'S HEIR,LEARNS THE TRADITIONAL SKILLS AND DUTIES OF A PRINCESS.BUT POWERFUL FORCES ARE THREATENING THE RULERS OF CHAMELN.THE PARENTS OF AIDRIS ARE ASSASSINATED AND HER OWN LIFE IS IN DANGER.WHEN ESHER AM ZOR THE REMAINING RULER,DIES,THE WARLIKE NEIGHBOUR STATE OF MEL'NIR INVADES THE CHAMELN LANDS AND THE PRINCESS MUST GO SWIFTLY INTO EXILE TO AVOID CAPTURE.AIDRIS IS PRACRICAL AND WELL SCHOOLED.SHE DOES WHAT SHE HAS TO DO TO SURVIVE,THOUGH IT MEANS LEAVING FRIENDS AND COMFORTS BEHIND.A SECRET JOURNEY THROUGH THE FOREST AND THE NEED TO FEND FOR HERSELF AND AN UNEXPECTED COMPANION HARDEN HER DETERMINATION.WHEN,IN THE MOMENT OF GREATEST DANGER,A SPLENDID CHAMPION APPEARS,SHE STILL DOES NOT REVEAL HER IDENTITY.THROUGH LONG YEARS AIDRIS KEEPS HER SECRET AND LEADS THE LIFE OF A CAVALRY SOLDIER,A KEDRAN,IN THE PEACEFUL REALM OF ATHRON.SHE HAS STRANGE ADVENTURES AND HEARS STRANGE TALES;SHE EXPERIENCES LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.AIDRIS COMES TO TERMS WITH HER OWN ROYAL HERITAGE AND LEARNS TO WORK HER OWN MAGIC.ALL THIS IN PREPARATION FOR THE DAY HER PEOPLE THROW OF THE YOKE OF MEL'NIR AND COME FOR HER.AND WHEN THIS DAY DOES DULY COME SHE IS ABLE TO FACE THE DIFFICULT LIFE OF A QUEEN;IN WAR AND PEACE.

About the Author:

Cherry Wilder lived in Australia and Germany. She died in 2002.