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01322nam a2200205 a 4500 001 EEC8713E82AE11DE820800E8A7D7520A 003 SILO 005 20090806130108 008 061121s2005 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9780756403829 020 $a 0756403820 040 $a D8 $c D8 $d SILO 100 1 $a Palmatier, Joshua 245 1 $a The Skewed Throne / $c Joshua Palmatier 260 $a New York : $b DAW Books, $c c2005 300 $a 335p cm 520 $a Varis, a girl gifted with the supernatural ability to see innocence in gray and guilt in red after an unearthly fire sweeps through Amenkor for the second time, leaving insanity, illness and deadly change in its wake. Orphaned at six after her mother's murder, Varis learns to survive by her wits in the Dredge, the market street outside Amenkor's slums. As a young teen, she develops a knack for murder and thievery that attracts Erick, a royal guardsman who kills anyone the ruling Mistress wants eliminated. Due to her street smarts, Varis eventually escapes the Dredge to work as a bodyguard for a wealthy trader, only to realize that she can't escape the mysterious destiny awaiting her within Amenkor's "skewed throne." 941 $a 1 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20110618013343.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EEC8713E82AE11DE820800E8A7D7520AInitiate Another SILO Locator Search